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I just can't master the "rack" grip on those front squats. I've read & read about them and finally got my elbows up high enough by widening my grip, but I can't get up enough inertia on my way up to push that bar up. So, per the bf's advice, I just did a regular overhand grip on the bar and did my front squat/push presses this way. It's discouraging. I feel like a loser.
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I read that you should get your heads as close to your shoulders as possible, but not on your shoulders. I also find that if I kind of squeeze my elbows toward each other that they stay up better.
As for coming up, I try to drive up with my hips as much as I can once I clear parallel. Most times, my heels barely leave the ground, but the bar goes up. Then the trick is to catch it before it hits the ceiling
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I think I'm having some major hormonal fluctuations or something. I flipped out on Sunday and had a major pity-party, and then cried in the bathroom today at work for no apparent reason, and then couldn't keep myself from crying in my workout today.
I'm getting enough sleep, I think I'm eating okay, I'm getting plenty of exercise... I don't know. My period came several days early, though, so I'm thinking this is a clue that it's hormonal.
Sometimes i hate being a girl. 
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Eh, know the feeling. Only my hormones come on as times of being very angry and snippy with everyone Male. (Sometimes Female, too, if they look too happy.) I'd hardly gotten to work this morning when I had to go take a long walk so I wouldn't kick my boss--sometimes it's not a good thing to know that you can kick your boss in the head :eek