if i was to guess, i would say that your shoulder flexibility isn't there yet. I still have a hell of a time with overhead squats. When i first started, my shoulder flexibility was so bad, and i couldn't hold it in the right position.
They are probably the hardest squat there is. One thing to help shoulder flexibility are shoulder dislocates. It gets your traps/shoudlers loose. That, and tightening your upper back, (think, pinching your traps), when the weight is overhead.
Also, if you do a typical power squat, you will lose the weight forward. You need to get in the practice of squatting down, and between your legs, not hips/ass back knees out.
don't keep adding weight. Start with a broom stick. Do dislocates, shoulder circles, etc. Then do overhead squat work with just the broomstick, and concentrate on what i said with pinching your upper back. This will make the weight feel a lot more stable. Once you get the form down with a broomstick, it will be lots better.
Maybe the other olifters on here have some other tips.
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