Haha. Well I tried it today, with the 30lb. fixed weight BB, just to practice the move, and it wasn't as bad as I was thinking it would be. It does help to have the weight stretching my wrists farther back, and that makes my elbows go up higher, and rests the bar on my delts like it's supposed to. Also the front squat part wasn't as scary as I feared. I didn't check in a mirror from the side, so I am not sure how upright my torso stayed, but it felt ok. Very different from a back squat.
And I managed not to bash myself, hooray! I think throwing my head back some was instinctual when I had actual weight instead of the dowel.
BTW, manyof the links in these older threads don't work anymore. I was really interested in seeing the video posted by I think LisaS, in which there was a girl described as "scooping" her squats. The link is broken. Anyone have new ones?
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