Need some help on the Squat Push/Press

yeahright*1977 · 09-14-2009, 04:06 PM

In the book, they show us to rest the barbell between our shoulders, and roll the bar to our finger tips, elbows pointed out.

I must be doing something wrong, cuz I cant do this! The bar is way too heavy to for me to let it rest on my arms and fingertips, plus when I push up, it hurts my wrist. What am I doing wrong??

rubyam · 09-14-2009, 06:17 PM

Maybe you need to use a lighter weight?

LisaS · 09-14-2009, 06:33 PM

Is it the front squat or the push press that is causing you trouble? You can treat them as completely separate exercises and regrip in between if that will help.

LancelotsLover · 09-14-2009, 11:40 PM

Yeahright; I know there's been discussion about this on the forum somewhere, because almost all of us have had this problem when we hit stage 2. I couldn't get my elbows up for the first few times I did the exercise, and my wrists were really sore for a while. If the oly 45lb. bar is too much, practice with a pre-weighted 20lb. bar, just get it up and hold it there to stretch your wrist flexors.

Do some searching on the forum for threads about this. Check out logs; I'm pretty sure I asked about it in mine during stage 2, and I remember others did too.

Lil Messi · 09-15-2009, 08:28 AM

Thanks all! I was wondering if I was doing these right as well.

Here's the Jerry Hill link with form technique that's been cited in previous posts, but to anyone with questions on this lift take LancelotsLover rec and read the old threads - good stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI4vQ...eature=related

hazeldazel · 09-15-2009, 10:39 AM

i hate these with an unmitigated passion, no matter what I do the bar simply rests against my neck and never gets close to touching my shoulders. Plus, the only place I feel it is in my wrists. I am soooooooooooooo glad today was my last day to do them.

rubyam · 09-15-2009, 12:10 PM

I would say that the bar rests more on the collarbone than the shoulders. I sometimes have trouble with it pushing on my neck too though.

yeahright*1977 · 09-15-2009, 06:23 PM

The part Im having trouble with is the part when you go down in a squat, holding the barbell. I dont feel comfortable rolling the bar to my fingertips, and resting the thing on my collarbone. Im currently on stage 4, with 55 lbs.

Yeah, my wrists are shot. Between doing these, and the push-ups from the floor.