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Anonymous
Resting a bar across my back to do squats is painful. I'm either looking for suggestions to soften the bar or for exercises to put muscle where it is supposed to rest. I'm currently wrapping a towel around it but I'm still getting used to form and expecting the weight to go up significantly once I do.
>> Anonymous
just stick a towel under there
>> Anonymous
Use a few more towels if you need to.
>> Anonymous
they should have pads at your gym, or if you are at home you can buy the same pads online.
>> Anonymous
Fuck pads don't be a pussy. You're supposed to squeeze your shoulder blades together so your traps forms a nice pad for the bar to rest on. If you have no traps then STFU and EAT.
>> Anonymous
In fact, forget the weights, just hold a basket of towels on your back.
>> Anonymous
Wear a shirt and maybe a undershirt with it.

I don't remember it hurting anymore than lifting some dumbbell for a bit.
>> Anonymous
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download this and read
>> Anonymous
>>33465
yes because food is immediately transformed into HUGE TRAPS

dumbass.
>> Anonymous
>>33551

traps come with overall mass gains too, if your traps are so small that you can't even place the bar on without the bar digging into your spine and hurting, then you need to STFU AND EAT
>> Anonymous
OMG1!!!! SQUATZ!! FAP FAP FAP
>> Anonymous
>>33465

What he said.

Also, you may already know this, but the bar is NOT EVER touching your neck. It is a little further down. That might be your problem if you're having TEH PAIN.

You can also try dumbbell squats you can't remove TEH PAIN.
>> Anonymous
a somewhat related question, i couldn't give to fucks less about the pain from the bar, but i get red lines across my shoulders where the bar puts a lot of weight on the seams of my t-shirt (i'm guessing) and bursts a lot of blood vessels or something leaving these red lines across my shoulders like the size of a ball point pen line and i get 3-4 of them (the number of sets i end up doing).. anything i can do to toughen up my pussy ass blood vessels?
>> Anonymous
>>33613

Hmm...that is more than likely the result of the bar settling a little bit causing your skin to fold over itself, though I'd think you'd be aware of that. In any case, the fix is to set the bar a bit lower to where your arms have it locked in enough to where it won't be able to settle anymore.
>> Anonymous
>>33627
well it'll actually happen with anything that rests a lot of weight on my shoulders, standing calf raise machine etc...
>> Anonymous
>>33613
I get those same red lines as well. That's why I have started using the wrap around cushion provided in the gym.
>> Anonymous
it's painful until you man the fuck up.

rest it on the cushion of your enourmous traps and drop the fucking towels and sissy pads. they fuck up your technique and you're not allowed to compete with them.

you want other powerlifters to laugh at you? bitch.
>> Anonymous
toughen up puss. once your traps get bigger this shouldn't be a problem though. so hit the shrugs FAGGOT

AND NEVER USE PADS, GLOVES, STRAPS, BELTS, THEY ARE FOR THE WEAK
>> Anonymous
>>33713
fuck what powerlifters think.
>> Anonymous
>>33734
people who use gloves piss me the fuck off. and straps? jesus fucking christ.what are you, an aerobics instructor? piece of shit.
>> Anonymous
Ok upon reading that (while watching a movie), the towel itself was the problem. It forced my grip too wide, preventing my back muscles from flexing enough to hold the weight.
>> Anonymous
>>33744
you're obviously not very versed in weightlifting, you dumb faggot.
>> Anonymous
>>33771
i'm better versed than you are, faggot. if you use straps you fail to develope any sort of grip strength at all and subject your wrists to large seperating forces. use chalk instead and stop pretending you know what the fuck you are talking about.
>> Anonymous
>>33774
rofl, you dumb piece of shit, how about you re-read the post you originally responded to? work on comprehension faggot.
>> Anonymous
Rest the bar on the meat across your shoulders/behind your neck.

You'll get used to it.
>> Anonymous
>>33780
you're the only person here who knows what the fuck you are talking about, probably because you're the only person here who is listening to the voices in your head. go shoot yourself and do your long suffering family a favour, pigfucker.
>> Anonymous
>>33734


Agreed. Grip strength is something you need to develop or you'll fuck up your hands/wrists.
>> Anonymous
Straps can be used during very heavy shrugs or rack pulls. Otherwise fuck 'em.

Speaking of heavy shrugs and rack pulls; do them. They'll put meat on your traps, plenty for you to rest the bar.
>> Anonymous
Shrugs, lots of shrugs. I do 6 * 3 at the start of every workout, and I've gone from 60kg * 6 * 3, to 140kg * 6 * 3. My grip has gotten SO much better, forearms are building quite a bit of meat, and squats, I just step under bar and there's enough meat for it not to hurt at all.
>> Anonymous
>>33543
i like the book already, only read the introduction. seems quite related. want better quality for free though.
>> Anonymous
You'll get used to it. This might sound corny, but take it like a man. It'll go away after a while, and the towel is really the best thing for it.
>> Anonymous
stop being a pussy
>> Yoshi ? !ozOtJW9BFA
If you keep wrapping a towel around the bar your body will never adapt to the bar. Start doing squats correctly with out padding, but with a lighter weight than usual. Then start adding more weight over time, and your body will get used to it.