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wrists hurt in squatz Anonymous
I'm a newbfag squatter. I did 5 sets of 5 warm up with roughly half my body weight. And then did my actual workout of my bw 5x5, adding 2.5 lbs plates at the end. It's my best ever but I've only done squtaz in the past dozen workouts. also I hurt my wrists near the end I just pushed through it, but that was three days ago when I'm due for another squats session when I wake up tomorrow. right wrist hurt during, left wrist had delayed onset shit. and it's lightly painful, not the good soreness I'm used to in my biceps quads etc. I'm stretching it out and I think I'll be ok in a week or two. But at my first really good bw squats I'm getting wrist pain already... fuck I expect this to happen again. These shitty wrists are bustin' faster than the rest of my body can squatz. This is not the way to train. WTH am I doing wrong? 5'6 145lbs male newbfag

BTW I think my warm up is a tad excessive and yet I feel like I needed that much Warm up to get to my target weight. Anyways when my wrists finally do heal I expect to add a few tiny plates next time, incrementing upwards.

advice? comments? am I failing, what?
>> Anonymous
>>newbfag

yes, we can tell your a newfag
>> Anonymous
make sure your wrists are straight...dont bend them when you hold the bar
>> Anonymous
>>274313
I think my wrists may have been too close to my head, I'm not sure though. I had a little niggling doubt but told it to STFU to get my ass drive moving under the iron.
>> Anonymous
Are you making sure the weight is on your back and you aren't holding the bar up with your arms? Your arms/hands should only be used to keep the bar in place, not to support its weight.
>> Anonymous
>>274321
my arms did support more weight than you say. the whole time. I guess my wrists deserve it. sadly, that shit just plain hurts my back. so as a newb, I divided the pressure equally into thirds across the three contact points 33%, 33%, 33%. so I guess you would say it may be, what, roughly 10%, 80%, 10%? I think the arms must minimally contribute that. Otherwise this heavy shit's gonna fall to one side or the other right away.

as a newbfag i've got no real significant back muscles to cushion it on and hate it going lower, my elbows/arms don't bend that far that way. I place it right at the base of the neck, with bar touching as much of the shoulder surface area as I can get, with as proper a form as I understand it.
>> Anonymous
>>274321
my arms did support more weight than you say. the whole time. I guess my wrists deserve it. sadly, that shit just plain hurts my back. so as a newb, I divided the pressure equally into thirds across the three contact points 33%, 33%, 33%, that is the left hand, the back, and the right-hand respectively. so I guess you would say it may be, what, roughly 10%, 80%, 10%? I think the arms must minimally contribute that. Otherwise this heavy shit's gonna fall to one side or the other right away.

as a newbfag i've got no real significant back muscles to cushion it on and hate it going lower, my elbows/arms don't bend that far that way. I place it right at the base of the neck, with bar touching as much of the shoulder surface area as I can get, with as proper a form as I understand it.
>> sasuke
>>274368
i dont know what you are experienced because i eased myself in low bar position. your hands should only serve to hold the bar in place, not to remove pressure. put on some trap muscles with shrugs.
>> Anonymous
Your wrists might not be flexible enough. Do stretches.
>> Anonymous
wrists straight thumbless grip etc
>> Anonymous
You should be keeping your back TIGHT... and keeping your elbows way up.

You pretty much want to pin the bar to your back with your arms... not hold the weight of the bar from underneath with your wrists. The weight rests on the flat of the back muscle and the arms simply help to pin it there.
>> Anonymous
rest the bar on your back not on your hands
and the warm up is excessive imo
>> Anonymous
>>275489
I don't know man, I do 90° wrist stretches held for 30+ seconds flexions (in) and extensions (out) all the time for years. I'd rather think it's just a fucking heavy weight pressing down too much at the wrong angle , but idk
>> Anonymous
>>275503
it certainly is pinned. I don't have the strength to lift that motherfucker up away from my back and create any kind space of between the bar and I. I might an hero like that... But it seems I should let my back take a heavier brunt of the force. I think now the bar was instead split 25/50/25%, again for the left arm/back/right respectively. Again I think 10/80/10 should solve it. I may have to drop my target next time to by 10-20.

could you attach a picture what "your elbows way up" should look like please. I'm not sure a thousand words could help with no pic
>> Anonymous
>>275558
for some strange reason I lift more weight some days like this.
>> Anonymous
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WORK ON THE FORM FIRST!

You shouldnt be using your wrists or arms for actually keep the bar up..you know. The bar rests on the shoulders or back.

I don't think your form is correct. Work on the form with an empty barbell then add weight

also read http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?id=459391
>> Anonymous
or watch this http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6529481301858251744