Yeah I severely messed up my elbow last week from it.

That pain is no joke 😞

I experienced elbow that made me not be able to finish my training session. It came from having too wide of a grip.

Amen 😔

gd. this actually explains why i have elbow issues on bench now, tucking so hard on my squats

you bring your own chalk to the gym, right? start bringing your own paintings

I'm flexible, I'm just too broad for that narrow of a grip. I wish I could do that too.

He has no shoulders!!!

My forearms are too long to grip that close to the shoulders. Gave myself terrible elbow tendonitis trying, until I realized why there was so much load on my elbows. Long ass forearms, short humerus.

@@clownpocket what was the solution? I have the same issue.

@@clintkennedy8387 Widen your grip until you’re not loading your elbows. Thumbs over the bar grip helps, and you can slide your hands up higher so the bar is closer to your wrist but still on your palm. Remember to still keep your shoulders and back tight to help support the bar. That’s what I did. I had an online coach keep telling me to get my hands closer together, and then I was at the bottom of a squat and my hands just popped off the bar. A lot of coaches do not understand long forearms and coach you to move your hands closer above all. Be conscious of where the load is, it should not be down on your hands, or you’ll get nasty elbow soreness. The hands should only push forwards, not up. The rear delts is what should support the bar.

Zoomers ain't got the time for all that!

i have had this for years nothing has really worked. I just high bar until im 8 weeks out from a meet.

Biceps tendonitis from squatting?

@@Re3iRtH Yep, pretty common in lifters who lack shoulder mobility in the low bar squat

you have to get away from their idiotic dogma about squatting this way. and i don't know enough to tell you what the best alternative is. i just know that a lot of people have this issue, including me, and i fucked up my joints because i kept at it. just try other stuff or see non starting strength coaches for advice about this.

On my experience, this is not also from tight shoulders but also tight lats. I started stretching everyday doing the yoga child pose and dead hangs on a pull-up bar and it has helped with my shoulder mobility for squats and also even my overhead presses. Some folks swear by foam rolling the lats but I haven't tried that yet. Best of luck to you and keep training pain free for as long as you can.

Try wrapping your wrists with wrist wraps before you squat then loosen them straight after every set. Then repeat. That might help ease the pressure. But don't blindly try to adhere to the advice in this video. A lot of people's bodies are just not designed to grip the bar like this. That's the trouble with the SS cult it's all or nothing. They have a closed mind attitude instead of being open minded.

Before I stopped squatting, it hurt every session to get in that position and I still couldnt hold my wrist like that.

FWIW...I'm not sure we all have to be in the exact same hand-to-shoulder position as this gentleman, there are many factors that should be considered for our setup and I think this video is a general guide on proper form that can be modified for each of us based on those varying factors.

Everyone is different, if you have to make your grip wider so be it.

This is the SS cult where they preach this constantly. Look at tons of the top squatters in the world and a high percentage of them squat with a bent wrist. Use wrist wraps to reinforce your wrists and to limit any pain. Trying to force your hand into this position will do more harm than good to most of the population. It's complete BS.

I think it's called a Marrs Bar but they are expensive!

Its called a High Bar squat. I tried for years, but low bar is just not nice to my shoulders and elbows no matter what I do. Sometimes, the juice aint worth the squeeze.

alan thrall has a video in which you get into position with bent wrists and roll the bar up without changing the position. If you combine that with moving your hands in close to your shoulders (taking into account your mobility) you can get pretty tight and avoid any pain

I've done high bar these last to LPs and there has been nothing wrong with my strength development, you just use a little less weight on the bar for squat. Low bar MIGHT contribute to the deadlift a little more, I don't really know. But I also alternate high bar with box squats. Reason being is high bar is harder on the knees and box squats work the posterior chain even better than low bar.

@Quentin Styger I could squat more weight right now doing low bar than high bar, which puts me right where I was my 1st LP when I did them. So no, there is not the first thing wrong with my strength development as I said. Low bar is not needed, and you don't have to do it, neither for good fast strength development or being strong in general. Rip has said this. Is high bar optimal for his particular programming? He said it is not. I don't really know personally, but I know it hasn't made a difference in my last 3 LPs.

Except for shoulders

Yes

Was wondering the same thing. Maybe in transition...?

I'm sorry to hear about your situation and as is the case of internet commenting I feel that there is much more info needed to properly understand your story and your complaints of SS but I also realize that isn't possible to cover well in this format. 50 is close for me and I had a messed up shoulder (bicep tendon impingement) that seriously hindered and limited me for just over a year until recently. In fact it was so bad I stopped lifting for this past year and thought I needed a potential surgery. I've read and watched everything I can find from SS but haven't been to a seminar. What I will say for my situation was that I think I was setting up too low which is incorrect and contributed or caused my issue. I have now found methods for flexibility/mobility from other sources that are helping me so that I can setup better for the low bar squat. I hope you are recovering and find what works for you to continue strength training.

Totally agree. I have forced myself to do the strict hand and wrist positioning as Ripp advises and it was kinda okay while my frequency was low. But as soon as I started squatting more often I would have serious elbow tendonitis where I could barely finish my workouts from the pain. The moment I started setting my wrists as the guy in the video had before the "correction", the pain went away. Yes, I do have slightly less tension on the bar but if I keep my back and shoulders tight and elbows slightly back I don't feel any downward pressure from the bar on my wrist. The bar is fully supported on my back with my fingers pulling it tight into my back even further.

I had the same issue. The solution as many others have said, is to make your grip wider.

I honestly don't know why anyone attends these seminars. They give all their information away for free on youtube and in their forums. I wouldn't expect to hear anything too different in a live seminar.

bro same my shoulder is fucked from squatting nad my wirsts too... such a terrible thing

Rip would say you need GOMAD.

Oh absolutely! Im also having the homeless lady do my taxes this year.

Why would anyone go to a strength coach for fitness advice?

@@timburke127 Strength training is a branch of fitness

@@timburke127 Your goal was to get strong, so you developed a fat gut and became metabolically unhealthy. Great!

Many of the SS coaches look awful.