Why do heavy squats do this do my back?

it's clearly not bad form kek

Because you have a bar on your nape, m8. I have a callus between my traps as well

post legs

ah so low bar is the only solution?

You have to put the bar on your traps, not the vertebra. And use a towel or padding.

I can squat 120kg x 5 highbar arse to grass op here

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Closer/tighter grip makes a sorta "shelf" where you can rest the bar and avoid it pinching into your spine. This is even more important for high bar which OP is clearly doing

U gotta lay the bar on your traps not your spine bro

but the lump is between my traps that's what I don't understand?

I can only imagine for how long you have been hurting your neck before you realized something was wrong

>no calves
why live?

ah this is where I'm going wrong then I have a pretty wide grip about where I bench I'll hold narrower

it doesn't and has never hurt at all that's the strangest thing about it desu

my claves could be better but I'm not really fussed kek

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The grip should feel tight, without being painful. As in, your arms and upper back are braced not only from the bar weight, but also from the sideways tension from your grip

could another problem be my traps aren't big enough to hold so much weight? so basically I need to push into the bar not have such a passive grip?

youtube.com/watch?v=j8b6KzyuKaE#

I suppose, but I prefer highbar so I just do it and don't mind having the spot.

It's not on the spine. Get your eyes checked.

wow thank you that video is extremely helpful according to this it'll actually holding back my squat!

I got those when i first started squatting
Now ive got decent enough traps to help cushoin the bar and i dont see those marks anymore

forgot to add we can still do high bar

Thats almost exactly my build user
Fuck why is it so hard to build calves

do my traps look to small? this would be the sort of position I'll be in while squatting

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I got big traps and I still get the mark on my upper back. Or rather I get two marks because the crease between the traps doesn't touch the bar. Doesn't really bother me though

I know it's so fucking annoying kek recently started running 2x a week and noticed a big improvement in size and definition

yes its very strange do you know others in your gym that have this issue?

No thats a pretty good size, idk then, do you know if you squat high bar or low bar? If nothing else you can do what i do sometimes and wear a hoodie, gives me lots of cushoin with my traps and see if that helps

I dont do cardio, im on a bulk power lifting progran to try to get my major compound lifts up quickly
Do you think just doing calve raises would help, like just 100 lbs but then like 25 reps?

oh ok good
I do high bar but I'm trying to transition to low for this reason also I get to hot for a hoodie

same bro I also am training for power lifting style training I've found upping calories and doing cardio is over all beneficial if you can fit it in
calf raiser's would certainly help but for me they never did much

>120x5
>impressive

typical arrogance, it is no use discussing with you if you will shut down any criticism straight up. so why ask for help if you dont want to hear that you are doing something wrong ? whatever I am done with this thread, with that attitude you deserve to fuck up your back..

I didnt want someone to tell me the truth, i knew sooner or later id have to start doing cardio, i just didnt want it to be running because i got knee problems, nothing crazy but everyone once in a while when im squatting i can really feel them strain

Damn user wheres all the hostility coming from hes just telling us his lifts so we have a frame of reference, i dont think he was trying to be arrogant

>I can squat 120kg x 5
why are you bragging about that?

you're probably putting the bar on your fucking neck, you're meant to squeeze shoulder blades together and rest it on your upper traps and rear delts. it also could be a posture thing, probably excessive APT and forward head posture.

Implying 120kg x5 is hard to achieve

TFW haven't squatted in 7 months but I could rep that out

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I can't tell if this is an ironic troll?...
but if I was being arrogant I would have cropped out my calves kek
just thought I'd say my over all form is decent i think it's pretty much sorted now though closer grip is needed

But also, you're form is fucked. I used to get the same shit before I stopped being a faggot and dialed in my form. It shouldn't just sit with all its pressure on your neck, or be that high up at all for that matter. You're entire body supports that bar and your arms and back need to stay tight as fuck throughout the entire lift. Go to a Powerlifting gym, see if the coaches anyone can give you some pointers on what you're doing wrong. Do not go to a commercial gym with its own shitty trainers as most have ligma.

ah ok if you look at the latest research impact cardio is actually good for joint health, but honestly running works all your stabilizer in knees, hips and core that often aren't used in lifting. although that being said avoid concrete run on grass if you can

I'm not bragging just giving a point of reference.
I definitely wouldn't be able to get it on my delta doing high bar posture is a possibility

genuinely useful advice thank you

post body chatting shit like that