Using this thread to ask: Should I hinge more in the my squat? Like when I'm coming up should I push my hips through with my glutes like a deadlift and force the bar back?
>>76404552 (OP)
I think the answer depends more on your leverages and proportions. As someone with long legs, and especially long femurs, low bar activates my back way more. I'm much stronger on it, but it's much more taxing for my glutes and erectors.
>>76404552 (OP)
High bar squats, and they should never be hard on your lower back as long as you don't have a preexisting injury. Proper bracing and keeping your chest up to avoid butt wink should always be enough. As long as you do that you can brute force it with otherwise bad form or egolifting, your knees might suffer but at least your lower back will be fine lol.
>>76405086
that's why i'm lifting, to do easy stuff and not put any sort of systemic stress on my body to grow more robust or competent in difficult tasks, but to just get a leg pump.
>>76405079
This would increase the length of the moment arm and thereby increase sheering force on the lower back i.e. exactly the opposite thing the OP asked for
>>76405079 >best of both worlds >the lower back strain of low bar with the weaker numbers of high bar
You've never done a barbell squat in your life, have you?
I have an SI joint issue and I am thinking switching to front squats since they impose less shearing force on lower back. The most frustrating part is that I have to squat 3 weeks and I still feel the numbness at my lower back when I stand up or bend forward. At the moment I do only machine hack squats and I noticed zero discomfort while getting some serious quad activation. It's a good alternative for anyone with low back issues, you could check Isratel's clues on yt if your a beginner on this lift and see how to avoid shear loads on your lumbar spine.
>>76406041
It's normal since you carry over enough load from your quads to your posterior chain. While highbar squats are primarily a quad exercise, but there some adjustments where you can somewhat mobilize slightly more your glutes and hams (like keeping your knees behind the toes and your shins close to vertical during the descent).
>>76405086
not true, since you are not required to brace and maintain your positioning as much as in a squat, when things get heavy people always tend to round their lower back instead of hinging only at the hips
