Mad golfer's elbow

[seelnips]

The inside of my elbows kill after squatting now and it has resulted in very poor Bench and Overhead Press's for the past 4-5 weeks. My squat is supposed to be 300 tonight, and my Press is at 110, however I already know I will not be able to do the Press after.. What to do? Buying anything is not option for tonight, but I can later. I almost want to go easy with my squats just so I can get a good upper body workout tonight, what do you think?

[Regin Smidur]

Switch to high bar until your elbows heal. Better then taking it easy and letting your squat strength go down.

[seelnips]

What do I need to know about high bar?

[Tbrenner]

I just had this same problem last month and it started when I was squatting around 315. I didnt stop squatting low bar i just took some ibuprofen (which didnt really help me) and made DAMN SURE that my elbows were not dropping during my squats and that i wasnt pulling on the bar with my hand or pushing it up. It was a friday workout and i had just finished squatting and had the most painful headache/migraine feelings in my elbows my damn hands were shaking. On mondays workout i made my 5 pound jump made sure i kept my damn elbows up and i havent had pain since.

[Dastardly]

What do I need to know about high bar?

Nope, not much. Cues are mostly the same except look ahead instead of down.

[DTF]

Also keep your wrists straight. If you are supportig the bar with your hands / arms when it is in the low bar position it will cause this problem. I had terrible elbow pain until I fixed this.

[seelnips]

Also keep your wrists straight. If you are supportig the bar with your hands / arms when it is in the low bar position it will cause this problem. I had terrible elbow pain until I fixed this.

I honestly focus on this every time, but as soon as I am on my work sets they bend back no matter what from the weight.

[DTF]

Here's what worked for me - I stopped holding the bar across the center of my palms and actually position it more on the heels of my hands. That then caused me to lift my elbows because I was afraid the bar would slip down my back if I didn't. The net result was high elbows, straight wrists, and eventually elbows that didn't hurt anymore. After a few weeks I became confident in the grip and bar position and I honestly don't even think about it anymore. It just happens on its own.

[Greg C]

What else re you doing? Chins? Power cleans?

It's quite possible this isn't caused by your squats.

[shaddix]

I learned today that with a chrome plated bar I have to use my hands to intercept more of the weight than a bare steel bar.