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[BarryF]

I am on my phone and by no means a coach, but it looks to me like you are squatting high bar?

[Athenaum]

Hi Got2squat,

Yes, I was squatting highbar without knowing it. Ever since this has been pointed out in the form check thread, I've tried to change it to the SS style. That is why I dropped the weight. I've managed to squat with the bar lower on my back, but I fear that hip drive is still lacking.

[Athenaum]

14/11/2014

Squat: 3x5,10,10x115
BP: 3x5x55+1lb
Power cleans: 5x3x50
Chin ups

[Athenaum]

18/11/2014

Squat: 3x5x117.5
Press: 3x5x52.5
DL: 1x5x110

[Athenaum]

21/11/2014

Everything felt heavier than it should have, probably because I didn't eat or sleep enough this week. I also missed Monday's workout two weeks in a row. I'm working on developing better habits, but at the same time I know that next week I must travel to Belgium for 10 days, and its unlikely that I'll be able to squat. Sucks to know that progress will stall. Worse, I started to feel pain around my right elbow during squat work sets. I think the bar was too far down my back.

Squat: 3x5x120
BP: 3x4x75+2lb
Back extensions: 3x10xBW
Pull ups

[Athenaum]

26/11/2014

The area around my elbow was still in too much pain so I decided to try front squats instead. First time doing them so I started light.

Front Squat: 3x5x50
Press: 3x5x52.5
DL: 1x5x100
Chin ups

28/11/2014

Went with two friends to a different gym; it has no machines or mirrors and specializes in olympic lifts. We had a kind of tutorial on the snatch. I'm not planning to change my program to something more complicated than SS, but it was nice to have a brief change. Anyway, the plan was to squat after the tutorial but it went on longer than expected and by the time we were finished, the gym was about to close. Probably for the best given that my elbow was still in pain, even on a back squat with just the empty bar. Now I'm in Belgium for about a week, which should be more than enough time to recover.