I'm still in the very early stages of SS and having lower back issues when squatting and it's getting worse with each workout.
Background... I started with SS Dec 2010. I was forced to stop lifting as I injured my knee playing rugby. I was only 6 weeks into SS and couldn't do anything until I had surgery to repair my medial meniscus in Jan 2011. After rehab I eased my way back to training and after lots of cardio I felt ready to start lifting so I started SS 3 weeks ago.
I started squatting light at 60KG adding 2 x 1.25KGKG each session but, 6 workouts in and my lower back is giving me allot of grief and preventing me from getting depth on my squat. To the point where I cant get close to parallel as my back is just too stiff and painful. I'm 95% confident that it's nothing to do with my knee as I could feel the same issue building up when I first tried SS before my knee injury.
I have a general nagging pain in my lower back that increases when I reach the bottom of the squat. Also my hamstrings feel a little tender but, I'm not sure if that's from squats or me stretching my hamstrings.
I've laid off for 4 days to give it chance to recover but, it's very slow progress. When it started to ease off I tried squatting but, I could feel the stiffness in my back. I kept it light and filmed some of my sets to look at my form. I had an issue hyper extending my neck which I think I've now addressed but, I'd like to have some feedback on my squat form and if there is anything I need to address.
One thing that might be connected or may have nothing to do with it is how I bounce out of the hole. I came to realise that I probably wasn't bouncing properly out of the hole. So on my last normal SS workout before my back got noticeably bad, I made a point of bouncing. On my first set at full workout weight it felt good and I could feel it in my hamstrings. On my next set my lower back was just not up to it and I couldn't get descent depth.
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Feedback much appreciated.
Thanks