Posterior delt bruises

[Brandon Hurlburt]

My wife is getting bruises on her posterior delts from squatting. She's not bouncing the bar or anything. It's right where the bar crosses her arms. She bruises like a peach in general. Not sure if this is something she just has to tough out till it toughens up or if this is something others have seen with female lifters.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Video of her grip?

[Brandon Hurlburt]

Will get one. Wasn't sure if it's a common enough problem for a simple answer.

[Mark Rippetoe]

It's not common, thus prompting me to try to discover what you have done to her.

[WFB]

Due to surgery, I had to take a break from squatting for 5 weeks. Once I could squat again, I had bruising where the bar sits which eventually went away.

[sadies319]

I had light bruising and soreness when I ran NLP around 185 lbs right where the bar sits on my back, above the spine of my scapula. It went away as my body adjusted and I kept adding weight to the bar. I have tough skin there now and I think that's more common than bruising. I'm a 30yo female.

[Brandon Hurlburt]

She figured it out. She was struggling with her grip. Had the bar too low. Was focusing too much on her wrists. Bar was rolling down a little. She was able to get through 2 workouts this week with no further bruising.