đšÂ ELBOWS & HIGH BAR SQUATSđ
đ„Â Do you ever think about your elbows when youâre squatting? How to place them? Whatâs their role? How could they âdamageâ your squats?
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â â â Keeping your elbows neutral (down) is the best/safest way to squat: this because when you keep your elbows down, the barâs load is evenly distributed perpendicularly on your body, down to your mid feet, placing most of the stress on your quads & decreasing the stress on your back.
âââ Instead, flaring your elbows backwards will push the load forward aswell in an anti-clockwise motion, possibly increasing the stress on your lower back, shich can cause you to âfall forwardâ.
Always keep an eye on your elbows and make sure you keep them down & neutral, not back. Sure, lots of people are very flexible and can keep the load evenly distributed even with their elbows backwards, but, that doesnât apply to most of us!
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Before you freak out â like in everything else â thereâs obviously going to be some leeway: Neutrality is a range and not a precise number. Even if elbows flare out a little on the way down, youâll still be within the neutral range. What matters is that you donât flare them out excessively!