Thread: Common Squat Mistake - Elbows Flaring up
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Old 04-09-2012, 06:58 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by J_Byrd View Post
A lot of this depends on 2 things.

1. High bar vs low bar
2. Hand placement.

With a low bar and wide hand grip, if I rotate the elbow down I will get very bad bar roll. Just something to keep in mind.
What bar placement is better?
Seems to me it depends on the morphology of the individual lifter,
with some lifters finding it easier to keep the chest up with a low (deltoid) bar
placement as opposed to high (traps). Thoughts?
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