Cambered squat bar

[1MoreRep]

Since ive been back hitting the gym hard, its been tough for me to do legs like I want to. For one reason putting the squat bar on my shoulders kills my bad shoulder. I have heard that a cambered squat bar would solve that. Anyone had any experience with a cambered squat bar?

 

[Presser]

No I always just used the normal bar. What hurts your shoulder, putting your hands back around the bar??

 

[1MoreRep]

Exactly Presser. Its terrible pain

 

[echo419]

it helped me with elbow pain but never any shoulder issues that I've had. but a straight bar never bothered my shoulders either

 

[Yoda]

I know your pain rep... squats are impossible on a straight bar with a bad shoulder. I had surgery for torn labrum (inferior and anterior tears, 4 anchors in it now), a torn bicep tendon, and a torn subscapularis 13 months ago... for me it is the position of my arm cuppled with the downward pressure of the bar that sets my shoulder on fire. I have had to resort to other workouts completely though I I have been slowly working in squats... I can still do front squats but that bar across the back no way brotha.

 

[Yoda]

http://www.musclechemistry.com/upload/musclechemistry-discussion/67477-safety-squat-bars.html

There ya go, I thread referencing your saftey squat bars. A couple people mentioned it did help with shoulder pain.

 

[1MoreRep]

Yoda that's the exact same injury and surgery I had, torn labrum

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It took me 4 years to be able to do flat bench, I finally built my way back up with dumbells and now it doesn't bother me, but putting that bar on my shoulders and then having to put my arms back to hold the bar kills my shoulder. Im looking at getting a smith machine and leg press for my gym too so they should def help.

 

[chotto]

I have this and love it. It solved my shoulder issues when squatting. Top Squat bar attachment

 

[Yoda]

Yoda that's the exact same injury and surgery I had, torn labrum

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It took me 4 years to be able to do flat bench, I finally built my way back up with dumbells and now it doesn't bother me, but putting that bar on my shoulders and then having to put my arms back to hold the bar kills my shoulder. Im looking at getting a smith machine and leg press for my gym too so they should def help.

I am certified through NASM on corrective exercises and pretty much fixed my own shoulder. My PT was always asking me what we should do that day lol I usually recommended a massage and the Tins unit lol. I ended up at 6 weeks back to working out, when they told me it would be a year if ever that I did (remember I tore my labrum twice my bicep tend and a back muscle lol). 13 months after surgery I am pressing 100 lb DB like a hot knife through butter, even doing single arm DB presses. I blew my shoulder up doing military press. Do you know where your tear was? I found that the one thing I can't seem to fix is my damn acromioclavicular joint, Yes I used the big word to sound cool lol. My AC impinges when I have the bar across my back on squats and my shoulder blade wings a little... I'm sure this has to do with the placement of my anchors and I am certain that is the only real causes for the pain. If I had another hand or two I think I could fix my problem; it would be easy for me to fix it on someone else but I don't have the means to do it on myself. Just keep stretching and try to find a corrective exercise specialist, they will do you way more good then a damn PT... sorry if we have any of those on here but I am not a fan of them or chiros. We can PM sometime and I'll try and walk you through what I can via the board, but without actually being hands on its sort of hard.