Zercher squats

socrates

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Just curious...because of a lower back injury I've been doing these for the past 3 weeks.
Anyone else do them regularly?
 
Way too hard on my forearms if I have enough weight on the bar to work my hips/legs, but they work for some people well.

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How much weight do you use MaddoG?

With front squats I still would feel a little on my lower back, but none at all on zercher squats.
 
This is all I use, since I tend to lean forward too far while doing back squats. However I'm only using 200lbs for my working weight; I imagine it'll start getting hard on the arms once I get to some useful weight.
 
have you ever tried, or have access to reverse hypers? I would bet they'd help your lower back issues.
I fell head over heels for them ;)
 
Nope. No idea what they are either.
I'll do a search on here.

By the way did 215 for 2 sets of 6 on zercher. I've been pretty cautious increasing the weight but I think my back will be fine even with 2 plates. I found by keeping my elbows wide and my heels raised I can still break parallel.
 
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