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- Newsgroups: misc.fitness
- Path: sparky!uunet!tessi!allen
- From: allen@tessi.com (Allen Warren)
- Subject: Re: SQUATS: horrible marks
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.172130.25356@tessi.com>
- Keywords: Weightlifting
- Organization: Test Systems Strategies, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
- References: <1efjs3INNcj2@male.EBay.Sun.COM>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:21:30 GMT
- Lines: 15
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- cannon@superdist.EBay.Sun.COM (Jeff Cannon) writes:
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- >When I do squats or other leg movements requiring heavy weight on
- >my traps. (upper shoulders), etc. , I get several horrible looking marks
- >all over this area on my back. It looks as through I have been scratched
- >several times by some kind of animal. It will usually take about 3 to 4
- >days to disappear. Yes, I do use the pad on the bar or a towel.
- >Does anyone know of any tricks to prevent this from happening?
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- I rest the bar in an area just below my traps. There seems to be a
- *groove* that the bar nestles into. Other than that, you might try both
- the pad AND the towel together, or use a hack squat machine.
-
- allen
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