Squats, OHP, Long forearms
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 12:31 pm
Kind forum reader, please forgive me if this question has been asked but I could not be assed to try 52 different search terms to see if my precise combination of circumstances had been addressed elsewhere. (Watch someone point out I've asked this Q before and just forgot lol)
I am under the impression that I have long forearms. Mostly because I lifted with @chromoly once (is she still alive? I hope so) and when I got in position for my OHP she made a hilarious face at me and said I had long forearms. (Secretly, I think being fat also puts my biomechanics in a weird position but this is being addressed, slowly)
When I OHP, it is biologically impossible for me to rack the bar on my chest/delts while maintaining proper wrist and elbow position (aka without rolling it onto my fingertips, or while keeping my elbows positioned below/in front of the bar). Doesn't matter how wide or narrow my hand placement is, it's not happening. We're talking like 4-5 inches off my chest. I can tuck the bar just beneath my chin though, without tilting my head way back or anything goofy.
When I squat, if I place my hands in as close to my shoulders as possible, my bar shelf (or whatever) inevitably ends up getting loose. Whereas if I place my hands as far out as they can go, I find it a lot easier to keep my bar shelf (or whatever) real tight. This is the exact opposite of what I've told to do with squats.
Does anyone else have this/these issue(s)? Has anyone seen them in other lifters? It's not impacting warmups or heavy singles, I squat 545@8 to depth on Monday, and OHP something like 215@8 on Tuesday, but bar roll on squats and unpredictable OHP performance begins to creep in on volume work and I'm trying to explore ways to solve it.
I am under the impression that I have long forearms. Mostly because I lifted with @chromoly once (is she still alive? I hope so) and when I got in position for my OHP she made a hilarious face at me and said I had long forearms. (Secretly, I think being fat also puts my biomechanics in a weird position but this is being addressed, slowly)
When I OHP, it is biologically impossible for me to rack the bar on my chest/delts while maintaining proper wrist and elbow position (aka without rolling it onto my fingertips, or while keeping my elbows positioned below/in front of the bar). Doesn't matter how wide or narrow my hand placement is, it's not happening. We're talking like 4-5 inches off my chest. I can tuck the bar just beneath my chin though, without tilting my head way back or anything goofy.
When I squat, if I place my hands in as close to my shoulders as possible, my bar shelf (or whatever) inevitably ends up getting loose. Whereas if I place my hands as far out as they can go, I find it a lot easier to keep my bar shelf (or whatever) real tight. This is the exact opposite of what I've told to do with squats.
Does anyone else have this/these issue(s)? Has anyone seen them in other lifters? It's not impacting warmups or heavy singles, I squat 545@8 to depth on Monday, and OHP something like 215@8 on Tuesday, but bar roll on squats and unpredictable OHP performance begins to creep in on volume work and I'm trying to explore ways to solve it.