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Squat day, guy walks up to me between my one of my set. Guy = 190lbs at 5'5" with the biggest arms I've seen, not sure if synthol...
Guy: Hey, sometimes when you do that, does your back hurt at night?
Me: What do you mean, Squats? (My technique is not THAT bad...)
Guy: Yeah, I used to do those and go really heavy on these up until I hurt my back.
Me: Oh, that sucks. Was my technique bad?
Guy: No but when someone squat the bar sits right on your spine (Goes to point a lowbar position, how do you even have the bar on your spine when you lowbar?), it's not good for your back. My doctor told me I should stop squatting because it's bad for your spine. I was having electric shocks going all the way down my legs at night.
Me: Oh shit. (I'm not going to explain this guy how to brace your core and build a shell with your upper back...)
Guy: Yeah, I was using the smith machine and I hurt my back really bad.
Me: Ok but I'm not even going that heavy right now.
Guy: Ok, be careful don't hurt your back.
TL;DR: Heavy squats on the smith machine with the bar sitting right on the spine...
Guy: Hey, sometimes when you do that, does your back hurt at night?
Me: What do you mean, Squats? (My technique is not THAT bad...)
Guy: Yeah, I used to do those and go really heavy on these up until I hurt my back.
Me: Oh, that sucks. Was my technique bad?
Guy: No but when someone squat the bar sits right on your spine (Goes to point a lowbar position, how do you even have the bar on your spine when you lowbar?), it's not good for your back. My doctor told me I should stop squatting because it's bad for your spine. I was having electric shocks going all the way down my legs at night.
Me: Oh shit. (I'm not going to explain this guy how to brace your core and build a shell with your upper back...)
Guy: Yeah, I was using the smith machine and I hurt my back really bad.
Me: Ok but I'm not even going that heavy right now.
Guy: Ok, be careful don't hurt your back.
TL;DR: Heavy squats on the smith machine with the bar sitting right on the spine...