Technique Tuesday: 3 Ways to Fix Your Front Squat Setup

I won’t lie, front squats are brutal. But they’re even MORE brutal if you can’t get into a good setup position. We had a great question during our Facebook Live event (click here to re-watch it) about how to fix the front rack position to make front squats less grueling.

If you have a hard time getting the bar to stay where you want it, you need to watch this week’s Technique Tuesday.

Spoiler alert: here are the three best ways to fix your front squat setup…

  1. Switch to a crossface grip (unless you’re an Olympic weightlifter)
  2. Use the straight-arm test to figure out where the bar should rest
  3. Use the bench t-spine mobilization in your warm-up

Watch this to see these three tips in action:

 

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