Be sure that you’re making your workouts count.Avoid common bodyweight exercise mistakes to prevent overuse injuries and increase activation of targeted muscles.
Bar position for back squat
COMMON MISTAKE:
The high-bar position is set up right at the neck.
RIGHT TECHNIQUE:
Stand with the bar on your upper-back—retract your shoulder blades tightly and rest the bar in the meat of your upper traps.
Hold the bar tight, about 3 palms away from your shoulder
Grigoris Dogas, Personal Trainer, Seminar lecturer, AthensTrainers® Associate
Model: Foteini Alexopoulou, Personal Trainer
Foteini wears collant Thesis & Bra, H&M, ULTRA BOOST X shoes.
Equipment: DECK 2.0 by ESCAPE LIMITS, BARBELL by BCUBE, YOGA MAT by INTERSPORT
Source Body Magazine, issue 51