Front Squats

Sunday 090222
Front squat 3-3-3-3-3 reps
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Warm up: 20 min walk on treadmill

135x3/175x3/200x3/230x3/250x3 PR/185x10/135x20
Cool down: Overhead squat 45x8

Form felt good, left knee is still a little tight, limited range of motion, but not too bad.
The toughest part about the front squat is racking the bar on the front delts, and keeping it from rolling down onto the chest at the bottom of the lift, causing the back to break forward and losing all support. I tried to concentrate on keeping the elbows high at the bottom, and drive them up on the raise. All in all it felt good. It's been almost 15 years since I had front squatted, so it will take sometime to get back to form.

Note, on the 230 & 250 weight, my shoulders were really tight and a throbbing soreness, almost like a pressure relief when I racked the weight. Holding the bar int he front with the arms at a weird angle puts a ton of stress on the wrists and should capsules, stretch a little more next time before the lift.