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Originally Posted by Mcknight Thanks for the advice all I just wanted to make sure if i continued I wouldn't destory or injure my legs and yah I only do squats twice a week now. I didn't make this clear in my post but what I wanted to ask if the specific way I do squats( Taking a Z or S or whatever it's called bar and lifting it over my head onto my back) is more "dangerous" then doing them on a acutaly squat Machine like more risk to injury? |
Well.. If you had a squat rack, you'd be able to put the weight directly on your back.
What you're doing now, lifting the bar over your head and putting in onto your back is not dangerous if you've got the form right.
The movement that you're doing to get the bar overhead is a 'clean and jerk' look it up on youtube so you can see how it's done properly, it's a movement olympic weightlifters do.
Also, squats aren't dangerous if you're doing them correctly.
Make sure you got the form right, if you have trouble with your form post a video of yourself doing them here.
I'd say do normal squats not Smith Machine squats.
If you have trouble getting the barbell on your back, then do Smith Machine squats.