They're a staple of Olympic lifting. After a few weeks of doing them and learning about proper thoracic extension and scapular movement, I'm now comfortable with doing them.
Your pain has nothing to do with incline presses, and the fact that you identified that as a trigger is actually odd. Do you do low bar squats, weighted pull-ups, skull crushers (or similar)?
After watching a bunch of Clarence Kennedy videos I've decided to Ditch the belt, reset the weights a bit and just build up without. I feel for atg high bar the belt is limiting. Ofc my focus lately...
For only two years seems you're bouncing around a lot. You can't begin to judge if something is working until you have 2 months of consistency to measure results. I get ocd. There's always something...
Seconded on box squats, but, ironically, you can still pitch forward on those. The key is feeling balanced on your feet. Squat in socks and put three pennies on each pressure point of each foot. Make...
Its a good looking high bar squat. You're not going lower because you're running out of ankle. Either a) increase ankle flexion via mobility work or b) learn to sit back more. BTW your shoes suck,...
