I should have...they feel better with an elevated heel for sure...but I didn't feel like changing shoes to do high bar squats then changing right back to do Z-Squats and everything else in the gym.
Lookin good on the squats!! Are box squats still in your routine or are you in a different phase? Lifting Atlas stones looks strenuous. Looks like your hands were transformed into hamburger.
CoolColJ: With the chains it is easier to get the bar EXACTLY where you want it.
louden_swain: The stuff on my hands is all the dirt I pick up from the stones while doing them. Makes it tough to get a grip. What is fun is the blood that you see running down my arm and all over my shirt. That is from the tacky ripping the skin off of my arms as I pull on the stones...