Squatters, Question? Its Kinda Gross!

[powerlifterjay]

I am just curious to how many of you experience what i do on squat day or good mornings.

After all the squatting i have done and the weights i use i have a caluss on the center of my back right were the bar lies each and every week. On squat day if my shirt is light blood will coem through every time. I noticed guys liek Ed Coan put duck tape on their back for this reason and funny thing is you can see it when my shirt is off though its not that clear. But when i bleed and take off my shirt to see i cant find were the blood is coming from. Any of ya'll experinece this? Is it just soemthing to live with? Its somethin i am tired of and been wearing dark shirts on these days from now on. Last weeks good mornig open me up and for the first tiem felt a little awkward walkin garound with this after the good morning were done. Should i remove the calluss? With the lotions and pads? Input welcome.

 

[spatts]

Wow, the "Squatter Stigmata."

 

[growin']

Unfortunately my knees give out long before the skin on my back does Bump for you though.

 

[b fold the truth]

I have the same spot on my back...here here...

B True

 

[Mountain Man]

Have you tried a cambered bar? It changes the location somewhat.

 

[IrishPower]

haha..

i used to squirt blood out my head. then i grew up and stopped slamming my head on the bar.

seriously, you could try several things. you could get someone to put a coat of new-skin or some similar such product on there. I have even heard of people using superglue. I am NOT shitting you. I think this was for calluses that kept ripping from deadlifting.

You could wear additional shirts (sweat-shirt, jacket, etc).

i say if you are not in serious physical pain, this is kind of a cool thing to have. relax.. don't worry about it. your body is just adapting.

/irish

 

[aka-tapout]

i have a line across my back as well---when we go to the beach i get sun burned or taned you can really see this white line across my back where the bar sits

 

[growin']

Stevie Ray Vaughn (God rest his soul) played with such thick guitar strings, that they would rip the calluses of the ends of his fingers. His roadies would super glue new finger tips on him in between songs. Maybe there is something to the glue.......

 

[dbolsandall]

does the bar have heavy knurling? or is it worn and fairly smooth? I'd say try the duct tape on squat day. But if there's not an open wound, it's probably a pressure bruise. So much pressure that it actually pushes the blood thru the pores next to the top layer of your skin. But i agree with some of the other guys, that area of skin should toughen up over time and become a callous. You being at the level that you are i would think you would already have a callous in your bar groove. but i would try the tape a couple of weeks and see if that works. KEEP SQUATTIN.

 

[Geno_O]

Jay, I have never heard of this before. So, I put my hand on
the area where the bar sits in the squat. The whole area is
rough. It appears that the skin has adjusted by forming a
callous along the bar groove.