Have you ever gotten a bump on the lower back of your neck from doing squats?

12/4/2005 1:47:42 PM

I get one there...but its more a knot..not so much a bump, my personal trainer usually just massages it out.

If its really small it could be a lypoma and have absolutely NOTHING to do with lifting weights...I would have it checked out, especially if you can move it around. Sometimes lypomas mean nothing, other times, they could be something else.

[Edited on December 4, 2005 at 1:52 PM. Reason : dfd]

12/4/2005 1:51:48 PM

its really solid, feels like bone

12/4/2005 2:03:12 PM

u can get like a calcium deposit on a bone if u keep hitting the same spot... possibility

12/4/2005 2:10:06 PM

Just another reason not to do squats...

As if I needed another reason than the fact that they fucking suck.

12/4/2005 2:11:01 PM

squats rule, legs like tree trunks. im just trying to figure out WTF this is on my neck

12/4/2005 2:14:40 PM

Yikes fruit stripes. My lifting partner was doing military press and like something popped out of his wrist last week...kinda like that scene from Aliens.

In conclusion, you might want to get that check out!

12/4/2005 2:37:28 PM

ya im going to. i hope it isnt serious, like cancer again or some shit. its just a large solid bump right where the bar goes across my upper traps for squats. funny thing is it doesnt hurt or anything, its just weird looking

12/4/2005 2:44:36 PM

im tellin ya i bet its a calcium deposit, espeically if u have been squating for a while

12/4/2005 2:50:57 PM

buy a Manta Ray for doing squats if that's a problem. makes them MUCH more comfortable.

12/4/2005 3:23:32 PM

I used to all the time, then i started doing squats with the bar going across the lower part of my traps not the top of the traps/neck. Ever since I switched I haven't had any problems. Also use a pad if you're not, that should help. And make sure you're working out your traps, the bigger they are the more natural padding you have..

12/4/2005 3:27:52 PM

yeah, i keep it down on my shoulders rather than on my neck, too

although i don't really do squats anymore...i decided to ease up and go to leg presses instead

12/4/2005 3:30:03 PM

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"I get one there...but its more a knot..not so much a bump, my personal trainer usually just massages it out."

Damn personal trainers...

12/4/2005 3:51:36 PM

im still gonna see a doctor about this, how the fuck do you get rid of a calcium deposit?

12/4/2005 4:08:47 PM

I think you can just let it chill. It shouldn't affect anything unless it actually inhibits your movement, which it doesn't sound like it should.

12/4/2005 4:11:29 PM

your fine dude.

12/4/2005 6:38:43 PM

i just did heavy squats today, it got bigger, so i think its directly related to squats. its right where the bar sits in the middle of the traps. it doesnt hurt or bother me, it just looks bad

12/4/2005 6:45:58 PM

Manta Ray, dude. I'm telling you, you'll get under the squat bar and be like "AHhhhhhh...that feels good."

12/4/2005 6:48:58 PM

i used them in high school football, i know they rock but it does not solve my quasimoto problem

12/4/2005 6:50:44 PM

I never liked the manta rays, they were too small and kinda pinched my neck and front of my shoulders.

I don't like pads either.


We'd have gotten laughed at if we said "hey lemme get a pad or manta ray for this squat workout" on the football team. I just got used to bare bar.

12/4/2005 6:57:20 PM

i always put the shit on my upper back not my neck

my friend use to bitch that it weight on the shoulders hurt him but iw as like wtf its not even that bad

12/4/2005 7:00:56 PM

i put it on my upper back too, i know where the bar goes for squats, and the bare bar doesnt bother me, i just want to know what the fuck is the deal with this hump shit.

12/4/2005 7:12:48 PM

nope

ive had a catfishtooth like callous on my shoulders for awhile at one point

but yea, i do not put the bar on the nape of my neck, when i squat i hold hands on the weights not the bar and it stays on my traps or whatever those are called

[Edited on December 4, 2005 at 7:52 PM. Reason : f]

12/4/2005 7:51:18 PM

yeah

they go away

quit being a puss

12/4/2005 8:25:05 PM

Squeeze your traps together so the bar rests on muscle, not bone. At most you will get some bursted superficial capillaries on your traps. If you continue to get it, that shit will start to slowly permanently grow.

12/4/2005 8:37:08 PM

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"Just another reason not to do squats... As if I needed another reason than the fact that they fucking suck."

have you ever read anything about bodybuilding?

squats are prob the most effective exercise there is

12/4/2005 10:31:05 PM

I agree squats are awesome, unless, you do them incorrectly, and then cry about it

12/4/2005 10:34:05 PM

what evidence is there that he's doing them wrong?

12/4/2005 11:33:06 PM

yea for real, i hate squats and i do them correctly, he didnt say they werent effective

he said they sucked, and i agree

12/4/2005 11:47:32 PM

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"I agree squats are awesome, unless, you do them incorrectly, and then cry about it"

i do them correctly man, this may have nothing to do with squats jackass

12/5/2005 12:19:15 AM

Squats are really good for development and overall strength. Its the staple exercise for strength.

I saw some dude shit his pants once while doing squats. It was disgusting, yet amazingly funny at the same time.

12/5/2005 12:24:07 AM

yes but whats the deal with my hump shit

12/5/2005 12:31:05 AM

its fucking nothing dude. lifters get this kinda shit all the time. its not a calcium deposit.

12/5/2005 12:42:22 AM

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"have you ever read anything about bodybuilding? squats are prob the most effective exercise there is"

I didn't say that they weren't effective....I just said they sucked.

Running 10 miles sure is effective in increasing your endurance...but it sucks.

I thank god that I'm blessed with a naturally strong lower body so I don't have to do squats and/or intense lower body workouts every week. I abhor lower body workouts.

12/5/2005 12:42:39 AM

i perfer to save the legs for cardio anyway

12/5/2005 12:43:30 AM

As do I. At least that's the excuses I use.

12/5/2005 8:20:03 AM

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"We'd have gotten laughed at if we said "hey lemme get a pad or manta ray for this squat workout" on the football team. I just got used to bare bar."

Usually, the pounds I put up more than made up for the jeers about pads. Back in the day that is...my legs are trim these days.

12/5/2005 11:08:31 AM

Dude, don't kid yourself. Everytime you stepped underneath a squat rack, everyone in the gym sort of paused what they were doing so that they could watch the "pussy guy who uses pads and thinks he can lift a lot" try to squat.

12/5/2005 11:11:28 AM

I don't see anything wrong with it.

When you can run 23 miles at a 5:30 pace, you can talk to me.

12/5/2005 11:17:35 AM

When I was a soccer playing 150 lb'er that could max out at 345 in the squat rack I usually didn't get too many people thinking I was a pussy in regards to leg routines.

Regardless, I realize you are trolling anyway.

12/5/2005 12:17:34 PM

state409c,

i suppose everbody's a troll that disagrees with you and points out that you're a queer. how about you stop posting.


btw: i do use pads for squats cause I think it's a big faggotty.

12/5/2005 12:26:10 PM

maxi pads.

12/5/2005 12:33:22 PM

I used to get that bumb when i did squats regularly, but now for the most part, I don't get over 225 as I do them only as a warm up for leg press

the spot where the bump came up is still there, it just doesn't protrude as much

and whoever said use a pad, you're a damned pussy in my book

12/5/2005 12:37:32 PM

Man comes for advice on a bump, and look at what this thread has turned into. I love TWW

12/5/2005 12:44:11 PM

[Edited on December 5, 2005 at 12:53 PM. Reason : b/c]

just trying to make sure i remember how to post a pic! sorry

[Edited on December 5, 2005 at 12:53 PM. Reason : b/c]

12/5/2005 12:52:18 PM

maybe it's a tuma.

12/5/2005 12:54:40 PM

ITS NOT A TUMA

12/5/2005 1:18:31 PM

the hump is the source of my power, like sampson

12/5/2005 3:28:43 PM

hmmmm

would that make tww your delilah?

who's lifting what tonight?

(chest/shoulders for the woodfoot)

12/5/2005 3:37:36 PM

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"buy a Manta Ray for doing squats if that's a problem. makes them MUCH more comfortable."

that is fucking gay

12/5/2005 4:39:58 PM