HELP I Can’t SQUAT The Bar Hurts My Neck…

Do you find that squats hurt your neck?

Does the bar dig into your traps and upper back?

Do you try and fix the problem by wrapping a towel or foam pad around the barbell?

This is a very common problem, especially among people who are new to squatting. But there is a specific exercise that you can do to fix this program and eliminate the pain in the neck you get from squatting.

This exercise is called the HISE SHRUG – it was invented back in the 1930′s by Joseph Curtis Hise. He was also the same guy who first came up with the 20 rep squat program which has helped countless men pack on solid muscular body weight.

Joseph Curtis Hise

Joseph Curtis Hise was a true weight lifting pioneer. Joe started lifting weights during the early 1930′s. At this time he just couldn’t get his bodyweight over 200 pounds. But he later read about the squat in Mark Berry’s magazines and gave it a try. By including high rep squats as a regular exercise in his workouts, Joe gained a whopping 29 pounds, tipping the scale at 229!

He continued experimenting along this line and finally reached a bodyweight of 298, with an arm measurement of 19 inches, a chest of 56 and thighs of 33 inches. Even today such girths are considered fantastic but in those days they were simply beyond comprehension. Joe’s results helped make the 20 rep squat program “World Famous” for gaining solid muscular bodyweight.

Hise published articles in many of the old time muscle magazines and indirectly helped thousands of guys get bigger and stronger. Joseph Curtis Hise passed away September 1972.

To perform the Hise Shrug all you have to do is shoulder a barbell just as if you were going to do a set of barbell squats. But instead of squatting with the weight you are just going to shrug your shoulders as high as you can, hold the peak contraction for a split second, then lower your shoulders down.

By regularly doing this exercise you’ll build up your traps and upper back and also toughen up your shoulders so that you can build up your pain threshold to squat with a bare barbell across your back with no pain what so ever.

So if you have trouble squatting with the bar on your back, do the Hise Shrug 3 times per week. Just do a few easy sets of 10-20 reps at the end of your workouts and build up the weights gradually over time. Just by regularly getting the bar on your back and doing this move frequently will quickly toughen up your shoulders and traps. Within about 6 weeks of doing this you’ll eliminate the shoulder discomfort associated with squatting and be able to focus entirely on getting the most benefit from squatting.

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Give this exercise a try in your workouts and leave me a comment below letting me know how it works for you…

And if you would like to try the Famous 20 Rep Squat Program that Joseph Curtis Hise used to Pack On Mass and Bulk Up… Just click on the link below: