Shoulder and Wrist Pain on Squat

[onlyinamerica]

I just started the 5x5 program and no matter how I try to adjust my hands on squat my shoulders and wrists always turn out hurting during/afterward. I had shoulder surgery in high school so I lack some flexibility in my left shoulder, but both shoulders/wrists are giving me a hard time. Any suggestions on how I could tweak my form to avoid this?

[XCouchPotato]

Hi:

I am certainly no expert but I was having a similar problem with my shoulders when I first started. I was pushing my elbows back to get the shelf as I had seen in a number of power lifting training videos. Then I watched some videos geared more to body building and they recommended keeping the elbows more forward and widening out the hand grip. Now I take a more medium approach and keep my elbows pointed to the floor and my grip wide. This has made all the difference in the world for me.

On the wrists, you might want to check that you are not getting them turned backward. Keeping them striagther might help there. Also, try to position your hands so that the bar is over the meaty part rather then in the bend if this makes sense.

[onlyinamerica]

Thanks for the help, I'll be lifting again today so I'll try some of those strategies out and see how it goes.