The Anderson Squat - Set Up, Form, and Tips 

600 pounds, nice! Good luck 💪

Thanks David! 💪

Thanks for the tip, I will look into that!

It sounds like you've got some tightness, probably from a lack of thoracic rotation mobility. Not an injury, but an injury waiting to happen. I would work in some rotation and anti-rotation exercises (woodchops/renegade rows/etc), rhomboid specific stretches (pitcher's stretch/angel stretch/etc), and also start working side planks into your warmup prior to doing deadlifts. Side planks are going to help tighten up all of the muscles around your spine, rhomboids included. Stop doing all forms of deadlifting for a week or two, maybe focus more on leg press or a squat variation that doesn't stress out your rhomboids. Your first week of doing deadlifts should be to ease you back in. Go lighter and work one 3x5 set for your first week back, then go back to whatever you were doing the next week.

@@BullsStrength Thank you, i will try this and see if it helps.

It's up to you. Do you want to approach with caution? Start out above parallel at about 80-95% of your full ROM 1RM. Feeling a little more bold/have lots of experience with squatting? Start out just above your 1RM, 102% or so.

I'm not saying that Paul Anderson is incompetent. He was just very far ahead of his time, but his system for strength progression is rarely used now a days. His advice for using only progressive range of motion for strength progression is very frowned out by modern strength coaches and trainers. However, his wisdom lives on in many different powerlifting training routines, including Westside Barbell, who are the cream of the crop when it comes to numbers. Paul's pioneering has most certainly been key to modern strength training, but like Eugen Sandow and many others, his raw advice is a little rough around the edges.