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So Im hoping I havent been screwing myself over the last month or so with my squat form.....basically, I was doing low bar (Ill call it low bar position A) for the longest time and I was getting to the point where the bar would just scoot down/roll down my back. According to Rippetoe thats how you know the bar is too low because its not sitting firmly on the "spine of the scapula" (god how he loves that term.) So I decided to do an experiment. I will line up the bar with the middle of my chest, bring the shoulders back (aka form the shelf that the bar should rest on), duck under the bar, and kind of rub the bar up and down my back till it feels like its sitting in a notch on my back/spine. Now I want to be clear that Im NOT resting it on the back of my neck- I know what that feels like and Im not stupid enough to jack up my spine doing that. It FEELS like its resting on my traps/rear delts, but Im not 100% sure. I know a form video is probably best, but what Im really looking for is, what does a proper low back position/high bar position FEEL like. Also Id like to note that in low bar position A the weight feels/would feel insanely heavy starting at 180lbs. In position B ( sitting in that "notch") the weight feels much lighter/more stable at least, if that means anything.