Does anyone else have an issue with grip for front squats? Every position you've try just become extremely uncomfortable.
Yeah, I struggled for a while until I learned to balance it on my clavicle/traps. If front squats are ever comfortable then the odds are you are out of position, properly one of the few exercises that you can get used to but never really becomes comfortable. For me, it was just flexibility and working of form with just the bar.
For myself, I let the bar roll on to my delts then slightly off my palm. I remember to keep my elbows out front of my body and any triceps parallel to the ground to keep the bar up. Front squats is not for everyone. Some people finds it difficult to rotate their shoulder so enough to grip the bar and stabilize with the back squats. However, it all boil down to flexibility. If you have good bar position and lat mobility, you can be completely comfortable in a traditional front rack position.
A lot of people had complained that their wrists and elbows don't bend like that when doing the standard front squat grip. One option I have seen is to use lifting straps - wrap them around the bar (like how you would to you wrists) with the "tail" end pointing up, rest the bar across your shoulders, and hold the "tails" as handles, w/n neutral grip (palms inward, thumbs down). You can also use straps or hold front rack position with your aims crossed. You just kind of get used to it, but it's never all that comfortable. Just make sure your shoulders and forearms are warmed up and stretched out.
Unfortunately, some people wrists and elbows have never agreed with a bar front squats. For those saying that their wrists and elbows can't handle front squats, this is due to lat mobility, not wrist or elbow mobility. Get bar placement, hand placement and lat mobility, then you'll be good. You can do the lying press as your front squats.
There are many substitutions for front squats found kettle bell front squats a lot more comfortable and I would recommend it. You also can look into doing Zerche squats in place of front squats or barbell hack squats instead.
It is best you find the position that works for you. You can front squats this way:-
Let the bar roll on to your delts, making sure it is slightly below your shoulder line, step up to the bar on the pins and place it in position across your body. Cross your aims and grasp the bar with your palms facing your thumbs closest to your neck, and raise your elbows slightly above parallel. Stand up, step back, commence squatting.
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