Hey Jay, just sent you an email.

A couple thoughts, you could try pausing if you want. You could also start letting the bar drop by itself, don't pull it down. This is what I had to do before switching training. Pulling the bar down let me do the reps fast as hell, but it took it's toll on my elbows and that combined with squatting hurt. So I started letting the bar come down by itself, then reversing and blowing up. No pause. I like this way, but it may not work for all.

Also, on a couple of peoples recommendations I started wearing elbow sleeves when I did them, this also helped a lot. Plus the absorbine really helped, too.

Just a couple thoughts for you