How's my squat form?

**gtbmed** · 01-10-2010, 11:28 PM

Just wanted to see if I could get any comments.

**P-funk** · 01-11-2010, 06:33 AM

It is hard to watch from that angle (you are almost upside down)....

It looks like you are drifting way forward and not getting your hips back though. You need to sit back and stay tight. You are way to "loose" in the bottom position. Get a shot from the back too, and try and take your videos upright.

patrick

**gtbmed** · 01-11-2010, 06:37 AM

Sorry about the shots...

Thanks for the advice, I kind of thought that this was a problem as when I go for heavy singles I tend to fall forward.

Any thoughts on correcting this Patrick?

**Triple Threat** · 01-11-2010, 09:52 AM

How do you stand on the wall like that without falling off?

**Phineas** · 01-11-2010, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by Triple Threat

How do you stand on the wall like that without falling off?

**Floods7** · 01-11-2010, 12:04 PM

... terrible... knees come WAY to far forward. It was kinda hard to tell but it looks like you might be leaning just a little too far forward as well.

That guy has his shit together. Notice how his knees stay just at about the tip of his shoes or maybe not even that far. Also his back is at about 75 degrees, whereas your about at 60.

**gtbmed** · 01-11-2010, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by Floods7

... terrible... knees come WAY to far forward. It was kinda hard to tell but it looks like you might be leaning just a little too far forward as well.

That guy has his shit together. Notice how his knees stay just at about the tip of his shoes or maybe not even that far. Also his back is at about 75 degrees, whereas your about at 60.

Tell me how to squat that deep without the knees going forward.

Barbell Full Squat

Seems like the knees have to get pretty far forward in order for a person to squat low. In the link you posted the guy doesn't really squat to the ground.

**Floods7** · 01-11-2010, 01:20 PM

There is no NEED to squat that low. The guy in the vid is going about 90 degrees and it looks like it is working for him. Want to squat low and risk knee injury then go for it, I used to squat low, hurt my knee and couldnt lift legs for over a year, almost ended my hockey career too.

Actually while I watch that vid, the guy does somewhat break 90 degrees and keeps his knees back.

**NJ-Surfer** · 01-11-2010, 06:30 PM

Something looks funky, but its hard to tell from your video. You may be swinging your hips too far forward when your in full squat. Could be you're using too much weight?? Take a with video with just the bar and then compare to the ones above.

**gtbmed** · 01-11-2010, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by Floods7

There is no NEED to squat that low. The guy in the vid is going about 90 degrees and it looks like it is working for him. Want to squat low and risk knee injury then go for it, I used to squat low, hurt my knee and couldnt lift legs for over a year, almost ended my hockey career too.

Actually while I watch that vid, the guy does somewhat break 90 degrees and keeps his knees back.

I am still debating whether I want to squat with a high bar placement or a low bar placement. I may just decide to scrap the high bar placement and go with a more traditional low bar powerlifting squat. But I don't think a high bar placement and knees moving over the toes places the knee in a more dangerous position. The knee is in the most dangerous position when a person squats to parallel.

I think my main problem in my squatting was that I wanted to have the benefits of both high bar ROM and low bar posterior chain involvement. My hips were driving too far back for a close stance, high bar squat. If I stick with a high bar squat I'll work on getting my torso more upright.

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