Thread: squat form check please

keep all the weight on your heels and your thighs parallel when you extend down.

Looked solid to me..

Originally Posted by IRONbrother00

keep all the weight on your heels and your thighs parallel when you extend down.

Are you referring to my wide stance?

kris

Looked fine to me too. Question is, how does your form hold up to your regular weight since you said you reduced it for the video.

Exact same form. Made the weight a tad lighter so i can go slow slow slow. I feel like i focus on form too much, but its better than just throwing weights. Im happy that the video actually showed me at parallel. I was thinking that i was just above.

thanks
kris

It would be nice to see someone in my gym actually use his form. Good Job!

Originally Posted by suprfast

Im happy that the video actually showed me at parallel.I was thinking that i was just above.

Haha I do the same thing, I always feel like I am not quite parallel but my gym buddy assures me I am so I accept it hah.

Looks like you use the safety bars to mark where you want to be at the bottom. That's a I good way.

Thanks guys. i was afraid my form got lost in this last week. Dont ask me why, but its just reassuring to know im going it correctly.
Yes i use the bars for my downward movement. I go all the way till i hit, no ifs and or butts. Its not a count unless i tap it.

kris

I think it's looking pretty good as well, just one recommendation:

I'd recommend having your knees 'track' over your toes as you squat down. As you can see in your first video, your knees are inside your toes when you are at the bottom. Doing so will take a bit of strain off your knees as well as allow you to recruit your hamstrings more --- this will help you get out of the hole more effectively.

Thanks M11. You've always been a huge help
kris

Good squats, and looks like you got some good tips as well.

Just make sure that when you use bars as markers like that to not let your core loosen up at the bottom. Sometimes during lifts like this, along with movements like rack pulls lifters don't firm up their core before the concentric movement, which can lead to back injuries etc.

Just my .02 though

Given and not seen.

Not bad. I will never squat again in running shoes though. Nothing like barefoot. You should try it. or at least some flat soles

I have tried bare foot and i love it. I have to keep the garage a little cleaner(as you can see in the video). I might go back to barefoot. Someone told me to get squat shoes, but finding a 13 EEEE+ is hard enough, let alone a custom shoe. Barefoot next time just for you Merkaba.

Looks like your right knee was buckling in a little bit from effort.

One tip that P-Funk gave me is to imagine that there is a rubber band around your legs trying to pull them together. Fight to stretch the rubberband on the way up.

I noticed that on the video too. I felt zero strain on the way up. Ill check it out tomorrow see if i can isolate why my leg is doing that

Spread the floor with your feet, imagine it's 2 plates and you want to slide them apart.

Other than that it looks pretty solid. Where do you let the bar rest on your back? Is it across the traps or across the rear delts?

Originally Posted by suprfast

I have tried bare foot and i love it. I have to keep the garage a little cleaner(as you can see in the video). I might go back to barefoot. Someone told me to get squat shoes, but finding a 13 EEEE+ is hard enough, let alone a custom shoe. Barefoot next time just for you Merkaba.

Awww you shouldn't have!

Looks good. I hate shoes while lifting also. I rock these:

What happens if you have 6 toes

Originally Posted by Doublebase

Looks good. I hate shoes while lifting also. I rock these:

Those things are screwing up my cones and rods!

I'd get the bar off your back if you were at my place:

- Poor hip mobility (especially on the right side)
- Ankle mobility looks odd
- You disguise both of those limitations by turning your toes outward; however, the squat still does not look appropriate (even in that compensated state)...the knees are all over the place and you are shifting weight around. Also, these issues lead to greater posterior tilt on the decent and a lack of pelvic control.

patrick

Originally Posted by suprfast

What happens if you have 6 toes

The Crysalids

Originally Posted by P-funk

I'd get the bar off your back if you were at my place:

- Poor hip mobility (especially on the right side)
- Ankle mobility looks odd
- You disguise both of those limitations by turning your toes outward; however, the squat still does not look appropriate (even in that compensated state)...the knees are all over the place and you are shifting weight around. Also, these issues lead to greater posterior tilt on the decent and a lack of pelvic control.

patrick

If i was at your place i would never need this video. You'd have me doing them right, the first time.

If i bring my legs closer together i get a weird clicking in my left knee. When i widen them the click goes away. This is why i never dreamed of being a power lifter, id be broken by day 2.

Originally Posted by suprfast

If i was at your place i would never need this video. You'd have me doing them right, the first time.

If i bring my legs closer together i get a weird clicking in my left knee. When i widen them the click goes away. This is why i never dreamed of being a power lifter, id be broken by day 2.

Legs closer = greater knee flexion/extension and less hip (more quad dominant).

You don't have to squat close stance, but you should be able to really own that pattern and make it look legit in a body weight (hands overhead) position.

Broken by day 2 or broken by day 300...either way, you are broken! We have to be able to have clean patterns - loaded and unloaded - and ensure that what is going on underneath the pattern is what we are infact looking to get.

patrick

Originally Posted by P-funk

Legs closer = greater knee flexion/extension and less hip (more quad dominant).

You don't have to squat close stance, but you should be able to really own that pattern and make it look legit in a body weight (hands overhead) position.

Broken by day 2 or broken by day 300...either way, you are broken! We have to be able to have clean patterns - loaded and unloaded - and ensure that what is going on underneath the pattern is what we are infact looking to get.

patrick

With all do respect, please post self video with as much or more weight.

It's about time for that, IMHO.

Originally Posted by Hoglander

With all do respect, please post self video with as much or more weight.

It's about time for that, IMHO.

huh?

patrick