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    Go a touch deeper, maintain back angle, don't let knees go back at bottom?

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    I was holding my breath once you started your set. You really need to clean some stuff up, so sorry for sounding harsh.

    Feet should never move during the set (Dat left foot). Never walk the rep into the rack. Grip was not symmetric. Horizontal component of COM was not fixed at all. Slow down the descent a tad.
    You are still too upright in my opinion ie. knees too far forward.
    Take some weight off, TUBOW, focus and use the master cue from the book.

    Why are you doing doubles? I understand that certain groups do 5 triples in their LP, but doubles?
    Last edited by bhara; 01-07-2017 at 02:22 PM.

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    I hadn't noticed the left foot moving. Odd.

    By grip not symmetric, do you mean that the right wrist is bent?

    It felt as if I kept the bar over midfoot, rather than tipping forward. I presume this is what you mean by the COM comment. I'll focus more.

    Was depth close?

    I'm not on LP, I'm on a 6-4-2 rep scheme.

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    do you mean that the right wrist is bent?
    Yes. I'm guessing it's a mobility issue you already know about.

    I presume this is what you mean by the COM comment.
    Your heels rose out of the hole. I think your knees are too far forward and you need to lengthen your posterior chain more to get a stronger bounce and stay in balance as well.

    Was depth close?
    I think it was fine, but I am terrible at judging depth. When you start squatting with your hips more you will always know if you hit depth, due to the hard stretch reflex.
    TUBOW.

    I'm on a 6-4-2 rep scheme.
    Okay, good luck!
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    I don't know what's causing the right wrist to be bent. It's not a mobility issue.

    Aha - now I see the heels rising.

    I'll examine Squat knee position: No TUBOW tilt vs. being set 1/3 down

    I have terrible proprioception and never know if I've hit depth, often confusing the tension of heavier weight with the stretch of a bounce. I used to work with a SSC and eventually got my form to work, but it's drifted badly since then. I should have been regularly videoing my lifts.

    I'll work on these issues and post again. Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bhara View Post
    You are still too upright in my opinion
    you can't be fucking serious. his back is nearly horizontal on the ascent. that's probably the worst squat-morning I've ever seen and your advice is downright dangerous here.

    as a good rule of thumb, the ascent should look exactly like the descent; i.e. if you were to play your squat video backwards, you can't the tell the difference.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carnivroar View Post
    you can't be fucking serious. his back is nearly horizontal on the ascent. that's probably the worst squat-morning I've ever seen and your advice is downright dangerous here.

    as a good rule of thumb, the ascent should look exactly like the descent; i.e. if you were to play your squat video backwards, you can't the tell the difference.
    I thought the new video was better than the prior video regarding back angle.

    What would be the first two or three things you would suggest working on?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elephant View Post
    I thought the new video was better than the prior video regarding back angle.

    What would be the first two or three things you would suggest working on?
    Disregard Carnivore. He does not believe in low bar back squats. He believes in compression pants and high bar squats. He is often antagonistic on this forum, all for the purpose of being antagonistic. There's an internet term for that sort of poster, troll. So, please don't feed the troll.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JoeJ View Post
    Disregard Carnivore. He does not believe in low bar back squats. He believes in compression pants and high bar squats. He is often antagonistic on this forum, all for the purpose of being antagonistic. There's an internet term for that sort of poster, troll. So, please don't feed the troll.
    Gotcha.

    Do you have any comments or suggestions on my latest squats?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elephant View Post
    Gotcha.

    Do you have any comments or suggestions on my latest squats?
    Actively shove your knees out the entire squat. Slow the hell down. You're borderline dive-bombing these.

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