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    12-10-2024, 06:39 PM
    BruceTrout replied to a thread Press | 100lbs in Technique
    Starting with your belly out a little bit--you're in a bit of overextension in the low back-- I'd want you to pull that back so they're more in line...
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    12-08-2024, 08:13 AM
    These aren't the worst, but the weight is too low to give you helpful feedback. For sure though, reset between each rep, it's not tap and go like a...
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    12-06-2024, 04:56 PM
    Control the descent. Don't think much more about it.
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    11-26-2024, 10:16 PM
    BruceTrout replied to a thread Squat 195.x5 in Technique
    Point your nose to the spot you're looking at and keep it there.
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    11-26-2024, 08:28 AM
    Let's say that it does "feel awkward" or any other similar description, who cares? Most of what you "feel" doesn't matter and the squat always feels...
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    11-25-2024, 03:59 PM
    There are a couple different things to address here, lets start with "falling forward". So, I'm sure you've been told--and you might have a pretty...
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    11-25-2024, 03:37 PM
    BruceTrout replied to a thread Press | 100lbs in Technique
    The Press is the one lift where you SHOULD NOT do multiple reps with one breath. This is covered in the Blue Book and on the website.
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    11-24-2024, 03:53 PM
    BruceTrout replied to a thread Press | 100lbs in Technique
    Timing is pretty good here. Elbows are the issue I would address. Need them tighter to the body (squeeze your armpits tight) and they need to stay...
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    11-23-2024, 05:50 PM
    Looks like you're pulling the chest up early. Watch your head as you go down and then drive up--you lift your head. It's not 100%, but if you're not...
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    11-23-2024, 05:45 PM
    To Rips point, you're dropping forward at the bottom. From my perspective it looks to me like you're lifting your chest early on these, which would...
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    11-23-2024, 05:42 PM
    I don't think you're lower lumbar is "extending" as you break parallel (I'm not totally sure how that would work); do you mean you think it's...
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    11-23-2024, 05:37 PM
    BruceTrout replied to a thread squat 400x5 check pls in Technique
    Rip, I'm happy to be wrong on this but does he go slightly too deep? Only reason I say this is because right at the bottom he appears to slide...
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