Squat Check, Coming Back From Mild Knee Injury And Haven't Squatted In Quite A While
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Turn the sound off unless you want to hear me coughing in your ear during setup.
This was my first back squat session in probably 6 months or so. I didn't push the load that much, and was trying to focus on balance and pelvic positioning. I did throw on my belt and do 3x5 with this same weight after this set.
Here is what I see.
1. Balance isn't perfect. There's a lot of re-adjustment and me having to consciously move my weight back to my mid foot after each rep. Hopefully just doing this deliberately and keeping "mid foot" and "press the big toe down" in my head will fix this.
2. Might be getting loose in the bottom. I know my lumbar spine isn't relaxing, but I may be losing some of my core tightness.
3. First rep was clean. Maybe I need to slow my descent to match the speed of that rep to stay in proper balance. I know Stan Efferding is notorious for descending slowly in the squat and when he was asked why he did that he said "if I go any faster I lose my balance". Obviously I don't need to be that slow, but slower than reps 2 and 3.
4. I got out of my knees on the last rep, should have kept them set forward during the first part of the ascent.
Thanks