Slight Deviation From Vertical Bar Path On Squat
41 year old male, 6'4'', 205 lbs. It has been about 8 months since any of my lifts could be considered Novice Linear Progression, the lower body lifts even longer. On the Squat I am running out a HLM, to peak the heavy day for a 1RM. It is getting to the point where even the medium day is getting heavy where I am paying around with sets and reps (same volume though) just to be able to keep adding weight to the bar.
Anyways, I've noticed that on medium days to some extent and on the heavy day top sets that my bar path is a perfect straight line on the way down, but on the way up at the sticky point, just out of the hole, it will shift slightly forward of the center of mass as I grind into the hip drive. I have a nice controlled descent and then can get a slight bounce out of the bottom, in which case the bar starts to slow and all I think about is moving the hips up. Looking at videos of myself I can see the bar path go forward of the center of mass. I didn't really catch it until watching a video of Michael Wolf, where I noticed he was running into the exact same issue. Here is a video below, that illustrates the issue.
500x5 Squat PR & Other Lifts - YouTube
Is this something to be concerned about on reps where you are grinding it out? This set of 5 for him was clearly a 5RM at the time and he could not get out another rep, so it makes sense that the form won't be perfect. But, is there any way to fix this on these tough reps. Or should I be concerned about making sure that this form creep doesn't show up in the medium days as much? On the light days, I have an almost perfect vertical bar path on the ascent.
Thanks,
Nick