I am mainly concerned with the depth. The first rep felt high, the second rep felt low, the third rep felt right in the middle and the fourth and fifth reps I have no memory of except trying to get out of the of the hole.
Any other advice is welcome.
Thanks for your time!
04-10-2021, 12:15 PM
BastiatBB
Not a coach, but your first rep looks good to me. After that, your biggest problem is you are dive-bombing and getting loose. Control the descent and keep tight.
04-11-2021, 12:13 PM
OHTrain
Thanks.
I appreciate your help.
04-12-2021, 05:18 AM
Hayden-William Courtland
You have some knee slide forward in the bottom which is causing you to not be as tight as you could be and to be a bit deeper than ideal - particularly later in the set. Think of reaching back with your butt at about halfway down and locking your knees into place.
04-12-2021, 10:44 AM
JJ23
Thanks for this post. Looks identical to my squat at the bottom and I'm glad to see the feedback confirm my concerns.
04-12-2021, 01:00 PM
OHTrain
Thank you for taking a look Hayden-William. I'll keep that in mind when I get under 405 this week.
04-15-2021, 11:58 AM
exter
I am not a coach but I used to squat like this and got patellar tendonitis. There is a lot of tension on your knees at the bottom. Think of your hamstrings as a spring, stretching them to the maximum at the bottom and using the stretch reflex to go up.
04-17-2021, 10:37 AM
OHTrain
Exter, thanks for the warning. I do have bad knee pain on the stairs so I guess there is already some of that going on.
I do see what I’m doing wrong though, so hopefully I can get it corrected. I was pretty damn sore after this particular workout and all the feedback is helping me understand why.