PR set 400 x 5 Squat

Hello Coaches,

Just completed a squat set of 5 for a PR at 400 lbs.

400 x 5 - YouTube

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!

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.

Thanks.

I appreciate your help.

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.

Thanks for this post. Looks identical to my squat at the bottom and I'm glad to see the feedback confirm my concerns.

Thank you for taking a look Hayden-William. I'll keep that in mind when I get under 405 this week.

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.

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.