Squat Form Check, Please

[Lee DuBois]

Being performing squats as part of training for several years.....incorrectly. Recently invested in SS:BBT-3 and have been working on my form.

This video is my first 3x5 set at 285, which is where I am at in my linear progression.

http://youtu.be/yHcOJl4zu-s


My squat felt shallow during the above set, so I dropped the weight to 225 to work on technique (below link).

http://youtu.be/u0-OP-r96QQ

Thanks in advance for all advice!


P.S. - I am in the process of buying lifting shoes and building a platform. Yes, my power rack is wooden, no - my car is not. lol

[bamzi]

Looks pretty good! Awesome power rack too

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[Jimmy Tereyla]

Looks like your knees are caving in at the bottom.

[bamzi]

Are we watching the same videos? Knees look solid to me. Maybe slight deviations on the heavier set. Nothing to fret about.

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[PFerrari]

The knees aren't caving in much at all, as bamzi said. It could be 100% eliminated if you narrowed your stance about 1 or 2", in my opinion.

[Lee DuBois]

Thanks for the responses! Regarding the possible knee cave : for some reason with the heavier weights, it's more comfortable for me to use a slightly wider stance. I'm not sure why this is but I will work on making it a little more narrow to prevent the knee cave with heavier weights.

Thanks again!

[Gunnhild Bruno]

The knees are coming in because your feet are rolling to the inside. The stance is too wide for you to keep your weight stably distributed on your feet. Narrow the stance a bit and push the knees out harder throughout.

[Jimmy Tereyla]

The second video, at 0:09, I wouldn't want my left knee doing that. As Spar said, look at the outside edge of your left foot and you'll see it's coming off of the floor. Take your stance without the bar and when you reach the bottom position shove your knees out with the assistance of your elbows.. if your foot remains firmly planted, the stance is probably the correct width, but you'll have to reevaluate when you get under the bar and are pushing your knees out with your mind.

[Steve Hill]

Turn your toes in a bit. Make sure your knees are tracking in line with your feet, which they are not doing right now, either because of your toes being out just a bit too far, or your stance width, or (most likely) both.

[bamzi]

Ahh I see the foot rolling now, well spotted spar and jimmy

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