Originally Posted by
Paul Horn
I can sense your frustration, my man. We are going to work through this.
First, I doubt it was flexion that caused your injury. Looks to me like you have a tendency to over-extend. That can lead to a lot of back problems. We've been dealing with over-extenders quite a bit lately. I know you've heard this before but you have squeeze the hell out of your abs. More on that in a minute.
You're squats are way to high in the first video, so we're just going to pretend that one doesn't exist. The second video is better, but you need to get lower. My guess is that you cut your depth off because you feel your low back unlocking, right? Here's the reality: what you think is proper lumbar extension is actually overextension. So, when you start to feel your lumbar "rounding" at the bottom, it's actually just moving from an over-extended position to the neutral position we want. In other words, don't worry about it and don't let that be the reason you cut your squats off 3" high. Your problem is over-extending on the way back up, and you fix that by squeezing your abs really really tight, not just on the way down, but on the way up. Next session, I want you to focus on driving your shoulder and hips up at the same time. Don't worry about exaggerating the hip drive; just aim for a constant back angle. Keep your focus on holding a huge breath and squeezing the abs. hard against your belt. Insist on shoving your knees out and getting a little lower than you think you should. Also, keep your head down.
Start there and repost, but don't show me any high reps. You squat to proper depth from now on.
squats still bad
