Failed squat first set @ 185. So pissed.

[the dio]

Heh..damnit!

I'm thinking about dropping a bit of weight as it looks like I've got some depth creep. I could tell the first rep was a little high, corrected on second rep. Third rep was way too high though.

Otherwise, I'm not really sure what the problem is here. My knees came forward a bit on the second rep but they look fine on the failed rep.

I think when the weight starts getting more difficult to get back up, I'm subconsciously sliding forward to try and get my quads into it more or something. Usually at that point I'm really pushing my knees out.

Anyone see anything about my form that could have caused the failed rep?

[Carlos Daniel]

None of the reps were deep enough. Maybe you should just deload some 15-20 pounds and try to go deeper from there. Going deeper might even help you, since you'll get the bounce, which you are not getting now.

[the dio]

None of the reps were deep enough. Maybe you should just deload some 15-20 pounds and try to go deeper from there. Going deeper might even help you, since you'll get the bounce, which you are not getting now.

Mmm, I paused at the bottom of second rep and the crease is below my knee, but I agree otherwise.

[veryhrm]

Don't see anything particularly wrong, but i echo Carlos Daniel: 1) go deeper (knees are in the right position just continue the motion to go deeper) and stay tight to bounce out of the bottom.

side view would confirm the depth question, but either way you've got to get the bounce. do you usually ?

[JB1981]

I think your problem is you are still leading with your chest, it's subtle but that is what I am seeing.

[Carlos Daniel]

Mmm, I paused at the bottom of second rep and the crease is below my knee, but I agree otherwise.

I just paused the video to make sure, and if the crease is below the top of the knee cap, it's only by half an inch. Get deeper.

[DanO_123]

It looks like a leg press squat. You don't seem to be using your hamstrings or glutes to assist you from your bottom position. Also, it looks like you could use another couple of inches of depth which will get the rebound from your posterior chain.

[the dio]

I just paused the video to make sure, and if the crease is below the top of the knee cap, it's only by half an inch. Get deeper.

Yeah, maybe. I agree about getting deeper.

Thanks guys.

[ZonaLifter]

His squats look a lot like mine. At least, in my mind, that's how I think I squat. I've not videoed myself. I don't really feel the hamstring stretch or the rebound out of the hole, but it really feels like I'm going deep. I remember in Rip's video that he tells some guys not to go so deep and they seem to go about as deep as Dio. Should my rear be almost hitting my heels or something? Should I feel my hamstring rebound out of the hole? Should my posterior chain be more fatigued after my squat sets?

[Carlos Daniel]

His squats look a lot like mine. At least, in my mind, that's how I think I squat. I've not videoed myself. I don't really feel the hamstring stretch or the rebound out of the hole, but it really feels like I'm going deep. I remember in Rip's video that he tells some guys not to go so deep and they seem to go about as deep as Dio. Should my rear be almost hitting my heels or something? Should I feel my hamstring rebound out of the hole? Should my posterior chain be more fatigued after my squat sets?

I don't feel much other than my head swelling up a bit when I squat. The bounce is something that can be felt as well as seen (on others, or on a video). There's good bounce when you don't feel the quads making a huge effort to stop and reverse the motion. On video it's hard to describe, I just sorta know it's there. The speed of the reversal is much faster, it's sharper, I don't know. At least it's what happens to me. I don't think you should feel the hamstrings stretching a whole lot, that's something I only feel on RDL's.