Form Check (Squat / Press )

[luggi]

Hey guys. Since on my first attempt on the program I kinda threw technique out at some point and ignored the pains I had (I have had more or less chronic back pains for almost 2 years now, wich no CT Scan or PT or doc could resolve or explain), I restarted the program one month in. My Squat was at 90kg at that time.

So technique is very important to me, especially on Squats and DLs.


Back Squat 70 kg / 155 lbs

Please ignore this stupid walkout that I'm forced to do. This is my secondary gym and the dumbbell thing next to me will kill me if I dont make a step to the left.
And please forgive me for only uploading side view, I didn't read the sticky prior to filming those. I will upload the other angles if needed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCeQ...nqqIYPmWXGooXw

First set felt great, best set in a while, but my pants ripped on the first rep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsEr...nqqIYPmWXGooXw

Same with the second one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rerU...XGooXw&index=1

Strangely I had some minor back pain on the concentric portions of these. Is there any difference? I think it might be a slight overextension but not sure.

Press 25 kg / 55 lbs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38-B...ature=youtu.be

Feelin pretty confident with those. Are there any major problems?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9FB...ature=youtu.be


Thanks in advance for critiquing my lifts, really appreciate that people on the internet take time to do this stuff without charging anything.

[TwoFours]

On the squat, you are doing a few things wrong at the bottom. a) going too low b) pausing c) doing some sort of weird bounce before coming back up. This might be the cause of your back pain. You need to stop just below parallel and come up immediately so that you utilize the stretch reflex. Are you doing that weird bounce because you are trying to initiate it?

Everything else is good

[luggi]

Thanks for your reply.

But doesn't not going as low as possible kill the stretch reflex? I honestly didn't even see I was doing this bounce. I'll stop doing it.
For the backpain, I get it from Deadlifts as well, I'll upload videos of those on Friday.

[TwoFours]

fyi your OHP vids are set to private so I could not see them

if you notice on your squats, you get to a pause point at the bottom but then try to get even lower. so you are pausing at just below parallel for a second and then going another inch or 2 lower. You dont need that. If you pop back up at that first pause point youll be perfect.

in the low bar squat it isnt necessary to go much deeper than parallel because it can a) bring in back rounding and b) can imo kill your stretch reflex.

[luggi]

Allright yeah I actually saw it on the videos now. I'll stop that. The thing is that It feels strange to stop when I don't even feel a stretch. I'll upload next vids on Fri.

The ohp vids are public now.