Squat check (please be kind!)

[jpss627]

Hi community.

I have been squatting the Starting Strength way regularly for a year and a half now, and I took my courage to post a video of my squat here. Please, be kind🫣

Thanks!

SS Squat 2024-01-06 - YouTube

[Charlocity2]

Have you read the book?

[jpss627]

Have you read the book?

I have read parts of it years ago.

[Mark Rippetoe]

That might be the problem.

[Charlocity2]

I have read parts of it years ago.

A year and a half is a very long time to spend squatting regularly using technique you only understand parts of. The kindest thing to do is direct you back to the book, so you can invest your time to understand things like stance, toe angle, eye gaze, and rep range. That, and/or live coaching from a Starting Strength coach.

[IlPrincipeBrutto]

Hello,

I have been squatting the Starting Strength way

let me start with the positive bit; they are all legal squats, in the sense that you go below parallel.

Having said, that, there are quite a few relevant difference compared to the 'SS way'. Without using to many words, you are front squatting with the bar on your back. Your knees lead, and travel a lot, while your back stays fairly vertical; it could also be a fairly good Weightlifter squat, if you had the bar at top of your back, that is.
Also, note how your knees cave in at each rep, just after the bounce at the bottom.

Other details that might suggest you have not retained the material you claim to have read are, the fact that you are filming a set of 11 (I might have lost count), and the shoes you are using (they might still be ok if they have a rigid sole, no need to be anal about this).

Overall, you are likely to get the equivalent of RTFM answers.
Hope this helps.


IPB