Squat Check 2

[Jameisus]

Hi, I posted my first squat form check at this link:

http://startingstrength.com/resource...er-squats.html

Matt kindly advised I should get some squat shoes, widen my stance, shove my butt back, and point my nipples at the floor right from the top. Also, that my knees shouldn't be going outside my toes.

New video is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3h1...ature=youtu.be

I've only just come back to lifting from two months off, but these feel and look a lot better to me already (I hope!)

Any advice greatly appreciated, thanks.

[Matt Reynolds]

Looks pretty good. Good improvement sir.

You are still shoving your knees back right out of the hole a bit, especially as the set progresses. But I'm very much nitpicking. If you want to practice fixing this, a TUBOW works great...(so it works for guys who let their knees slide forward too much in the bottom of the squat (not you) AND it works for guys who shove their knees and ass backwards right out of the hole, which changes the back angle slightly and doesn't all your quads/knee extension to work as powerfully as we'd like.

Knees should only move the top 1/3 of the lift or so. After that they are locked in place.

Again, I'm super nitpicking and your squat is within 95% of correct. Great job.

Matt

[Jameisus]

Thanks for the reply and advice Matt, means a lot to know I'm on the right track. I guess I would use TUBOW and make sure I touch the block, then keep in contact or very close to it throughout the lift to fix the knees going back too early?

Thanks again!

[Matt Reynolds]

Correct.