Squat Check (V3)

[tjt564]

Hey guys,
My previous thread was on 10/23 here: Squat Check (V2)
Since then I've had to do quite a bit of moving around so I didn't have much time to upload another video and I also wanted to take some time to actually make the changes and not just haphazardly throw my knees forward in the bottom position as a quick fix.
I appreciate any and all help and I really hope my form improved. I definitely feel as if I'm pushing the knees out and forward now but as you will see on my 3rd & 4th reps it feels like a mental battle as my body attempts to revert back to old ways while my mind is telling it to do something new. However, you guys have been incredibly helpful and I'm excited to see where Im at and what I need to work on next.
Here is the recent video I took today for Monday's workout: https://youtu.be/tzwZJW1mXGM
I'm doing 215 X 5 and this is my final (3rd) set. I apologize for any grunting/noises as this was the heaviest I've gone as you can probably tell from the struggle.
Thank you!

[Seth_H]

Hey guys,
My previous thread was on 10/23 here: Squat Check (V2)
Since then I've had to do quite a bit of moving around so I didn't have much time to upload another video and I also wanted to take some time to actually make the changes and not just haphazardly throw my knees forward in the bottom position as a quick fix.
I appreciate any and all help and I really hope my form improved. I definitely feel as if I'm pushing the knees out and forward now but as you will see on my 3rd & 4th reps it feels like a mental battle as my body attempts to revert back to old ways while my mind is telling it to do something new. However, you guys have been incredibly helpful and I'm excited to see where Im at and what I need to work on next.
Here is the recent video I took today for Monday's workout: https://youtu.be/tzwZJW1mXGM
I'm doing 215 X 5 and this is my final (3rd) set. I apologize for any grunting/noises as this was the heaviest I've gone as you can probably tell from the struggle.
Thank you!

I think your knees are much closer to being in the correct position here. You've got a little bit of knee slide on some, so make sure you keep them in place.

Get your depth by shoving your ass back in the second half of the movement, and then drive your hips up hard from the bottom. Don't worry too much about your chest. Your chest isn't collapsing. amsgator noticed your lack of hip drive in your other video, and he's right. Stop trying to lift your chest up out of the bottom. Just drive the hips up. Your chest will come along for the ride.

And stop breathing out on the way up. Hold your valsalva for the entire rep.

[tjt564]

I think your knees are much closer to being in the correct position here. You've got a little bit of knee slide on some, so make sure you keep them in place.

Get your depth by shoving your ass back in the second half of the movement, and then drive your hips up hard from the bottom. Don't worry too much about your chest. Your chest isn't collapsing. amsgator noticed your lack of hip drive in your other video, and he's right. Stop trying to lift your chest up out of the bottom. Just drive the hips up. Your chest will come along for the ride.

And stop breathing out on the way up. Hold your valsalva for the entire rep.

Yeah, I definitely can see that now so I will work on locking them in place about 1/2 the way down and also pushing my hips back further at that point as well. The hip drive is hard for me to grasp; a lot of practice reps spent trying it and it often caused my lower back to sink in and I felt as if my chest was too low but I will try to correct it for Wednesday and hopefully figure it out. This weight was pretty tough so should I drop it a bit again and re-work form or should I just go based on how warm-ups feel? Thanks haesesa I really appreciate the continued help!

[Brodie Butland]

Yeah, I definitely can see that now so I will work on locking them in place about 1/2 the way down and also pushing my hips back further at that point as well. The hip drive is hard for me to grasp; a lot of practice reps spent trying it and it often caused my lower back to sink in and I felt as if my chest was too low but I will try to correct it for Wednesday and hopefully figure it out. This weight was pretty tough so should I drop it a bit again and re-work form or should I just go based on how warm-ups feel? Thanks haesesa I really appreciate the continued help!

Ask someone to push down on your sacrum while you drive your hips out of an air squat position. That will help you with the concept of the movement.

[tjt564]

Ask someone to push down on your sacrum while you drive your hips out of an air squat position. That will help you with the concept of the movement.

Thank you! I'll definitely see if I can find someone to help me out with that on Wednesday. Today I'm going to re-watch some of Rip's videos and try to practice it before the gym tomorrow, Thanks again for the advice!