squat checkup

[djsilvera]

Hi folks,

looking for a regular checkup on form. I feel good, and have progressed incrementally, and with some vacation-regression, up to 305lbs for work sets.

Today's video:
Set 2: http://youtu.be/nbeUS4VzKkY
Set 3: http://youtu.be/pH5cemtWFhA

I see set two as pretty good. My ankle mobility causes a slight foot rock at bottom, but the weight doesnt seem to shift. I promise to get shoes with lift soon. Set three has some slight knee cave but is also pretty solid.

What do you see?

Thanks,
Dan

background: 195lbs, 36.

[Tiburon]

high bar?

[zackpassman]

They are definitely low bar.

They look pretty good... you do drift forward on some of them but they look pretty decent to me. I suggest squat shoes.

[JasPChuff]

Your form looks decent. Seems like your elbows need to be further back. From the angle its hard to tell but a slightly narrower grip could help with what looks like some upper back flexion. Good set though consistent depth and good lumbar extenseion.

[djsilvera]

thanks guys. The shirt might cloud the video. I'll self-check my upper back extension in the next set and video. And shoes are coming soon. Maybe I'll video my first 315 sets in 'em

[djsilvera]

As promised, I got the shoes and felt good today.

Set 1@315 (PR, plus a psychologically significant milestone):
http://youtu.be/7iKbd6_CYzo

Set 2:
http://youtu.be/DR2TmQVwZnM

Set 3:
http://youtu.be/tQsC-lTkXUI

All felt good. A little bit of lift seemed to help me fire the muscles in the right direction -- I felt more stable at bottom. There was some slight knee cave on a few higher reps in the sets.
-Dan

[borzoi06]

Looks awesome, man. Congrats on the PR.