Form Checks

[homerj742]

Squats 265lbs.

I need help! lol Thanks guys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sQzPrd1Ycg

[August West]

Looks like you have a tendency to pitch forward, especially on the third and fifth reps there. I've struggled with that myself. One thing that can help is to think about keeping really tight shoulders up where the bar is resting - squeeze back against the bar and that can help keep the chest up instead of letting it drop.

Do you have flexibility issues at all? It seemed like you were descending cautiously and just barely hitting depth - I've found that hamstring stretching and the squat stretch helped me get a more powerful bounce at the bottom. I'm no trainer, so take this all for whatever it's worth and if it doesn't help you forget it. But I bet you'll find squatting a lot more enjoyable when you can keep the bar over the mid-foot and get a real bounce out of the hole.

[homerj742]

August, thanks for the excellent feed back. And yes, I've always had flexibility issues shoulders and legs. I had a massage therapist help me with my shoulders (had a hard time keeping a tight back due to not having a narrower grip on the bar).

I will definitely incorporate some hamstring stretching during the day.

[milesdyson]

you're trying to do low bar squats with the bar in a high bar position.

[homerj742]

Miles, it feels like I'm doing low-bar. Maybe I will get a video or pics of where I hold the bar during a workset and we can verify from there.

[Soh]

Squats 265lbs.

I need help! lol Thanks guys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sQzPrd1Ycg

I think you need to reduce the weight abit, thatll help you regain form. Also i think you're short of proper depth. You need to go down abit more. But overall its not so bad. You're moving your chest forward cuz the weight is too much. Good job bro!

[homerj742]

Thank you Soh, I appreciate the feed back. For tomorrow's workout, I will reduce the weight to about 225 and post another video here.

[milesdyson]

Miles, it feels like I'm doing low-bar. Maybe I will get a video or pics of where I hold the bar during a workset and we can verify from there.

this is the angle that makes me think it's not low bar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad2e9...eature=channel

[homerj742]

At 225lbs, I made some adjustments and I think I hit depth. Will post 2 videos tonight!

[homerj742]

Dropped the weight to 225 to work on form. Again, I appreciate everyone help in trying to make my squats better!

Set 1, started off high, but ended stronger:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WPSDNwiuOA

Set 2, same as 1 but more consistent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbcl1zCuMDg

Set 3, got cut off as I ran out of space on the camera:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDJl__Cj1uE