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    Default Squat form check.

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGJVrtOWJJM
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FC2jeduCZE

    I've been putting loads of time into improving my squat form. If you're curious as to where I came from, look at my Youtube channel. I hope I've at least improved.

    If my squats are good, critique my Deadlift?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TJiIgAmm0Q

    I got up to 230 for 1x5 at one point, but deloaded because my back was rounding.
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    Not bad, brother, not bad at all.

    What kind of shoes are you wearing, by the way? Those aren't squishy running shoes or some such, are they?

    -S.

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    Chuck Taylors.

    I used to squat in "squishy running shoes," but realized how utterly idiotic it was.

    I don't feel my hamstrings very much in the movement at all, nor do I really feel my quads much. The only muscles I feel getting really tight are my hip adductors and lower back. Is this normal? My back is usually exhausted after my sets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pantsaregood View Post
    Chuck Taylors.

    I used to squat in "squishy running shoes," but realized how utterly idiotic it was.

    I don't feel my hamstrings very much in the movement at all, nor do I really feel my quads much. The only muscles I feel getting really tight are my hip adductors and lower back. Is this normal? My back is usually exhausted after my sets.
    Same here, inner thigh mainly, some glute and a little bit of hamstring way up near the pelvis and to the sides, that's all I ever "feel." Don't sweat it, not you've just got to try to maintain that form as you increase the weight.

    -S.

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    HOw do your abs feel? If you are not focused and your abs become untighted your back will compensate and your chest will collapse. Anything like that throughout your workouts. I didn't really see any from the video, but....

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    My abs are definitely tight. I actually can't grasp how one could squat ANY amount of weight without tight abs. Breathing while lifting seems to have "duh" written all over it, but I guess it's something that doesn't happen naturally for some people.

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    I find have hurried a set without 'setting' my abs and failed to come out of the hole. I used to struggle with it until I got my breath timing down.

    I don't feel my hamstrings all that much after a squat set, but the next morning I when I stretch I can definitely tell they had been worked.

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    First off, nice work, guy. Making progress.

    Can anyone tell me if the second set of 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FC2jeduCZE) are all to proper depth?

    I'm not trying to be a douchebag here, I need to practice judging depth. It looks to me like reps 3-5 are a little high. I would appreciate it if someone could confirm my observation or explain why it is incorrect.

    Thanks.

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    I believe rep 3 was good just quick

    Rep 4 and 5 are around the parallel mark. If you are good at timing pause it before he drives up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gottatri2lift View Post
    I believe rep 3 was good just quick

    Rep 4 and 5 are around the parallel mark. If you are good at timing pause it before he drives up.

    Yes, this. Overall, these are very respectable squat, however.

    -S.

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