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    Default Squat check please

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    Hi guys

    Thanks to Rip for your great program. I got Starting Strength last year and I've achieved more in 8 months than I ever did in the previous 12 years of silly bullshit.

    My Squats now up to about 110kg and things are feeling pretty heavy. A form check is probably well overdue. Any advice would be much appreciated.

    http://youtu.be/i7y8esUrU_0?t=17s side view - first set
    http://youtu.be/ZbmH_MewEbA?t=16s back view - second set

    The main thing I noticed is that the bar is much higher on my back than I imagined. Also, my knees were buckling in a little even though I was trying hard to keep them held out. That hasn't happened previously. Any thing else I need to work on?

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    Nice work. Your tendency is to get shallow as the sets go on...that being said, TUBOW (Terribly Useful Block of Wood) is useful here. From the side view, we can see that your knees drift forward past your toes at the bottom, this is exacerbated by your knees coming in, apparent in the second video. Jamb those knees out, leave them out, and keep pushing them out throughout the range of movement. If you look at the tip of the barbell in the second video, you will also notice that the barbell drifts forward as a result. Last thing, look down a little bit more. The goal is to keep your neck in the same position in relation to your back as it is when you walk around in life.

    Hope this helps.

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