Squat form check

[boz666]

Hi,

First ever form check video post, so please be nice.



Squat form check

[Lawrie Abbott]

Couple of quick pointers....your depth is marginal if not a tad high. Go another 3 cm deeper at least.

Your knees are not set....they are moving all the time. Watch them slide forward all the way down and then sliding backwards as you move up out of the hole.

[Ben Patterson]

Your stance looks too wide, probably causing your depth problem. Make sure the center of your heel is in line under your armpit (calcareous plumb with the glenohumeral joint).

[BBB]

What they said ^^

I think the problem has to do with such wide (sumo) stance while wearing a heeled shoe. Either go flat or bring that stance in.

- You seem to be dive-bombing a bit and it drags your torso down (the weight seems to shift forward, your back ends up flattening out, potentially going into flexion, although you start out with an unnatural looking amount of extension)
- You're leading with your ass, try to break at hips and knees at the same time

I think fixing stance (or shoes) and not leading with your ass will actually fix everything else.

I'd also want to see your squat directly from behind. Hard to tell at this angle, but it almost looks like your knees are coming in a bit? The toes are potentially not turned out enough for such wide width (but of course it would be harder to do that with a heeled shoe)

[boz666]

Thanks for the feedback guys.

BBB,

The last few workouts I have felt my back flexing and the weight moving slightly forward, it's the reason I posted the form check. I thought the cause was failing to keep my lower back tight at the bottom of the rep.

By dive-bombing, do you mean I am descending too fast? And yes, my knees were caving in slightly during the set.

I have a light squat day tomorrow, so I'll try a narrower stance and focus on breaking the knees early and pushing them out.

[Matt Stacks]

By dive-bombing, do you mean I am descending too fast? And yes, my knees were caving in slightly during the set.

Yes. Control the weight on the descent and anticipate the stretch reflex/bounce out of the bottom.