Originally Posted by
NolanPower
The elbows I've had to force down over time because when I left them backwards or slightly up I was constantly losing weights forward as I've never really been a good squatter (think squat dud deadlift stud). Which is a certain body type where you are more or less built for deadlifting which creates a very tough time for squats as I have a pretty short torso with long limbs which causes me to have to be very bent over in a typical low bar back squat. This is the best I've been able to come up with. Miles squats look much better than mine, I can completely agree with that, and I'm trying to get my squats to look better using what I've picked up over the years.
The point is that if the elbows stay down then the other things cannot happen which is why its a cue that can help with this. Its just an all in one cue thats worked for me, but on maximal weights (the video is my most recent PR which I failed to match in competition unfortunately) obviously things get a little screwy, but you can see how had I done all that is required to keep my elbows down things may have worked out better.