Squat check

[Lifting]

One thing which really bothers me with my squat is there seems to be a lot of strain put on my knees, even when I corrected the "booty pop" problem by breaking both hips and knees at same time. Could it be because I am not going deep enough (as I know thats bad for the knees)?

[Subsistence]

One thing which really bothers me with my squat is there seems to be a lot of strain put on my knees, even when I corrected the "booty pop" problem by breaking both hips and knees at same time. Could it be because I am not going deep enough (as I know thats bad for the knees)?

Depth could do it. Also not setting the knees in position about 1/3 of the way down and sitting back could do it. You seem to have a tendency to come down onto your knees at the bottom and bounce off them a little. But until you have depth it is hard to really view everything else.

[Gunnhild Bruno]

Could be a lot of things. You spend a lot of time really loose at various points during those reps. You get a bad start because the "booty pop" shakes you up and you take a long time to tighten everything up afterward.

Looseness = bad when you're doing these sorts of basic, compound lifts. When everything is tight, your muscles and tendons act to stabilize your joints. When loose, the connective tissues and cartilage take more than their fair share of the burden.

Concentrate on better control.

Depth could be a contributing factor, too, but I think getting better control of your movements is probably the bigger issue contributing to knee pain.

[Lifting]

Was focusing on going deep and sitting back, felt a lot better on the knees, but it caused a lot of back rounding. So I went with a bit wider stance, which improved the back rounding a lot, but its wider than what the SS book recommends, I forgot what the disadvantages of a wider stance are? The only problem I really had then seemed to be hips rising faster than shoulders.

Will try get a new video soon.

[Lifting]

Here is new video, looks a lot better, mainly due to the wider stance I think, but is it too wide? Also, as you can see, I have a problem with hips rising faster than shoulders.

[Subsistence]

Looks pretty good to me. You just look unconfident on the way down. I know you are really focusing on keeping your back tight and all. As time goes on just think about hitting that bounce and driving up with the hips. I don't really notice you losing any significant back angle.