Reply With QuoteOn the way down, think "chest up". Should give you more back extension and keep the bar path over the mid-foot more. It looks a little too far forward on the 4th and 5th reps on the way up.Originally Posted by caveman
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Squat form check, 315 x 5
It's been a while since I've had my form critiqued or even taken video of myself. Most recently I discovered that my deadlift setup is not at all what I thought I was doing, or should be doing, but that's for another thread.
Squatting has been going really, really well for me lately. Tonight I hit 315 for 3 sets of 5, which is a current PR and 5RM. These all felt good to me, but I appreciate a more objective eye.
From the 3rd set, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7T_aDQ_JyI
Thanks!
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On the way down, think "chest up". Should give you more back extension and keep the bar path over the mid-foot more. It looks a little too far forward on the 4th and 5th reps on the way up.
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Sounds good, Niki. My current thoughts before/during squatting are chest up and tight. When the weight gets heavy or I get tired I do tend to lose the bar forward which either results in a missed rep or more of a good morning type exercise. Are there any supplemental exercises that you would recommend to strengthen whatever muscles are involved with keeping the chest up?
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Yea...deadlifts.
Mostly just take the time to practice getting into that position (getting really tight with your chest up) during your light warm-up reps.
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Sounds good, though deadlifts aren't a supplemental exercise, are they. Just kidding! I'll post up a deadlift form check tomorrow. I took some video last week so I could count reps and I did not like what I saw setup wise regarding my back. Otherwise, squats and deadlifts have really been driving each other up nicely lately.
And just to verify because for some unknown reason, I am very, VERY concerned about being too vertical during squatting. With my current form, that should not be an active concern, right?
Thanks again!
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You're concerned that you [I]should[I] have a vertical back angle? That's concerning. What you need to focus on is keeping the bar over the midfoot and utilizing hip drive. If you focus on maintaining a vertical torso, you will end up pushing your knees forward and relying on your quadriceps to extend your knees rather than your posterior chain to extend your hips. So, no, don't try to have a vertical torso during the squat.
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No sorry. I mean that I'm concerned that my torso is already too vertical. However, whenever I have tried a more horizontal back at the bottom, it just turns into a good morning or something fugly.
Is it safe to say that if my knees are not drifting forward in the hole, then I'm not too vertical?
In any event the plan moving forward is to keep doing what I'm doing with a continued focus on chest up and staying tight.
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Gotcha. Yes. That is a good plan!
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Thanks Niki! I appreciate your time.
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