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    Default Squat Technique Corrections

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    Previous thread here.

    Videos with slightly different angle, 106kg / 235lb X 5.
    Set 1 here.
    Set 5 here.

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    You are just at or very slightly below parallel here. Stance may still be a touch wide. You're overextended your lower back, take a big deep breath and brace your abs hard (like your about to get punched). Set your upper back tighter and bring your elbows down a bit, keep your chin down.

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    Only a couple of nit picky things to say about these.
    1) Let your knees come a little further forward. You're keeping your shins a little bit too vertical.
    2) Keep your chin down. I can't see it well, but I suspect that you're picking your head up a bit, especially as you get tired.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael Grantham View Post
    1) Let your knees come a little further forward. You're keeping your shins a little bit too vertical.
    Get off of you heels and squat from the middle of your foot! Breaking the hips and knees at the same time and thinking about feeling the weight on the mid foot will fix this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dujin View Post
    You are just at or very slightly below parallel here.
    Lol, no. Depth is fine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael Grantham View Post
    Only a couple of nit picky things to say about these.
    1) Let your knees come a little further forward. You're keeping your shins a little bit too vertical.
    I'm not squatting in lifting shoes, so I can't really let my knees come further forward. If I do I lose my midfoot balance.

    Quote Originally Posted by Michael Grantham View Post
    2) Keep your chin down. I can't see it well, but I suspect that you're picking your head up a bit, especially as you get tired.
    True. I sometimes do head drive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adam Franklin View Post
    Get off of you heels and squat from the middle of your foot! Breaking the hips and knees at the same time and thinking about feeling the weight on the mid foot will fix this.
    Am I not in the middle of my foot on all reps? How and where exactly do you see my balance on my heels? I know I moved my toes around a bit to adjust feet angle because I was told my feet were too wide on my previous thread, but I see no toe movement during the reps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Razraal View Post
    Am I not in the middle of my foot on all reps?
    No, you are on you heels.

    Quote Originally Posted by Razraal View Post
    How and where exactly do you see my balance on my heels?
    I've seen a lot of squats! Trust me...

    Assuming that's not sufficient, your hips breaking first, your knees being too far back, and the bar being BEHIND your mid foot are all giveaways. In your warmup sets, before squatting, rock onto your the ball of your foot/toes. Then back to your heels. Split the difference between the two and squat from there. To put it another way, your should feel pressure on your WHOLE foot, not just your heels.

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    Hey there coach Adam Franklin!

    I did a lighter load (85kg / 188lb) for my squats today, and I focused more on keeping pressure eveny on my whole foot like you suggested.

    Do you see any difference?
    Left is 85kg / 188lb
    Right is 106kg / 235lb

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