Squat Form Check - 275 x 5 (Volume Day)

[kachaj]

Okay, I tried to keep more tension on the way down so I slowed down a little bit.

Please take a look: [youtube]https://youtu.be/tsDfcH4Hl3c[/youtube]

[kachaj]

Proper link - YouTube

[neilc1]

8 reps?
whats for?
put more weight on the bar and do your fives.

I might have been misunderstood in my previous message.

As you add weight to the bar, and as it starts to get challenging,
I think you will want to, have to, slow down on your descent, control it more.

Right now, these are moving (up) so fast that it looks like you could easily be adding 10 pounds each session.
when they start to get heavy, and start to slow down, drop down to 5# adds.

You've read the books, right?

[Karl Schudt]

You've got to get your knees moving at the same time as your chest and hips. Three things happen simultaneously at the beginning of the squat. Nipples point down, hips go back, knees go out. You're not letting your knees go forward and out right at the beginning. Another way to fix this is to think of the master cue. The Center of Mass needs to stay over midfoot. You've got it over your heels. If you look closely you can see your toes off the ground. Try rocking back on your heels, rock forward on your toes, and then come back to the middle position. Memorize the feeling of balance over midfoot. Then keep this feeling as you squat.

I'm also a bit worried about thoracic flexion. See Bill Hannon's article here:

Identifying and Correcting Thoracic Spinal Flexion in the Squat | Bill Hannon