Well you've mastered the high bar squat. Congrats! Time to get some weightlifting shoes and switch to low bar. Don't worry about all that other stuff. Just read the Blue Book and get strong
Hi:
I would like to get some advices about my technique, thanks a lot!
This was on May 29 2020. 115kg x 5, the last sets of a 3 SETS.
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Specific questions if someone can answer me.
1#Main question: I care about between parallel, do I have an issue there? if not, any cues?
2#An extra question comes up to me while uploading. Breathing. I do a sequence of
Step#1, tightening obliques and abdomen, and some sort of "belly breathing", hard to see in the video. (I never liked to push my guts out, felt off-balance. I am doing something more like this exercise called ab-vaccum.
Step#2like i was showing in the video. Take a really big breath to fill the rest of my torso.
"belly breath" during the initial setup phase. Is it a good sequence to do?
Any other thoughts are also appreciated. Thanks a lot!
Well you've mastered the high bar squat. Congrats! Time to get some weightlifting shoes and switch to low bar. Don't worry about all that other stuff. Just read the Blue Book and get strong
Ryan Arnold
ryanarnold1178@gmail.com
Since the high-bar squat is inherently inefficient, it doesn't matter how you do it. Enjoy your training!
Thanks a lot coaches.
I'll get low bar nailed and be back a few weeks.
I already have lifters, occasionally squat with them, do power clean and some Olympic lifts with them.
I really like the barefoot sensession of balance and most important, weight in the middle of the foot.
Can I still do the same approach learning low bar?
Or it has something to do with leverage and effectiveness?
Excuse me for being so geek. I love the book by the way, I have a 2nd edition I "found" during school cleaning, I will simply put my experience with the book as:
"Suddenly, It all makes sense for me now!!!"
There is currently a thread in the general Q&A forum on lifting shoes. With some proper cuing, it should be pretty easy to retain balance in lifters while squatting low-bar; you shouldn't need to start barefoot. However, some lifters have very high heels these days, so getting a shoe with less heel height (like the Do-Wins), is an option that might help.
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Thanks Coach. Checking it out now.
Hi again.
Here comes low bar attempts.
60kg with 6-7 reps, pause or without.
Did 20 sets of this today after regular B table.
Q1# I understand the closer I put my hands the tighter the back is. However I find it hard to cue myself where I elbow suppose to go.
Point towards torso definitely felt tighter. I noticed the video from back my elbows were pointing to a not so optimal angle.
Q2#i only have eleiko Olympic bars here. 2nd edition book mentioned the other type of bar.
Currently I put 2 thumbs from the smooth part.
Do I look tight enough?
Any cue on finding a good position?
I don't feel weights in my hands, instead I actually push it towards my back.
Front:
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Back:
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Stand tall at the start, rather than with your hips slightly flexed. That will allow you to start with the weight on midfoot rather than with it on your heels, like you are here.
Once you get to midfoot, stay there throughout the rep.
Move your eye gaze out to about 1-1.5m on the floor in front of you.
Drive your hips out of the bottom, imagining the bar is across your low back.
Put more weight on the bar, this is way too light for you.