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    There are no glaring issues with the actual form but you need to slow these down a LOT. Your knees are moving forward a bit but that's certainly just a momentum problem. Control the eccentric. Squeeze into the bottom, don't drop.

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    I know that the first one was not below parallel and I corrected that from the second rep.
    Could someone help me with the form on the remaining reps, please ?

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    Depth is better after the first one, but you are crashing/speeding up in the bottom as you approach depth and this is likely causing some knee slide and irregular depth. Control the bottom and keep your hips back.
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    In addition to just slowing it down, it may be a useful corrective step for you to hold for a count of one or two beats at the very bottom, starting from your first warmup set.

    Speeding up into the bottom of the movement often brings in relaxation, particularly of the hamstrings. Even a short pause can help break this habit.

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    I'm confused. I thought we were supposed to think BOING ! I was genuinely trying to follow that.

    Also I feel weight shift to the front of my foot. Should I just focus on pushing back or is there something else I need to do?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jason Donaldson View Post
    In addition to just slowing it down, it may be a useful corrective step for you to hold for a count of one or two beats at the very bottom, starting from your first warmup set.

    Speeding up into the bottom of the movement often brings in relaxation, particularly of the hamstrings. Even a short pause can help break this habit.
    But a paused squat is not a squat. The rebound has to be timed properly, not eliminated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PVA View Post
    I'm confused. I thought we were supposed to think BOING ! I was genuinely trying to follow that.

    Also I feel weight shift to the front of my foot. Should I just focus on pushing back or is there something else I need to do?
    The BOING! is the UP part. We're not saying so a tempo squat but going down faster doesn't actually help you come up any faster, despite it feeling like it. I promise you these eccentrics are too fast. Go slower.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PVA View Post
    I'm confused. I thought we were supposed to think BOING ! I was genuinely trying to follow that.
    There's a difference between BOING and ZOOM... That bounce is out of the bottom when you actually get there. It's not at the top.

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