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    Default Squat Form Check

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    23yr old, 5'7, 172 lbs
    Form check for grip, back angle, hip drive, depth ...etc
    My last set of squat with 220lbs on my back:
    https://youtube.com/watch?v=UJe_2yyVyUE?feature=share
    thanks

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    Standard high-bar squat with too vertical a back angle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Rippetoe View Post
    Standard high-bar squat with too vertical a back angle.
    But bar is already on my rear delts. Could too vertical back angle be due to long torso? Because I force my knees out and my hips back, point my belly to the floor.

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    Your hips are not back nearly enough. However much you are telling yourself to move them back, you need to do it MORE.

    A TUBOW or similar device may be helpful here.

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    Aziz, the placement of the bar low on the delts is one part of the form, but not the only one. If you keep moving your knees forward as you descend, that will keep your torso more upright and your hips further forward, which is what Maybach is referring to.

    Freeze the forward movement of your knees early and reach back with the hips. Then think of pushing just your hips up out of the bottom. If it helps, imagine someone sitting on your back, down by the hips (like the old school donkey calf raises that Arnold and his contemporaries used to do), and think of pushing them up while keeping your chest down. That image may help you feel the hip drive better.

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    Thanks Jason, I used a tubowlike invention of mine in today's workout, and I lifted 175lbs instead of 220 since I am not used to this new form (more horizontal). Here are my sets:
    1st set (side):
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJnsApGtG5A
    2nd set (side):
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0FBLvWpDlc
    3rd set (rear 45):
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yZ3yN0kFFc

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    This is more horizontal?

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    What should I do else?
    I am really asking to learn because I don't know if there is anything else I can do.
    Am I missing something because I don't slide my knees forward, I do force my hips back and knees out, my foot position and angle is right I guess.
    Please help me

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aziz Atay View Post
    What should I do else?
    Get more horizontal. If you don't want to squat the way we teach the movement, fine with me, but I don't need to see another video like this.

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    Yessir, I want to get more horizontal. I am trying to get more horizontal for 2-3 months, and this is all I managed to get. This is why I am asking "how?".
    Thanks for answers,
    Aziz

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