Judging depth, am I doing it right?

[JTT]

Hello people,

I have big problems being objective when I judge my own lifts, and I'd appreciate if another set of eyes could give me feedback. I was squatting an inch high earlier but I have changed my stance and I'm cuing myself to really bury it and catch a good bounce at the bottom now.

The book says that the crease of the hips must drop below parallel with the top of the patella, like this picture:
ssdepth.jpg

I have two pics where I have put markers on what I think is the top of the patella and the crease of the hip.

depthcheckpls.jpg

depthcheckplss.jpg


Are the markers correct? Is this proper depth? This is as deep as I can get while still remaining tight in my work sets.


Thanks for the help.

backup pics:
Imgur: The magic of the Internet

[JTT]

The pictures are tiny when embedded for some reason but here's bigger pictures: Imgur: The magic of the Internet

[Rob-UK]

Video yourself from knee height from the side.

Put your thumb/fingers at the top of your patella and squat down keeping them there.

Then you should have a pretty good idea of where the top of your patella is in the bottom position.

I'd wager it's a lot higher than where you have marked (mine was, pleasant surprise!).

[JTT]

I'll try that next time, thanks.

I guess my depth is fine.

[Rob-UK]

I'll try that next time, thanks.

I guess my depth is fine.

Also there are a couple of threads where the correct assessment at the hip end is discussed.

Try searching for 'apex'

[Les Hahn]

Depth is good! :-)

[jbackos]

Depth is good.