Brute has a retardedly deep squat. She is very flexible. She’s just recovering from a tweak.
I look up when I squat. If I tried looking down, disaster would reign. I guess it’s personal preference, but I can’t imagine squatting effectively if I were looking down.
PMPM is right that Brute has a fabulously deep natural raw squat. She will have no problem exhibiting it at the meet.
:D! thanks snapper and PMPM 
girad–thanks for stopping by. I know the vids are high, PMPM’s right! i got a bit of a mind game i’m playing with now since i know i can do it–which i think is the hardest thing right now to push off, but i’m also healing from weirdo back injury. I was just really excited that i got that far with those #'s. Just being under that wt helped cheer me up a bit 
I will try snd go easy peasy first attempt, I need to tape some more and get comfortable again to see how much i can manage. it will be much much lower #'s. But i’m totally going to try my best for the 3rd.
OH–and drinking all this water is AWFUL. note to self don’t do it too fast, killer head ache. I want mad amounts of pretzels now :{
You’ll get used to the water. By the time you cut it (if you even need to, your weight appears to be plenty fine), 2 gallons will be nothing.
Just chiming in, you do have a naturally really deep squat, so I don’t think you have much to worry abotu come meet time. I remember watching vids of you where you just keep going down and I’m thinking holy shit how will she ever get out of that hole, and then YOU DO. Major motivation.
thanks owlie!
its sounds sappy and cheestastic-- but i really do appreciate and get a lot of happy good vibes from all you girlies !!! Thank you 
I hope to repay the good kharma into the universe
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
You’ll get used to the water. By the time you cut it (if you even need to, your weight appears to be plenty fine), 2 gallons will be nothing.[/quote]
OH man…i’ll be happy for that…i hate water!! it makes my diet mt dew very jealous.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
I look up when I squat. If I tried looking down, disaster would reign. I guess it’s personal preference, but I can’t imagine squatting effectively if I were looking down.
PMPM is right that Brute has a fabulously deep natural raw squat. She will have no problem exhibiting it at the meet.[/quote]
Have you ever played around with it before? If not you should really give it a shot, you don’t have anything to lose. For me it made a big difference in hip drive with the chin down. Try it body weight and with an empty bar while alternating between looking up\down so you can really concentrate on your hips.
Anyway, hope my comments didn’t come off the wrong way Brute. Your squat numbers are awesome! I was looking for some strong female squat vids to show my gf that I just started training and thought I’d chime in with some tips that helped me a lot.
Hope you kill it at your comp!
thanks qirard! No problem at all! i’m always open for any sort of input, you never know what you can learn.
but to answer your question I’ve had to tinker with my squat quite a bit. for years was doing them very strangely and it was only this last January that i actually started from scratch and had to relearn everything.
and i fully accept any and all good luck i can get for the comp! i shall need it
Too cute, your dt mt dew gets jealous.
Idk if I said it before (but I’m too lazy to check), good luck with your comp, all I know is that you impress me.
I think that I can drive my hips farther with my chin down, but I’m still trying to do it the “conventional” way and do it chin up. But my hips are probably the #1 thing on my mind when I squat so when I look down, I’m not looking at the floor so much as focusing. When the BB is under 100-120, I can easily focus on posture and hips, but when the weight gets on, my mind becomes one track.
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
oh wait…Oh my god…i just watched that vid.
i take it they REALLY do want freakish depth :{ ahhHHH!!! WTF ??!! what was wrong with that squat??!![/quote]
Yeah, that was freakish, and we were all complaining about it. It was better the next day. This is why you start light, so you can safely know what they are looking for![/quote]
Not only that but if the first is deep and pristine, you’ve kind of set the tone for what what they see on the remainder of them.
That must have been tough that she didn’t get that squat. I guess that’s why I’m not a ref.
Good luck on the meet Brute. You’ve amazed me since you started posting here.
Good luck Brute!!! You are gonna kill it.
thanks ouroboro!! that means alot comeign form you :)!
thanks kimba!
thanks nikki!
well, i filmed some squats yesterday, hoping to see if i can get a nice deep first attempt. i’ll post em when i get a decent internet connection.
I think i want to do a nice 225 for the first, then figure what i want for the 2nd–maybe 245 or 255–the kilo versions etc. I’d like to try a ballsy last attempt–just because i really want it, so if i fail then that’s fine–tried hard at least.
I still need to figure my dl attempts…i’m not going to be very excited to do that. I probably won’t be a s lucky as i was in the first meet, but what–ev! my bench has got to better then the 110 i got in march --but not by much!! AH HA HA!!
good luck at the meet Brute…I agree take your last warm up weight as your opener and sink it. I normally go for a 5# PR on 2nd and go all out (within reason) for the 3rd.
thanks lil power!! i never thought of doing that ambitious of a 2nd but…hmm…its tempting…
Hurry and get those vids up 
And I say go for it with the ambitious squats, no guts no glory.
you’re gonna kill it Brute
thanks nlmain!
well, today i tried to figure out my dl attempts.And i’m still not really sure but i think i will for starters go with the 275 like i did last time. then 295, then maybe 310. i’m not feeling too confident in my dl’s but thankfully with that belt its very helpful! PROPS TO SNAPPER!!!i am happy that i didn’t use it until 285 this time–last time i had to put it on with 255 :{–so there’s that to be excited about. I’m hopeful that i can regain my strength in the next months–i’m in no rush.
tomorrow is bench figure out day.
here are some vids, if they are in weird order i apologize! one is kinda long because i forgot to load the bar or something stupid. I think i mislabeled them too-i’m at the library and am tired and just want to go home! but they were 225,245,and 265. please lemme know what you girlies think–as for openers and stuff!
I’d open at 245, but I tend to open slightly higher than super light for a few reasons. First, I have a difficult time making significant jumps. I could go 225 245 265 285 easy, and get them all, but going 225 285 would kill me. Second, I have a massive ego. Third, I’ve been doing this for a few years and I know what works for me.
My god that’s some crazy depth. Awesome job.