your lower back is weak.
good mornings (start with a high rep 10rm), sumo deadlifts will increase hip drive, low box squats are prime.
pull throughs with straight legs, 45 degree hyperextensions, reverse hypers, eagle situps…
thats just the beginning.
Can this also sometimes be weak glutes at the bottom of the squat?
As in, the glutes aren’t strong enough to drive your entire body mass + barbell straight up, so they rise slightly while the rest of the load comes forward ala the partial GM, and then gets saved by the lower back?
Dunno if this is more common than just a weak core or a technique issue but it was described to me by a PL
Can I add another question to this? If I push my elbows back (the opposite of everyone’s suggestion here) it seems to help contract my upper back, making it easier for me to keep the bar there when squatting with a low-bar position.
Otherwise if I keep the elbows down there isn’t as much of a shelf there. Any thoughts on this? Thanks guys
Maybe try a closer (more narrow) grip. I put my hands literally right outside my back. I dunno that’s the only way I can support the bar securely.
Bottom up front squats. Get your out of the hole strength up faster!!!
Hopefully you are doing deadlifts. Deadlifts will help you move out of the bottom position of the squat. Since you said you were attempting 365 pounds, at the very least your deadlift should be 365 pounds. If you cannot deadlift that much then you have a weakness that needs to be strengthened.
sup guys
here’s a puzzling question about my squat
when i squat i have ok mobility, i am able to push my but back and i don’t do a good morning on the way up. When i squat though many times i feel like i am pushing the weight up with my right calf mainly the soleus and my right knee. Like it feels like all the weight is on those 2 places and i am using them to push through the squat. Anyone ever have anything and/or have any ideas of what it could be?
I’m pretty inflexible so i’m thinking maybe cause of the tight quads, hip flexors, and calves
but it’s still crazy weird
falling forward is a common prob lots of lifters face, especially as your squat numbers go up.
there are lots of good articles out that address this issue. search on Elitefts, WestSide, or others.
training some with a Safety Squat bar will help alot because it tends to push you forward so you have to counter that by staying upright and pushing back. As a result you strengthen all those areas, then staying upright with a regular bar is easier. but not everyone has a Safety Squat bar either.
keep the tension tight on the back of your neck against the bar, head up (or straight ahead), chest full, push the neck backwards into the bar.
frontsquats with good form might help you. it seems your quads are weak and other muscles take over the job.
[quote]stallion wrote:
frontsquats with good form might help you. it seems your quads are weak and other muscles take over the job.[/quote]
u talking about me?
You have video of this miss? Makes it easier than trying to guess. It could be a million different things.
Jason
i got a couple vids of me squatting on my youtube page http://www.youtube.com/user/nba8340
i don’t think there is a vid of where i was squatting when my i felt my soleus and knee pushing up the weight but u can still see my basic form from these squats.
I think my form is a little better now though, i push my but back more.