I was building up using Stronglifts for the last month, and brought my squat from 115 to 185, but at 185 my form looked pretty crappy, not getting parallel, bringing my knees in and mostly using my quads. I dropped the weight back down to 135 and really focused on getting deep and pushing my knees out. It felt good, and definitely more explosive. Here is the video from my restarted squat. Thoughts, comments, criticisms? All welcome, and thank you in advance.
Your first 2 reps looked good.
For the rest… Well, look at your feet and how your body starts to shift as the reps go on.
[quote]magick wrote:
Your first 2 reps looked good.
For the rest… Well, look at your feet and how your body starts to shift as the reps go on.[/quote]
Yeah, I was trying to stay on the outside of my feet to encourage hip drive. I probably did a little too much. What do you mean by body shift though?
Very smart dropping it down and working on your form.
You’re losing tension in your core towards the end of the set.
We can see that from how much your tail bone is moving.
Hard to tell but looks like you’re squatting low bar. Break from the hips first and ‘pull’ your hips down from there. If that’s tough, widen up your stance. Although it already looks like it’s pretty wide already.
Your feet do look unstable towards the end, but that’s from the aforementioned loss of tension.
Tighten up your anterior core and your outer thigh (vastus latralis)
Everything else, looks amazing
Nice neutral spine, looks like nice tight back, and dem shoes though.
[quote]Jarvan wrote:
Very smart dropping it down and working on your form.
You’re losing tension in your core towards the end of the set.
We can see that from how much your tail bone is moving.
Hard to tell but looks like you’re squatting low bar. Break from the hips first and ‘pull’ your hips down from there. If that’s tough, widen up your stance. Although it already looks like it’s pretty wide already.
Your feet do look unstable towards the end, but that’s from the aforementioned loss of tension.
Tighten up your anterior core and your outer thigh (vastus latralis)
Everything else, looks amazing
Nice neutral spine, looks like nice tight back, and dem shoes though.
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Yup, squatting low bar. Thanks for the advice! The shoes were the only flat soles I had. But they do the job!
[quote]magick wrote:
Your first 2 reps looked good.
For the rest… Well, look at your feet and how your body starts to shift as the reps go on.[/quote]
This
Your feet are your foundation throughout the lift. Stabilize your feet.
Drive through your heels and “screw the floor”
Instability in your feet will transfer instability throughout the remainder of the lift.
Also, it appears in the video that you are looking down at the floor through the lift.
Focus your eye site forward