depth is more than good, nice job. and if the stance works for your body type then keep it.
[quote]JLederach wrote:
[quote]arramzy wrote:
Pfff… 1/4 squats. Very nice squats actually. Depth is obviously not a problem. You might want to think about cleaning up the walkout though. Might find it helps.[/quote]
What do you mean? is it too fast or too many steps? [/quote]
My vote would be for a more deliberate walkout, i.e. less speed. The faster you move with the weight, the more it moves around and the more energy it takes to stabilize it. I really like Mike Tuscherer’s walkout. I can’t ever get myself to go that slow, but I try.
What I mean is a few things:
- First pick up the weight with a 1/8th squat, then steady it BEFORE walking.
- Do a controlled walkout. 3-5 steps is optimal. A lot of the best do the classic 1 back, out, out walkout. This is roughly what I do but I am obviously not captain Kirk.
- Take smaller steps! You only need to be 6 inches from the rack not 2.5 feet!
- Once you finish the walk out, let the weight settle and then squat. not doing this often causes problems with maintaining tightness.
Great depth. Lower the pins. You are doing too much work doing a calf raise to get the bar out.
beef
thanks for all the advice on the rack and the walkout guys ill do my best to put it all into practice when i squat this week
Umm why on earth would 3-5 steps be optimal? Ideally, you step one foot back, step the other back, and you’re in your proper position. Yes, it’s very possible, and I fail to see why MORE steps is optimal in any manner, if they’re not necessary.
I also really don’t get how his depth could be called into question, even based on the first video…looks pretty clear to me he’s at/below depth.
OP, as was said, you definitely should be watching the height at which you’re unracking the bar from…certainly shouldn’t have to stand on toes to unrack it. And you could stand to get a little tighter in the hole, but overall your squatting stance and such looks fine to me for your build.
[quote]hungry4more wrote:
Umm why on earth would 3-5 steps be optimal? Ideally, you step one foot back, step the other back, and you’re in your proper position. Yes, it’s very possible, and I fail to see why MORE steps is optimal in any manner, if they’re not necessary.
I also really don’t get how his depth could be called into question, even based on the first video…looks pretty clear to me he’s at/below depth.
OP, as was said, you definitely should be watching the height at which you’re unracking the bar from…certainly shouldn’t have to stand on toes to unrack it. And you could stand to get a little tighter in the hole, but overall your squatting stance and such looks fine to me for your build. [/quote]
When you take 2 steps people often hit the rack on the way out which sucks when you are holding max weight on your back.
[quote]arramzy wrote:
[quote]hungry4more wrote:
Umm why on earth would 3-5 steps be optimal? Ideally, you step one foot back, step the other back, and you’re in your proper position. Yes, it’s very possible, and I fail to see why MORE steps is optimal in any manner, if they’re not necessary.
I also really don’t get how his depth could be called into question, even based on the first video…looks pretty clear to me he’s at/below depth.
OP, as was said, you definitely should be watching the height at which you’re unracking the bar from…certainly shouldn’t have to stand on toes to unrack it. And you could stand to get a little tighter in the hole, but overall your squatting stance and such looks fine to me for your build. [/quote]
When you take 2 steps people often hit the rack on the way out which sucks when you are holding max weight on your back.[/quote]
I can honestly say I’ve never had that happen to me…but to each his own.
[quote]hungry4more wrote:
[quote]arramzy wrote:
[quote]hungry4more wrote:
Umm why on earth would 3-5 steps be optimal? Ideally, you step one foot back, step the other back, and you’re in your proper position. Yes, it’s very possible, and I fail to see why MORE steps is optimal in any manner, if they’re not necessary.
I also really don’t get how his depth could be called into question, even based on the first video…looks pretty clear to me he’s at/below depth.
OP, as was said, you definitely should be watching the height at which you’re unracking the bar from…certainly shouldn’t have to stand on toes to unrack it. And you could stand to get a little tighter in the hole, but overall your squatting stance and such looks fine to me for your build. [/quote]
When you take 2 steps people often hit the rack on the way out which sucks when you are holding max weight on your back.[/quote]
I can honestly say I’ve never had that happen to me…but to each his own. [/quote]
Mostly happens if you are squatting on an ER rack with the supports set out. Definitely not pleasant to get jostled on your 3rd squat attempt. Perhaps if you have a narrow stance it might not be much of a problem as you can just walk straight back versus if you need to widen out (like me) then the weight shifts back and forth.