Hi guys, just back from the gym, and I have failed my squat. I’m doing 531, and this is my 6th cycle. I stalled on 120kg (265lbs), for the second time. Last time, I reset my squat 1RM to 115kg, and built back up, taking a few months to get here. I’m just wondering where to go from here? Do I reset …

Keep your elbows down. Kind of hard to critique. Next time, if there is, take it from the side and don’t speed up the video. O and also rotate it.

[quote]Halcyonview wrote: First, you shift forward visibly off of your heels and onto your toes, letting the bar-path carry you forward. Second, probably in part because the weight shifts forward, your upper body collapses. Focus hard on keeping your balance over your heels, and on forcing the tip…

Yeah, I’ve no idea why it plays at 6,000% speed, it was normal when I recorded it. I’ll try and make some others when I don’t have 1.5xbw on my back, and see how I hold up then. Right, elbows down it is! And I didn’t realise I was lifting my heels up, so yeah, a bit to work on. Currently training …

exercise selection is soild (if a little sparse, short on time?) Definetly work on improving your flexibility - there is an artilce on here called ‘3rd world squat’ and ‘neanderthal no more’ which will really help you

Excellent. Just read “3rd World Squat”, and I already try and do that whenever I can. Just started on “Neanderthal No More”, so I’ll see what that says. What other exercises would you recommend then? I want to add in some complexes at the end of training too.

I’d work on getting your elbows under the bar, because from what I can see, and what I also am guilty of, is once the drive stops from the legs, the elbows flare, pushing the chest down resulting in the failed rep. Drive those elbows down and forward and that should help. Getting a stronger back n…

I’ll also add, watching that video frame by frame, you come down nice enough, but on the way up, your hips pop straight up, and your shoulder heigh literally doesn’t change. You’re pivoting around your shoulders. Weak back is the link! Strengthen that back!

Obviously fix your form and your flexibility, this is paramount. As far as your programming, you need to reset lower. You said last time you only set your training max to 5kg below the weight you failed at, that’s not low enough. I suggest you set your training max back to where it will take 5 or 6…

On 531, if you use 100kg as your true 1rm, the programme uses 90kg as your 1rm, so when i set it to 115kg last time, it was going off lower than that. But yeah, I got back up to this weight pretty quick, so I’ll reset even lower. After reading “3rd World Squat”, I spent even more time dropped down …

My question is what are you doing other than the 5/3/1? Do you train squat twice a week? What kind of assistance work do you do? I found when I did more volume work on squat (sets of 10), I gained the muscle in my hips and back to better keep my shoulders up instead of just my hips shooting. The…

Stalling Squats

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Tim_Tom October 22, 2012, 5:27pm 23

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