Yah met setup is definitely lacking, in particular my walk out. Scott Yard said the same thing. Anyone have any tips on doing it better?
[quote]LiquidMercury wrote:
Yah met setup is definitely lacking, in particular my walk out. Scott Yard said the same thing. Anyone have any tips on doing it better?[/quote]
Tight, tight , tight. Try for this on every rep. We all don’t do this, but try. Try getting your setup to one step out each foot, setup and go. I mean imaginary waiting for your squat signal. Don’t want to jump the gun.
I would try walking out supramaximal weights when your program allows.
This stuff is tough. I still struggle with it each workout. I can only do ssb or cambered squats and the like. The better I hold tight, the easier the rep is. But by doing this i notice more soreness in my neck to l spine muscles.
Watch some of the top lifters and their form. It’s like a thing that you practice and try and boom! you start to get it.
[quote]tom63 wrote:
[quote]LiquidMercury wrote:
Yah met setup is definitely lacking, in particular my walk out. Scott Yard said the same thing. Anyone have any tips on doing it better?[/quote]
Tight, tight , tight. Try for this on every rep. We all don’t do this, but try. Try getting your setup to one step out each foot, setup and go. I mean imaginary waiting for your squat signal. Don’t want to jump the gun.
I would try walking out supramaximal weights when your program allows.
This stuff is tough. I still struggle with it each workout. I can only do ssb or cambered squats and the like. The better I hold tight, the easier the rep is. But by doing this i notice more soreness in my neck to l spine muscles.
Watch some of the top lifters and their form. It’s like a thing that you practice and try and boom! you start to get it.[/quote]
I am kind of partial to Wade Hooper’s squat style because I know him, but it is still admirable. Watch every video of him squatting and he has a good three stutter step set up. I looked up all his youtube videos from back to 2003 to now and it is the exact same set up every time, even with his signature sound at the beginning. I think finding a setup you are comfortable with and practicing it over and over will help. Whether I am using a lighter weight or a heavier weight I try to use the same routine every time. It has to take over and be natural when you get up to your maximal lifts. I think 2 steps is too few and four is too many, three small steps just seems right to me.
[quote]jsmiley07 wrote:
[quote]tom63 wrote:
[quote]LiquidMercury wrote:
Yah met setup is definitely lacking, in particular my walk out. Scott Yard said the same thing. Anyone have any tips on doing it better?[/quote]
Tight, tight , tight. Try for this on every rep. We all don’t do this, but try. Try getting your setup to one step out each foot, setup and go. I mean imaginary waiting for your squat signal. Don’t want to jump the gun.
I would try walking out supramaximal weights when your program allows.
This stuff is tough. I still struggle with it each workout. I can only do ssb or cambered squats and the like. The better I hold tight, the easier the rep is. But by doing this i notice more soreness in my neck to l spine muscles.
Watch some of the top lifters and their form. It’s like a thing that you practice and try and boom! you start to get it.[/quote]
I am kind of partial to Wade Hooper’s squat style because I know him, but it is still admirable. Watch every video of him squatting and he has a good three stutter step set up. I looked up all his youtube videos from back to 2003 to now and it is the exact same set up every time, even with his signature sound at the beginning. I think finding a setup you are comfortable with and practicing it over and over will help. Whether I am using a lighter weight or a heavier weight I try to use the same routine every time. It has to take over and be natural when you get up to your maximal lifts. I think 2 steps is too few and four is too many, three small steps just seems right to me. [/quote]
I squat raw and very wide too (it’s most comfortable for me and I lift the most weight this way), but it can make walking out a smidge tricky. I take one step back per foot. Then, one at a time, I move my feet outward and then make tiny minor adjustments, then go for the plunge. I’m almost never shaking on walk out even if I take a weight I miss on, but it does sometimes feel like I’m wasting energy.
Is there a better way to walk out a raw and wide squat?
[quote]Fletch1986 wrote:
[quote]jsmiley07 wrote:
[quote]tom63 wrote:
[quote]LiquidMercury wrote:
Yah met setup is definitely lacking, in particular my walk out. Scott Yard said the same thing. Anyone have any tips on doing it better?[/quote]
Tight, tight , tight. Try for this on every rep. We all don’t do this, but try. Try getting your setup to one step out each foot, setup and go. I mean imaginary waiting for your squat signal. Don’t want to jump the gun.
I would try walking out supramaximal weights when your program allows.
This stuff is tough. I still struggle with it each workout. I can only do ssb or cambered squats and the like. The better I hold tight, the easier the rep is. But by doing this i notice more soreness in my neck to l spine muscles.
Watch some of the top lifters and their form. It’s like a thing that you practice and try and boom! you start to get it.[/quote]
I am kind of partial to Wade Hooper’s squat style because I know him, but it is still admirable. Watch every video of him squatting and he has a good three stutter step set up. I looked up all his youtube videos from back to 2003 to now and it is the exact same set up every time, even with his signature sound at the beginning. I think finding a setup you are comfortable with and practicing it over and over will help. Whether I am using a lighter weight or a heavier weight I try to use the same routine every time. It has to take over and be natural when you get up to your maximal lifts. I think 2 steps is too few and four is too many, three small steps just seems right to me. [/quote]
I squat raw and very wide too (it’s most comfortable for me and I lift the most weight this way), but it can make walking out a smidge tricky. I take one step back per foot. Then, one at a time, I move my feet outward and then make tiny minor adjustments, then go for the plunge. I’m almost never shaking on walk out even if I take a weight I miss on, but it does sometimes feel like I’m wasting energy.
Is there a better way to walk out a raw and wide squat?[/quote]
I think the four steps would work for a wide stance. I go with three for a narrower stance. One half step back per foot and one small step laterally to get my width right. No more, no less or I feel like I am either wasting energy or not set up right.
[quote]jsmiley07 wrote:
[quote]Fletch1986 wrote:
[quote]jsmiley07 wrote:
[quote]tom63 wrote:
[quote]LiquidMercury wrote:
Yah met setup is definitely lacking, in particular my walk out. Scott Yard said the same thing. Anyone have any tips on doing it better?[/quote]
Tight, tight , tight. Try for this on every rep. We all don’t do this, but try. Try getting your setup to one step out each foot, setup and go. I mean imaginary waiting for your squat signal. Don’t want to jump the gun.
I would try walking out supramaximal weights when your program allows.
This stuff is tough. I still struggle with it each workout. I can only do ssb or cambered squats and the like. The better I hold tight, the easier the rep is. But by doing this i notice more soreness in my neck to l spine muscles.
Watch some of the top lifters and their form. It’s like a thing that you practice and try and boom! you start to get it.[/quote]
I am kind of partial to Wade Hooper’s squat style because I know him, but it is still admirable. Watch every video of him squatting and he has a good three stutter step set up. I looked up all his youtube videos from back to 2003 to now and it is the exact same set up every time, even with his signature sound at the beginning. I think finding a setup you are comfortable with and practicing it over and over will help. Whether I am using a lighter weight or a heavier weight I try to use the same routine every time. It has to take over and be natural when you get up to your maximal lifts. I think 2 steps is too few and four is too many, three small steps just seems right to me. [/quote]
I squat raw and very wide too (it’s most comfortable for me and I lift the most weight this way), but it can make walking out a smidge tricky. I take one step back per foot. Then, one at a time, I move my feet outward and then make tiny minor adjustments, then go for the plunge. I’m almost never shaking on walk out even if I take a weight I miss on, but it does sometimes feel like I’m wasting energy.
Is there a better way to walk out a raw and wide squat?[/quote]
I think the four steps would work for a wide stance. I go with three for a narrower stance. One half step back per foot and one small step laterally to get my width right. No more, no less or I feel like I am either wasting energy or not set up right.[/quote]
I’d agree with this.
hey, since some of ya’ll are sharin vids i thought i throw my vid in from tonight.it’s a 700lb safety bar squat down to box(depth check), raw with knee wraps. it’s just a lil high, good for a gym squat. so LM, feel free to go ahead and give me crap about my depth hahaha. bw-198-199lbs, still under 200!
^how tall are you?
[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
^how tall are you?
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about 5’9", why?
Hmm video isn’t showing up for me. Either way some impressive stats. I wish I had a SSB. Maybe someday soon…
[quote]LiquidMercury wrote:
xneverbackdown - Lake Lanier or up in Augusta?[/quote]
We were at the Olympic facility on Lake Lanier. It was beautiful weather for it this year
[quote]2-SCOOPS wrote:
[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
^how tall are you?
[/quote]
about 5’9", why?[/quote]
Curiosity
[quote]2-SCOOPS wrote:
[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
^how tall are you?
[/quote]
about 5’9", why?[/quote]
I’m glad you put some of your stuff in here dude…if anybody wants to feel like a weak bitch, go read 2-SCOOPS log. Haha. Great job with the 700
So my buddy got back from Afghan recently and we had a killer workout today. Did reverse band BP after MP and floor press, pushed 285 for an easy paused single and failed on 315. Used light bands.
Monday I did 265 for a paused single.
[quote]xneverbackdown wrote:
[quote]LiquidMercury wrote:
xneverbackdown - Lake Lanier or up in Augusta?[/quote]
We were at the Olympic facility on Lake Lanier. It was beautiful weather for it this year[/quote]
Good deal. I coach a club in Atlanta, we’ll actually be up there this weekend for a race (John Hunter Regatta).
[quote]LiquidMercury wrote:
[quote]xneverbackdown wrote:
[quote]LiquidMercury wrote:
xneverbackdown - Lake Lanier or up in Augusta?[/quote]
We were at the Olympic facility on Lake Lanier. It was beautiful weather for it this year[/quote]
Good deal. I coach a club in Atlanta, we’ll actually be up there this weekend for a race (John Hunter Regatta).[/quote]
Nice, some of the LLRC people were mentioning that they had a regatta next week. Good luck! Our season opener just got canceled because our inlet froze over. Screw upstate New York
I pulled 480x6 sumo today for a PR. It felt good and I don’t know why I haven’t trained sumo more, as I’m much stronger here than pulling conventional. The only time I’ve really trained it was in a 4 week block in a Cressey program, so I’m hoping it will just keep creeping up 5-10 lbs a week, and make it easy for me for awhile.
Thought an introduction here would be a good first post. My current stats:
Ht/Wt: 5’8, 160lbs
Years training: 3
Age: 21
BF: I’m gonna guess around 12-14%. I’d rather be too conservative than too generous.
Current gym bests:
Mil Press: 165x5
Squat: 345x1
Deadlift: 315x6
Benchpress: 285x1
My squat needs to come up a fair bit in relation to my bench, but my worst lift by far is the deadlift. It was suggested to me by a friend to try sumo style, so I’ve recently made the switch. It feels better for me all around, so hopefully will get that number up in the coming months. My short-term goals are 315 on the bench, a 405 squat, and a 400+ deadlift.
I finally have a bench worth videoing. So please let me know what you think.
I’m pretty spent on pressing, so this will be the last bench day before the meet. That a good idea?
What about squat and dealift? I took tuesday off last week (a lower body day) and friday everything felt heavy as hell and I even failed on 405 (dead). PLUS I’m still a little tight/sore today. Should I hit it hard tomorrow and wed, maybe split up squat and dead into two different workouts (ME)? As always, thanks for the help.
Stats:
Age: 19
Bf: 8%
Weight: 65 kg’s (143 lbs)
Height: 1 m 70 (5’6)
Deadlift: 180 kgs (400 lbs) 1RM
Bench: 120 kgs (264 lbs) 1RM
Squat: 160 kgs x 3 (350 lbs)
Looking to get my squat higher, struggling to maintain depth at any weight higher than that, any suggestions as to how to improve my squats. I’ve been steadily going up in all my lifts except for squats and recently my deadlift has shot out the roof, but squats still remain at the same.