[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
[quote]StormTheBeach wrote:
rounding your upper back like a cat taking a shit.
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This line is fucking gold.[/quote]
i definitely stole it from somewhere else, but i forget where.
[quote]ros1816 wrote:
Response to VTBalla34: everything you say is good stuff. I’m going to try sumo today but I reckon it will kick my ass and I’ll be even weaker off the floor: I think we have different leverages. I remember reading a post of yours somewhere where you talk about having ridiculously short arms: me, I’ve got really long arms, but also really long legs just to take away from the nice advantage my long arms give me.
I do foam rolling, stretching and dynamic flexibility/mobility stuff a la Cressey/Robertson/Bill Hartmann every day. I used to be very quad dominant but now I’m pretty glute (over?)active, though I still have horrible Anterior Pelvic Tilt. My quads are also sooo weak: front squat 110kg, back squat 150kg.[/quote]
You’ve never seen a post from me stating I have short arms as my arm span is about 6’10" from fingertip to fingertip. But like you, my long arm advantage is negated by long femurs.
And on the APT, its HIGHLY unlikely that your glutes are overactive–the primary reason for APT is tight hip flexors which would inhibit glutes by default. Also, given that you have APT, I would definitely recommend trying your hand at sumo or a semi-sumo since conventional tends to exacerbate the already existing APT weaknesses.
But like otheres have stated, we really need to see a video because we’re just speculating at this point (though I must say that I’ve been pretty spot on in my assessment of your body type thus far).
rounding your upper back like a cat taking a shit …
q.v. end of video below:
It would appear that the rounding started at rep 3. Watch closely. Looking at your waist, I would say that you’re getting a big air, but not pushing it down into the diaphragm. Looking at your knees, I feel that you might not be pushing from the heel.
You are also not keeping your shoulders back. If you could shift the camera a bit, we would be able to see if your shoulders are ahead of or behind the bar when you set-up.
Just listen to storm the beach. He knows what he is talking about.
The guy is strong as fuck, so just follow his logs and thank him.
BB