All-in-all, I think my squat form is pretty good. I keep my heels on the floor, back straight, head up, etc...
Last night, when squatting, I realized that it felt like the weight was centered just behind the balls of my feet, and not directly on my heels. So, after having read a ton about squat form, I decided to try to scoot the weight back to my heels.
Holy-seven-hells-OMG-what's-happening?! Using my old form, 275-300lbs is not a problem for me. But with the weight entirely on my heels, pushing up 225 is like birthing a calf.
Am I doing something wrong, or is there likely some weak spot I've been neglecting?
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Thread: Another Squat Form Question
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05-21-2009, 09:47 AM #1Registered User
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Another Squat Form Question
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05-21-2009, 09:53 AM #2Athlete
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LOL. That is funny!Originally Posted by clegane
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05-21-2009, 09:54 AM #3Bootless Errand
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Pretty difficult to diagnose form problems without seeing your form. How about posting a vid of yourself, squatting your working weight?
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05-21-2009, 09:56 AM #4Registered User
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all in all, your form sucked.period lol..
not only are your heels supposed to just be on the floor, youre supposed to drive your heels into the floor, as in push off your heels. leaning forwards onto your toes is just asking for knee, back, everything problems..
i have no idea why the number dropped so much though, that is a big drop..my only guess is, now that the weight is on your heels, youre probably sitting back more which uses more hamstrings..
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05-21-2009, 10:08 AM #5Veg can't get big lolwut?
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Yeah, it's possible that you're recruiting more musculature that you neglected before. A video would be best.
I only seem like I know what I'm talking about, because I only talk about things that I know about.
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06-10-2009, 02:29 PM #6Registered User
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As a follow-up, I think the past years sitting at an office desk have destroyed my lower back, hamstring and glute strength, which might explain my tendency to scoot the weight forward. The discomfort I had previous to my first post was probably due to not being comfortable with the change in form and not thinking about it the right way. This video helped to straighten me out a little:
youtube.com/watch?v=yha2XAc2qu8
The cold I was recovering from probably didn't help much either...
In any case, I'm back to ~275 5RM. Funny thing is, I can do almost the same on bench :SLast edited by clegane; 06-10-2009 at 02:37 PM.
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06-10-2009, 02:37 PM #7Lifetime Member
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06-10-2009, 02:38 PM #8EmbeddedOriginally Posted by clegane
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06-10-2009, 02:48 PM #9Registered User
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Not ALL of your weight should be on your heels. It should simply be spread fairly evenly across your foot. However, our tendency is to shift our weight forward, putting more weight on the ball of the foot. So when we actually do distribute the weight a bit more to the rear (making it even), it FEELS as if all the weight is on our heels. I'm not saying that you shouldn't focus on keeping the weight over your heels, I'm just saying don't get carried away with it or analyze it too much.
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