I don't have a rack so I use some-what light weights when I perform the barbell squat. I can grab the bar, throw it over my head, and rest it on my shoulders with ease.
I feel however, when I'm going down, I go down parallel, however I go down very fast. And when I go back up to finish the rep, my knees sometimes slightly shake.
I need some help on how to improve this!
*EDIT* I should also add, I can still feel my quads being worked after I am done.
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07-16-2009, 11:20 AM #1
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My knees shake when I squat going back up.
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07-16-2009, 12:36 PM #3
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If you feel your quads getting worked a lot you might be squatting on the front of your feet. Make sure you lift from the heels. To make sure you do this curl your toes UP so you cant shift the weight. Your knee(s) might shake because of this too as the weight gets distributed toward the knee when you squat from the front of your feet, and/or because you have a bias toward putting the majority of the weight onto one leg.
Also make sure you SIT BACK on the downward movement of the squat. DONT bend at the knees first, sit back first.
Might take you a little while to get your balance if either of these are your problem."Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves…" - Dao de Ching
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07-16-2009, 12:40 PM #4
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Try not to descend so quickly...your knees are most likely not ready for the load and begin shaking once you slow down to shift directions. Smooth/controlled movements. Control the weight on the descent. It is also advisable to break parallel, but that's a subject for a different discussion.
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07-16-2009, 06:52 PM #8
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your problem is your descent - assuming you are performing the rest of the squat properly, which tbh you aren't if you aren't going as low as you can possibly go (increase flexibility & lower back strength for more depth). Your fast descent means that your muscles are only engaging in the concentric (driving up) part of the movement, you are quickly changing the forces on your knees so they wobble and could one day get injured. Control your descent and feel the weight on your muscles, this way your muscles are engaged the whole way through the movement.
you should do at least a good few hours researching squat technique, just to make sure you are on point.
you should either build/invest in a rack or get to a gym IMO
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