Squat Form Video Check- With some WEIGHT!!!

[Switchblade]

Thanks for all your help on my squat on the last thread. Since my form seemed to be good, i added some weight.

Here is me squating with some weight. I thought it was gunna be alot easier than it was...but i did start to pause at the bottom (after the first rep). I think im going to do this for a while because ive never been good with timing the stretch reflex thing- and im not squating for numbers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJNLIKc3lLg




- hips raising to fast?
Going low enough?
lower back rounding?
Ass tucking to much?

I htought they looked fairly good (not as good as the ones with little weight...but fair.

thanks again

[Avila]

I would like to see you try your squating form on a real barbell rack... why is the barbell hanging from a cable? you are squating assisted and squating less than your bodyweight alone (example dip machine) since the weight on the cable pushes you right back up.

edit: I saw your other video on youtube, form looks good... i would go slower when you raise up, my bad knee cries when i see you spring back up and you hyperextend your legs so quickly.

[Lager1]

That's not ATG. That's a little below parallel. You really gotta slam you hamstrings against your calves, and I don't see that. But in terms of form, it looks great.

[Switchblade]

That's not ATG. That's a little below parallel. You really gotta slam you hamstrings against your calves, and I don't see that. But in terms of form, it looks great.

go lower- ok. ill try- not sure how much lower i can go but Cant hurt to try

[MrSinister]

looks fine to me exactly how i squat... only problem you're doing is listening to the radio during weights, bad idea... advertisements arent great pump up motivation

[Switchblade]

I would like to see you try your squating form on a real barbell rack... why is the barbell hanging from a cable? you are squating assisted and squating less than your bodyweight alone (example dip machine) since the weight on the cable pushes you right back up.

edit: I saw your other video on youtube, form looks good... i would go slower when you raise up, my bad knee cries when i see you spring back up and you hyperextend your legs so quickly.

That machine is called a pro spot- its assisted in thta it pulls up witha force of 10lbs- no more, sometimes less depending how fast you go up. The bar is 35 lbs, so i just say its a 25 lb bar and go from there- so its about 170lbs (2 35's, 2 25's, 4 5's, 2 2.5's, 25 lb bar) which is 30 lbs over my BW. I decided to use the 35's because the 45's covered my form up.

i did go to slow though- used to much weight- thanks for pointin that out.

[Switchblade]

looks fine to me exactly how i squat... only problem you're doing is listening to the radio during weights, bad idea... advertisements arent great pump up motivation

lol- pisses me off when im about to start, and the song is just finishing- BUt i NEED to squat- no time to change the radio

[RippedRebeL]

That's not ATG. That's a little below parallel. You really gotta slam you hamstrings against your calves, and I don't see that. But in terms of form, it looks great.

go lower- ok. ill try- not sure how much lower i can go but Cant hurt to try

looks fine to me exactly how i squat... only problem you're doing is listening to the radio during weights, bad idea... advertisements arent great pump up motivation

Dude, thats atg. Who the hell would actually SLAM their hams against their calves. You risk serious injury or something going terribly wrong.

Swithblade you were low enough.

Advertisements ay be good pump up motivation for him who knows.

[Kuhl]

No dude you are going low enough, but do go slower and whenever you start using more weight don't bounce when you get to the top control your ascent very precisely. If you go lower you put more strain on your knees (ligaments, capsules) and less on the actual muscles (which of course isn't what you want to do). Be careful from who you take advice from. Know why someone wants you to go lower or stand in a different stance. Don't be complacent with your body and good luck.

[Switchblade]

No dude you are going low enough, but do go slower and whenever you start using more weight don't bounce when you get to the top control your ascent very precisely. If you go lower you put more strain on your knees (ligaments, capsules) and less on the actual muscles (which of course isn't what you want to do). Be careful from who you take advice from. Know why someone wants you to go lower or stand in a different stance. Don't be complacent with your body and good luck.

You know, i didnt even realize i was bouncing at the top, unitl i watched myself- strange what you see yourself do on camera.

[John Prophet]

looks pretty good...u dont need to go any lower, lol

[JOHN GARGANI]

I am a huge proponent of true ATG: however, you must look at each body individually:

if I were training Switchblade, I would NOT have him going any lower than he is: for his leg length/knee type, etc, I believe that what he is doing IS ATG for him!

Switch: your form is EXCELLENT!

don't worry about the assisted part of it....IRRELEVANT.....you are working those squats very very well........

whether it is 10 more or less or even 20 more or less is again, irrelevant: as long as you continue to progress is all that matters.......


if your weight goes up 20 pounds and you do the same amount of reps in the manner which you have demonstrated, then, you have made progress regardless of what the weight actually is or isn't.....

[Switchblade]

I am a huge proponent of true ATG: however, you must look at each body individually:

if I were training Switchblade, I would NOT have him going any lower than he is: for his leg length/knee type, etc, I believe that what he is doing IS ATG for him!

Switch: your form is EXCELLENT!

don't worry about the assisted part of it....IRRELEVANT.....you are working those squats very very well........

whether it is 10 more or less or even 20 more or less is again, irrelevant: as long as you continue to progress is all that matters.......


if your weight goes up 20 pounds and you do the same amount of reps in the manner which you have demonstrated, then, you have made progress regardless of what the weight actually is or isn't.....

i think i get what your saying- better to use good form than not, and as long as your increasing you shouldnt worry.

thanks for posting

[JOHN GARGANI]

YEP! you understood my point!

[I dont work at Ballys]

hmmm, it looks like that machine is messin you up. your squats would probably look alot better with freeweight.

btw thats how low i go on squats, dont worry about whats considered ATG and not...shut up and squat!

[W8isGR8]

Dude, thats atg. Who the hell would actually SLAM their hams against their calves. You risk serious injury or something going terribly wrong.

No ****. When your hams come in contact with your calves the force acts like a crowbar prying apart your kneecap.

[Fischer__35]

Dont rest at the bottom of the squat like that, its puts way 2 much pressure on the knees...It should be a smooth up and down movement, no rest at the bottom, but no bounce either

[Switchblade]

I thought when your at the bottom, the pressure is on your hips mostly?

[chuckgee]

good form jus need to keep ur chest in the air when ascending and stop using ur back...power the movement thru ur legs..... u tend to lean forward when ascending..good luck!!!