How's my squat form?

[jjosephs]

[TBU720]

Push your knees out to the side.

[jjosephs]

Push your knees out to the side.

why?

[mh95]

can't really tell from this angle but make sure your knees don't track over your toes

[Virus4762]

You have the bar in a high bar position but you are doing a low bar squat. Even for a low bar squat your back looks like it's too horizontal...your back angle shouldn't change THAT much during a squat. Also, your back looks like it's changing angle even after your legs stop moving. A change in back angle shouldn't be something used to inch yourself to your final depth but rather something that helps you handle the weight in order to move your legs below parallel.

[dittu]

You are not opening the hips. Therefore you are enable to go deep enough and shift the weight forward.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjbPo-EX_5o

Kinda long but really helps on how to understand the squat, and how to "sink between the legs".

[doughnut91]

OP it actually looks like your clothing is restricting your movement

[UgotAniceSNATCH]

You have the bar in a high bar position but you are doing a low bar squat. Even for a low bar squat your back looks like it's too horizontal...your back angle shouldn't change THAT much during a squat. Also, your back looks like it's changing angle even after your legs stop moving. A change in back angle shouldn't be something used to inch yourself to your final depth but rather something that helps you handle the weight in order to move your legs below parallel.

this is true. it looks pretty awkward honestly. it does look like you have great flexibility though and you should have no problem adjusting your squat to a proper low or high bar squat..... i think lol

[SDFlip]

your squat is horrible actually

-from the start, the bar is racked too high, bring it down a notch
-initiated the squat with the knees... start it with your hips instead
-shove your knees out, not like a sumo dead, but push them out like you're trying to spread the floor apart. it will let you use your glutes more and save your knees
-you're not hitting depth. you think you're going low enough but you're just bending forward at the waist.
-drive through your heels. you can see on your 2nd and 3rd rep your left foot comes up. on your last rep, both feet come up.

watch more videos on how to squat..... work with 135 or even 115 for awhile to get your form down. practice a lot with just an empty bar.

[Virus4762]

-drive through your heels. you can see on your 2nd and 3rd rep your left foot comes up. on your last rep, both feet come up.

Ya, I noticed that too but forgot to mention it. OP you should look into olympic squat form. It's quite different from the squat form Rippetoe et al. teach but many (including myself) prefer it. You can't push as much weight using oly form but it works the legs/glutes more and it makes it much easier to go below parallel.