How Can I improve my lifts? (Squat and dead. VIDS)

[Leathalx]

Hey guys I'm a few weeks into Ripetoes program, and wanted to get my form checked. Please tell me what I am doing wrong and how to improve it. So far I my self, can see, from those vids that I don't go low enough on squats, I try to but it just doesn't feel right. I Will try to go as low as possible next time though. Also my knees come forward. On deadlift I can see that my ass is coming up while shoulders don't.

Please comment on anything else and tell me what I can do to fix it. Also if you're gonna recommend box squats, how should I do them? Replace my squats, do them seperatly, do box squats on warm up sets? Please give me as much help as possible

Squat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJhEXiZZg48

Deadlift: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFGhXgso11g

[45BIG]

Need to look at your dead a little more but your squat at first glance looks solid. You have nice depth for having long legs and your back looks good. I might descend a little slower. They are a hell of a lot better than most nice work on the squats.

[Lifeforce]

Hey guys I'm a few weeks into Ripetoes program, and wanted to get my form checked. Please tell me what I am doing wrong and how to improve it. So far I my self, can see, from those vids that I don't go low enough on squats, I try to but it just doesn't feel right. I Will try to go as low as possible next time though. Also my knees come forward. On deadlift I can see that my ass is coming up while shoulders don't.

Please comment on anything else and tell me what I can do to fix it. Also if you're gonna recommend box squats, how should I do them? Replace my squats, do them seperatly, do box squats on warm up sets? Please give me as much help as possible

Squat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJhEXiZZg48

Deadlift: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFGhXgso11g

Even Deaselweasel can lift properly with a 20 kg on each side. What's interesting is the form on your working set. One thing though is to avoid remaining squatted down between reps when you deadlift. Either go directly for another rep or stand up and regrip the bar. Reason is you can lift more this way.

[mike_d]

They're not that bad

Squats you should sit back more instead of dropping down. Think back, not down. Hit the negatives slower and under more control. I noticed you didnt lock out your reps, doesnt matter to me if you choose not to. I think its fine to lockout everything but some people worry about it so whatever.

Deadlifts you're trying too hard to reverse squat the weight in my opinion. And the motion isn't perfectly fluid, but they were pretty good. Your back looked good. If you exploded the hips forward while pulling your shoulders back better, you would take less stress off your back though and be able to move more weight.

How close to your maxes were these sets? If its like 50% of your max then form means nothing, its a whole different ball game when you're working with 95%+ of your max (ie 5RM)

[JUSA]

Hey guys I'm a few weeks into Ripetoes program

Watch your knees on the squats. Your first rep, your knees were way past your toes. You're also going awfully fast, I'd slow it down a bit.

I'd focus on moving your shoulders up more on the DLs, but other than that... I hope your form is good, b/c it's close to mine.

[Leathalx]

Hey, thanks for the reply guys, as I said I am only beggining the lifts and those are my actual working sets atm, Maybe I could do them with about 5-10 more kgs, but I decided I'd give myself a few weeks, increasing the weight to get to my 5 rep maxes, so that I can work on my form more and don't start stauling after a few weeks.