Form check on the Squat... please :)

[Vadjio]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDQyAh2IT1M

need critique

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Video:

[Vadjio]

what's the code for that?

[justin36253]

Your descent into the hole is pretty rapid, that will probly bury you at heavier weights. Overall, it's not too too bad. What percentage of your 1rm is this? You could work on sitting back more, which can be said about every single squat vid ever, but try and break at the hips a little more and sit back moreso at the beginning instead of breaking at the knees first. Overall it's pretty solid though, post a vid of you working around 90% of your max(if this is it, then my bad, good stuff)

edit-i watched again, are you doing paused squats or something?

[EPMD]

I can't really see your feet in the clip. Do you feel your bodyweight centered over your toes or over your mid-foot area? If it's over mid-foot, then you're good to go. If it's over your toes, then you need to work from pushing with your mid-foot and heels more.

[unity]

it is very hard to tell, but it looks like your feet are really close together. nothing wrong with a narrow stance, but if you are just trying to learn the lift it may be better to start with the standard shoulder width stance.

other than that, it looks pretty good to me. you do not have to sit back at all, that is a different kind of squat.

oh, when you unrack the bar i noticed you are geting up on your tiptoes. i suggest lowering the bar to the next level on the rack. once you get to heavier weights it will be difficult for you to unrack and rack the bar if it is too high.

[Theo1712]

Break with your hips instead of your knees. Decent form.

[bigtony22127]

I'm no expert, but it seems like your bending with you're knees first before you're bending at the hips. Like some of the others have mentioned, try sitting back into it a bit more. Good depth though.

[unity]

I'm no expert, but it seems like your bending with you're knees first before you're bending at the hips. Like some of the others have mentioned, try sitting back into it a bit more. Good depth though.

you can bend at the knees first. what expert said that breaking at the knees is an improper squat?

[jgrube]

it says 55x5. is that pounds or 55kg?


and what the others said. how close are your feet together?

[chazzy1864]

what's the code for that?

type youtube and /youtube surrounded by [ ]. Then between the youtube tags, put in the video code. For your video it was pDQyAh2IT1M (what comes after the = in the address)

Your descent into the hole is pretty rapid, that will probly bury you at heavier weights. Overall, it's not too too bad. What percentage of your 1rm is this? You could work on sitting back more, which can be said about every single squat vid ever, but try and break at the hips a little more and sit back moreso at the beginning instead of breaking at the knees first. Overall it's pretty solid though, post a vid of you working around 90% of your max(if this is it, then my bad, good stuff)

edit-i watched again, are you doing paused squats or something?

Why does he need to sit back and break at the hips if his olympic style squat seems to be working very well for him?

OP, I agree that at heavier weights the drop might end up making it hard on you, but chances are, you'll know that, and not drop as quick with heavier weights.

it is very hard to tell, but it looks like your feet are really close together. nothing wrong with a narrow stance, but if you are just trying to learn the lift it may be better to start with the standard shoulder width stance.

other than that, it looks pretty good to me. you do not have to sit back at all, that is a different kind of squat.

oh, when you unrack the bar i noticed you are geting up on your tiptoes. i suggest lowering the bar to the next level on the rack. once you get to heavier weights it will be difficult for you to unrack and rack the bar if it is too high.

^ That. On every single account.

Break with your hips instead of your knees. Decent form.

Why? Who said he has to do a power lifters squat? He has a high bar position, and it looks like a narrower stance. Seems prime to have a knee break, sit down style.

I'm no expert, but it seems like your bending with you're knees first before you're bending at the hips. Like some of the others have mentioned, try sitting back into it a bit more. Good depth though.

Again, why does he HAVE to use a power lifters style?

Olympic style squat breaks at the knees first.

you can bend at the knees first. what expert said that breaking at the knees is an improper squat?

^ That

it says 55x5. is that pounds or 55kg?
and what the others said. how close are your feet together?

He is from Israel and those plates look too big for 5lbs. So I'm guessing 55kg.

[justin36253]

In defense of my "sit back" comment, you guys assumign he wants to do OLYMPIC style squats, is just as presumptious as my assumption he wanted to do powerlifting style squats. OP are you doing high bar olympic squats or low bar pl squats?

[VoxExMachina]

I couldn't get past the crazy Carnival music at the beginning....I was too busy looking for Krusty the Klown in the background to notice anyone squatting.

[chazzy1864]

In defense of my "sit back" comment, you guys assumign he wants to do OLYMPIC style squats, is just as presumptious as my assumption he wanted to do powerlifting style squats. OP are you doing high bar olympic squats or low bar pl squats?

He had a high bar position.
His legs didn't look real wide.
He sat down with a knee break.


Yeah, I assumed, but damn, it seemed obvious he was doing olympic style. Whether he planned it or not. His olympic style squat was good at that.

[unity]

I couldn't get past the crazy Carnival music at the beginning....I was too busy looking for Krusty the Klown in the background to notice anyone squatting.

lol, that is the ice cream man music in israel.

In defense of my "sit back" comment, you guys assumign he wants to do OLYMPIC style squats, is just as presumptious as my assumption he wanted to do powerlifting style squats. OP are you doing high bar olympic squats or low bar pl squats?

lol, uhm... he was doing oly squats in the vid, so that is what i critiqued.

He had a high bar position.
His legs didn't look real wide.
He sat down with a knee break.


Yeah, I assumed, but damn, it seemed obvious he was doing olympic style. Whether he planned it or not. His olympic style squat was good at that.

lulz

[Vadjio]

actually, it was shoulder width stance, it's just that i'm 6'4 and my shoulders aren't very wide.
and also, it was a low bar position, the bar wasn't on my traps, it was on that small bone next
to the rear delt. and yeah lol i don't know who the hell plays the music at my gym xd. the squat i was trying to perform was the squat according to mark rippetoe and the reason i paused was that otherwise i wouldn't manage to finish the set. it was 55kg and 3 sets of 5. this time i took a wider stance and squatted 3x5x60 here it is:

[chazzy1864]

actually, it was shoulder width stance, it's just that i'm 6'4 and my shoulders aren't very wide.
and also, it was a low bar position, the bar wasn't on my traps, it was on that small bone next
to the rear delt. and yeah lol i don't know who the hell plays the music at my gym xd. the squat i was trying to perform was the squat according to mark rippetoe and the reason i paused was that otherwise i wouldn't manage to finish the set. it was 55kg and 3 sets of 5. this time i took a wider stance and squatted 3x5x60 here it is:

Wow, well if you were trying to do a powerlifters style squat, then I feel like an ass, and you need to go back to the drawing board.

That was no where close to a power lifter squat. It was damn near a perfect olympic squat.

The bar wasn't in a low bar position. Your feet were too close together, and you didn't break at the hips or sit back at all.

Fix those, and you have a power lifter style.

[Vadjio]

well, one thing is certain, the bar was in low bar position, i guess it's hard to see from that angle, it's on my rear delts.

[unity]

for the record, i dont feel like an ass at all.

honestly not trying to be mean but i dont see how you can read rip's description of a squat or watch one of his vids, and come away with the squat that you did OP, lol. on the positive side, you have the oly squat down pretty good!

so yah, sit back. i also suggest lowering the weight, maybe to what you use for warmups to practice a bit. it is going to feel different. maybe post another vid when you get a chance.

by chance have you gotten to see rips vid about fixing hip drive? if not, i highly recommend it.

[Vadjio]

thanks, i'll work on it, i'll practice during warm ups sets. other people who have seen my squat
when i just started, said it improved dramatically since that time, so i'm pretty confident i'll get it right soon enough

[Vadjio]

tried to improve my squat here:

set 1



set 3

[Beachman]

Form looked fine to me. But why do you step so far back that your outside of the safety bars?

[Vadjio]

hmm well it wasn't intentional on the first set, but on the 2nd i just wanted to be right infront
of the camera(phone), and thank you, i think i'm finally getting the hang of it

[InclineDBPresss]

Form's great man. Pack on the weight.

[-Lucifer]

Your form is not bad. Descend slowly and control the descend.

Why? Who said he has to do a power lifters squat?

That's because that's how Rippetoe teaches the squat.

[chazzy1864]

Your form is not bad. Descend slowly and control the descend.


That's because that's how Rippetoe teaches the squat.

Yeah, we found out later that he was doing SS.

[Vadjio]

yup, i'm on SS. it's weird though, as the weight increased my form improved, the weight in the video was 65 kgs = 143lbs, thanks for all the advice, i'll make sure i apply it when i workout

[unity]

Your form is not bad. Descend slowly and control the descend.


That's because that's how Rippetoe teaches the squat.

ironman > rippetoe

[Vadjio]

ironman > rippetoe

who's ironman?

[-Lucifer]

who's ironman?

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