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    Would you please critique my form so I can correct it ?

    I just began training to increase my strength and I'm running the greyskull LP variant, I filmed myself to have some feedback from this community.

    Here's the video link (sorry for the bench quality, should have focused) :

    youtube.com/watch?v=9isD8rk_C0w

    What I think I see :

    No problem with deadlift

    It seems I'm touching the bar too low on the bench press (I'm trying to stack my elbows under the bar following this tutorial) : youtu.be/TDSXgCB6KfI?t=264

    Buttwink and back problem with the high bar squats

    Lack of overhead mobility / thoracic spine mobility in the overhead press

    What I think I should do :

    Foam roll the lats / shoulders before overhead pressing

    Increase my hip flexors mobility for the squat.
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    Bench: you are touching too low
    Deadlift: your shoulders are slightly in front of the bar and your hips are too high - sit back more so your hips are down and that should pull your shoulders in an appropriate position
    Squat: looks ok
    Overhead press: at the bottom it looks like your forearms are angled forward which makes no sense to me
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    Overall, you need to use challenging weights for valid form checks. The bar movement is tentative so I'm not sure I'm seeing your natural tendencies.

    A couple of things to address:

    When you overhead press, you're moving the bar around your head. You should be moving your head to allow a straight bar path.

    Squat over the safeties. That's what they're there for.
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    Thanks a lot guys, I will try to correct those for the next session and come back with a better form video, also Lactose, those weights are challenging for me.
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    Originally Posted by MajorElevator3 View Post
    also Lactose, those weights are challenging for me.
    Based on what I saw in the video, I disagree. Decreases in bar speed and breakdowns in technique tend to occur later into a set. I didn't see that.
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