Had some problems with bar position again this week. Tried to get it on my back rather than neck but I'm not even sure I managed that. ****ing hurt anyway.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chj1iDvPOpM

Squat check plz? Cheers

Far too high for high bars. It's difficult to say from the angle but it looks like your knees are caving inwards, which would limit depth.

If it hurts because the bar is pushing on your spine, you should probably put the bar a little lower on your back so its better supported by the muscles. It shouldnt make contact with your spine.

If it hurts you should probably just suck it up cuz it won't hurt after a few workouts.

Thx for feedback guys. i'll try and keep the bar low and just suck it up for a few weeks.


Quoting so my mate can get some feedback too plz, will be squatting in 12 hours!

They look ok, just need a little hip drive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yha2XAc2qu8

Your squats actually look like the guy in the vids at first. You could maybe go down a little faster when a tight lower back and use the bounce out of the hole and drive up with your hips.

More ****ty DL's to berate!
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its hard to tell with your pants but it looks like your knees are locked out way too much, especially on the way down

yeah definitely lower the weight with really bent knees so the bar has to go around your knees. other than that, it looks like you don't even attempt to lock your back before pulling. slow down? it isn't a race to get from standing without the weight to standing with it.

Fionnmac-A little bit on your knees at the bottom, tri to keep over the midfoot/heels. Practice air squats shoving the knees out hard with your toes curled up from the floor in your shoe will give you the feel for it. Try squatting with your feet an inch or two from a wall without falling over backwards helps as well.

A little bit short of depth but getting close to parallel now. Not enough hip drive. You are still doing a little bit of a leg press with bar on your back. Practice the drill where your mate puts his hand on your lower back at the bottom position and forcefully drive it up. Bar position isn't quite right. Needs to be a bit lower than that. That is probably why it hurts you haven't quite found the groove yet. Try placing your hands a bit wider.

http://squatrx.blogspot.com/2009/01/...squatting.html

Small pictures but this demonstrates the difference in position between high bar and low bar.

Unknown solider-Getting there. Improvement for sure. Your main issues are right at the bottom of the descent where you are having trouble with the position. You are slowing way down at the bottom and not quite getting the depth or a decent stretch reflex. Knees out harder should give you the room to get that extra depth and take advantage of the stretch reflex. Also it will allow you to descend into position a tad more quickly at the bottom. Also lacking hip drive.

Check the OP of this thread think it has an awesome vid of Malanichev demonstrating hip drive.

ya i think your back is rounded from the get go. you dont get set properly before starting.

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yeah basically go back to the last time you posted vids, and listen to what everyone said then, and this time try to follow the advice

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_..._for_power&cr=

Some HBBSs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjNGNTYBDKM

I think these aren't too bad, but I noticed a few things that I can improve on:

1) Butt wink at the bottom.

2) I'm concerned that my knees go too far forward at the bottom. Am I right, or is that about where they should be for HBBSs?

3) I kind of good-morninged the last two reps.

Here are a warmup set and a work set of DLs. I was actually pretty happy with these, but let me know if you see anything I can improve on.

185 warm up

225 work set

Sorry for the ****ty video quality.

The butt wink and general looseness in your squat will be helped by maintaining more rigidity in your torso. This means using a closer grip, retracting the scapula, getting air in your stomach and focusing on staying tight and maintaining back angle.

^^ fixes like 90% of all squat-related issues. Maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but not much. Just be tight.

I've never cleaned before due to nazi gym people. However I discovered that nazi gym people aren't always there and the rest don't care.

I watched pendlay's clean teaching vids and that was about all my preparation.

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The hitching at the start was due to poor starting grip + too lazy to set down.

thoughts?

That looks more like a reverse curl. You need to explode the bar up with your hips so that you can swing your elbows around it.

Secondly, if you re-watch Pendlay's videos, you'll see there are two steps for setting up the hang clean. First you bend your knees and bring the bar down a couple of inches with your back staying upright. Then you bend the hips while sliding the bar down your legs. You should feel it strech in your hamstrings.

Hey can u guys check my form on this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I6nqA83WEE . idk if im supposed to put the amount of weight im doing but this is me squatting 170lb. Sorry about the view never posted on here before and didnt know the proper camera angle. If u guys cant offer any help from this view thats fine just let me know.

pendlay rows 90 lb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ6_Tnd4Nv4

Shoulder press 70lb

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

it is a tough angle, probably be good to post another one from the side view. but i would say def get your hands wider and go deeper.

shoulder press doesnt look bad. you might try getting your feet directly under your hips, with a little knee bend. you could also try narrowing your grip a little. also its hard to tell from the angle but at the top, your knuckles should be more in line with your arms/wrists as opposed to behind them, the weight more in your thumbs then in your palms. you do a good job locking out and getting your head thru the bar

aaaaaaaa, narrow your stance up a decent amount on the squat, shove knees out, go deeper.

Narrow your grip on the press as well, you want your forearms going straight up and down. Can probably bring in your stance on these as well (to about shoulder width).

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Thx for the input guys.

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large fail not clutching rep 4, also fail on the angle to show knees