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Originally Posted by Soulman
Squat - depth is iffy. Still doesn't look very solid, but improving. Impossible to see your knees.
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Originally Posted by cha59
squat - looks to be improving - you're looking more stable & solid. I cant comment on the knees - I cant see them well enough. If you think they're caving, do more lacrosse ball rolling and hip mobility stuff imo. I'm having some issues like that with my left leg and that seems to be helping me.
My depth should be fine. My g/f watches it (and lower back flexion as well) and I can't go much below parallel without quite a bit of lower back flexion, so I've been trying to go to parallel or just below but not much more. I imagine a few reps out of all my reps may be a tad high, but I doubt they're more than just a bit high. What stuff helps with depth? I have to admit my depth hasn't improved much which I assume means something is still tight.
I do SMR kind of everywhere already and do mobility stuff. I guess I can attempt to do it more frequently. Is there anything I can do for my hamstrings or inner hips? I get the outside of my legs and butt area pretty well right now. My whatever (some acronym for it that you know Cha) in my "upper butt" is still likely my sorest area for rolling/ART, I guess I can hit that longer/harder.
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Originally Posted by cha59
DL - your butt starts way too high. Your low back is doing way too much of the work.
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Originally Posted by Soulman
DL - well your butt is a bit too high
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Originally Posted by gonnaenodaethat
also, I would advise against moving farther from the bar. I just fixed my form today because the last few weeks I was too far away and was too weak getting the bar off the floor.
How do I get my butt lower without getting further away from the bar? What lowers my butt is moving my knees further forward I think. I'm not really sure how to get it lower from the starting position I used yesterday.
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Originally Posted by Soulman
but on the plus side your lower back looked really good for the first three reps at least.
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Originally Posted by gonnaenodaethat
to me it looks like you're making progress. in the first two videos you started off by leading with your hips.in the last one you're not doing that but you're not keeping your back angle. are you keeping your lats tight?
If that's true then it's a really big improvement imo. Seems I'm on the right track. I'm not sure how tight my lats were. I was trying to follow the setup Soulman linked to in the form thread which I assume is what he was also recommending for me to follow "to the letter":
http://startingstrength.com/resource...0063#post70063.
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Originally Posted by Soulman
You're taking way too long betwen reps, this is 5x1 and not 1x5.
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Originally Posted by gonnaenodaethat
also, that seemed like a long time in between reps. when I take too long in between reps my glutes and hamstrings get fatigued.
Yeah, I do realize that. I was really trying hard to double-check my setup each rep but I think it was also just very heavy for me. I will for sure try to go faster next time, maybe it will actually be easier for me.