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Notice how they're moving forwards throughout the movement. Ideally they should move forwards for the first 1/3 or so, then stay there while you move your hips around them like a hinge.

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03-03-2012 , 07:34 PM

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Aidan

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Yes, you are correct. I'll try to come up with a cue to help with this and get some more video. Thanks for the pointers.

Last edited by Aidan; 03-03-2012 at 07:44 PM.

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03-03-2012 , 07:58 PM

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Soulman

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You can try the terrible useful block of wood mentioned in SS. Or wall squats.

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03-03-2012 , 11:34 PM

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I guess ill start.

Definitely not going down far enough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtbpR...ature=youtu.be

Last edited by RosieTheGreat; 03-03-2012 at 11:45 PM.

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03-03-2012 , 11:49 PM

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Yeah those are some decent half squats. Now get to parallel!

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03-03-2012 , 11:58 PM

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those are quarter squats

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03-04-2012 , 12:11 AM

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yeah i deff felt like i was going down farther :P

now i know.

New vid next week.

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03-04-2012 , 03:14 AM

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deathpotato

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First time doing pull-throughs. Felt pretty good. Anyone see anything wrong?

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03-04-2012 , 12:06 PM

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Squat 255lbx5 - Looks like I'm losing lower back tightness and my chest is not staying up towards the bottom.

Press 90lbx5 - Video title is wrong...Anyways, I took a slightly wider grip this time and it felt much better, still not sure if I'm getting the "get under the bar" concept right.

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03-04-2012 , 11:10 PM

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kidcolin

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has nothing to do with legs. your chest is dropping and you're dumping it forward. pretty much your whole back ends up rounding.

edit: @aiden.

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03-05-2012 , 10:48 AM

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Aidan

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Thanks for taking a look KC. I'll drop the weight and keep working on that.

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03-05-2012 , 01:34 PM

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kidcolin

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What's your head position like? Try looking forward/slightly up if you're currently looking down.

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03-05-2012 , 02:21 PM

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Kinda forward/kinda down. There are mirrors in front of the squat rack and I get distracted, I should really squat the other way facing out into the gym.

I'll get my head up more this time around, hopefully videos to come but the gym is always a zoo on a monday night.

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03-06-2012 , 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by *COINFLIPS*

...Bueller?

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03-07-2012 , 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by *COINFLIPS*

Get your head under the bar faster

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03-07-2012 , 08:40 PM

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Cross-Posting from my log:

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So the weather was nice in New York today so I figured it would be a good time to finally be able to make some videos.

3/7/2012

squat 185x5x3
OHP 85x5x3
DL 205x5x1

squat set 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKXXE...5eAUAAAAAAAGAA

squat set 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnZ8B...11AUAAAAAAAFAA

Squat set 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_nfr...0aAUAAAAAAAEAA

OHP set 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF4Vx...91AUAAAAAAADAA

OHP set 2 (different angle): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCQSP...06AUAAAAAAACAA

Deadlift: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiQYn...e8AUAAAAAAABAA

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

josh

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03-07-2012 , 11:04 PM

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Links don't work.

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03-08-2012 , 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by waq

Links don't work.

Looks like the copy and paste got truncated for some reason.

So the weather was nice in New York today so I figured it would be a good time to finally be able to make some videos.

3/7/2012

squat 185x5x3
OHP 85x5x3
DL 205x5x1

squat set 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKXXE...5eAUAAAAAAAGAA

squat set 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnZ8B...11AUAAAAAAAFAA

Squat set 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_nfr...0aAUAAAAAAAEAA

OHP set 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF4Vx...91AUAAAAAAADAA

OHP set 2 (different angle): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCQSP...06AUAAAAAAACAA

Deadlift: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiQYn...e8AUAAAAAAABAA

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

josh

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03-08-2012 , 11:57 AM

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aura

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Originally Posted by Aidan

Kinda forward/kinda down. There are mirrors in front of the squat rack and I get distracted, I should really squat the other way facing out into the gym.

This is actually kinda brilliant. I'll probably try it today. I'll look like a weirdo since it'll probably be the first time anyone has seen someone squatting while facing the gym. The mirrors suck for keeping my gaze, though.

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03-08-2012 , 01:12 PM

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saw7988

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Originally Posted by JoshK

Don't really have the time to do a full form analysis, maybe tonight, but I checked out OHP set #1 real quick because of your post in the LC thread.

One thing that immediately stood out to me was your grip/arm position. You can very very clearly see that at the bottom of the lift your arms are pointed out. Narrow the grip so that your forearms are vertical at the bottom.

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03-08-2012 , 08:26 PM

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kidcolin

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deadlifts aren't great. Just overall pretty sloppy. You spend zero time setting up correctly. Do you own SS? Read it again. A little improvement in your setup and you'll have a good strong pull.

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03-09-2012 , 12:58 AM

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aura

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Originally Posted by Aidan

There are mirrors in front of the squat rack and I get distracted, I should really squat the other way facing out into the gym.

So I did this for the first time today.

It was great! I hated being distracted by myself so close to the mirror.

I put the hooks (not sure what they're called- those hooklike things you put the bar on) on the other side and had zero problems. In fact, the squats were definitely easier!

I highly recommend doing it... especially if you're distracted by yourself in the mirror.