How do my Squats look?

[Champ21]

I was dinking around at the gym the other day w/ my new Sprint Evo phone and I figured I'd upload a set of squats to see what you guys think.

Any feedback is appreciated. This is a set of 5 @ 355 lbs in HD video even!! lol

YouTube - 355x5 Deep Squats

 

[Tblock1]

looked good, but in the video description you said they were deep I would say they were to parallel but they weren't deep squats, deep would be lower

 

[bblazer]

1) Stop all that wiggling around when you get under the bar and while you are walking it out. It does nothing and is wasted movement.
2) You are supporting way too much of the weight with your hands - they way they are cocked back prove that
3) Your stance needs to be about 3-4 inches wider
4) Point your toes out about 30 degrees
5) Drive your knees out. They are collapsing in on you. If you can't keep them out, you are using too much weight.
6) Sit WAY farther back
7) Use your glutes and hams to get you out of the hole. You seem to be taking most of it with your quads. Your ass should be the first thing moving up, and then push it through before your knees lock out.
8) Don't bend over so much. See #6. This will keep the bar in the same plane as your heels.
9) Get better shoes like Chucks to squat and pull in. You are loosing a lot of energy with all that cushion and support.

Other than that it looks good.

B-

 

[the_alcatraz]

1) Stop all that wiggling around when you get under the bar and while you are walking it out. It does nothing and is wasted movement.
2) You are supporting way too much of the weight with your hands - they way they are cocked back prove that
3) Your stance needs to be about 3-4 inches wider
4) Point your toes out about 30 degrees
5) Drive your knees out. They are collapsing in on you. If you can't keep them out, you are using too much weight.
6) Sit WAY farther back
7) Use your glutes and hams to get you out of the hole. You seem to be taking most of it with your quads. Your ass should be the first thing moving up, and then push it through before your knees lock out.
8) Don't bend over so much. See #6. This will keep the bar in the same plane as your heels.
9) Get better shoes like Chucks to squat and pull in. You are loosing a lot of energy with all that cushion and support.

Other than that it looks good.

B-

That's a pretty damn technical post right there.

 

[bblazer]

That's a pretty damn technical post right there.

I can't help it.

You should be around when I critique videos of my own stuff. I actually get out of the chair and start swearing and belittling myself - even if I made the attempt. God help me and those around if I miss!

B-

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

1. I agree, stop the wiggling.
2. Agreed.
3. Don't agree on stance width. His stance looks just about right for an athletic squat.
4. I coudln't see his toes. Hard call there.
5. His knees do come in a smidge I agree.
6. I don't agree on sitting farther back. Huge difference between the descent of an athletic or olympic squat and a pl squat.
7. From what I can see his ass does go up first.
8. His back angle is pretty much spot on for his squat. He isn't leaning over too much and his back angle besides the upper back arch is flat which is what you want in a squat like this.
9. Agree with getting better shoes.
10. Pretty good depth on the squats, not quite a full atg squat where hams almost sit on calves though.

Just for some cred I work out and get coaching from a usapl record holder in the 242lbs class and have seen this guy squat almost 900 in single ply in the gym DEEP when he went up to 275 with a heels slightly wider than shoulder width stance. This guy is also a bench record holder.

I was personally coached on how to squat by this guy and he coaches other national level lifters and then I started reading articles online about how to squat and started changing my form. I went wider stance. I sat my ass back far. I had perfect pl squat style stance and execution.

And it was hurting my knee. I talked with him and showed him my form and the first thing he said is that is not how I taught you to squat. So we reset my form and all is well again.

Difference? Heels shoulder width, maybe a smidge wider. Toes about 30 degrees. Look forward. Tight upper arch. Go down, straight down. Bottom position is text book. Back is perfectly flat, not over arched or rounded. Rise up, ideally ass and upper back pretty much come up at the same time though the ass appears to lead.

There are alot of difference ways to squat. An olympic lifter would give completely different advice on how to squat compared to your checklist.

 

[twenty47]

looked good, but in the video description you said they were deep I would say they were to parallel but they weren't deep squats, deep would be lower

they were lower then parrallel.


and like said before your stance and hands need to be wider and dont shake like that unless you have torretts or something. your wrists have way too much weight on them. i dont think i could even come close to getting my hands that close together.

but other then that it was good weight and u got nice and low.

hit some calfs

 

[ramnares]

1. I agree, stop the wiggling.
2. Agreed.
3. Don't agree on stance width. His stance looks just about right for an athletic squat.
4. I coudln't see his toes. Hard call there.
5. His knees do come in a smidge I agree.
6. I don't agree on sitting farther back. Huge difference between the descent of an athletic or olympic squat and a pl squat.
7. From what I can see his ass does go up first.
8. His back angle is pretty much spot on for his squat. He isn't leaning over too much and his back angle besides the upper back arch is flat which is what you want in a squat like this.
9. Agree with getting better shoes.
10. Pretty good depth on the squats, not quite a full atg squat where hams almost sit on calves though.

Just for some cred I work out and get coaching from a usapl record holder in the 242lbs class and have seen this guy squat almost 900 in single ply in the gym DEEP when he went up to 275 with a heels slightly wider than shoulder width stance. This guy is also a bench record holder.

I was personally coached on how to squat by this guy and he coaches other national level lifters and then I started reading articles online about how to squat and started changing my form. I went wider stance. I sat my ass back far. I had perfect pl squat style stance and execution.

And it was hurting my knee. I talked with him and showed him my form and the first thing he said is that is not how I taught you to squat. So we reset my form and all is well again.

Difference? Heels shoulder width, maybe a smidge wider. Toes about 30 degrees. Look forward. Tight upper arch. Go down, straight down. Bottom position is text book. Back is perfectly flat, not over arched or rounded. Rise up, ideally ass and upper back pretty much come up at the same time though the ass appears to lead.

There are alot of difference ways to squat. An olympic lifter would give completely different advice on how to squat compared to your checklist.

Got to say I completely agree. I definitely thought that they were deep enough, unless you were attempting ATG squats in which case they're obviously not.

 

[Tblock1]

they were lower then parrallel.


and like said before your stance and hands need to be wider and dont shake like that unless you have torretts or something. your wrists have way too much weight on them. i dont think i could even come close to getting my hands that close together.

but other then that it was good weight and u got nice and low.

hit some calfs

clearly but in the video description he says DEEP squats and I wouldn't call those deep. Those are how far down I go I'd call them just below parallel

 

[zedhed]

I just say Nice Job champ. Im envious.

 

[lweaver]

Decent standard back squats, not ATG however.

Def. need to drive knees out, change up the shoes and try to reduce the amount of shifting around once the bar is on your back.

There seems to be alot of pressure on your wrists, but your upper back is also very tight with that grip so I would stick with it if you arent having any pain.

As far as stance width, I'd keep it as is unless you plan on going for heavy and deep 1RM's.

 

[Champ21]

they were lower then parrallel.


and like said before your stance and hands need to be wider and dont shake like that unless you have torretts or something. your wrists have way too much weight on them. i dont think i could even come close to getting my hands that close together.

but other then that it was good weight and u got nice and low.

hit some calfs

Yeah my calves suck. I'm pigeon boned and I can put my middle finger and thumb around my wrist so that my thumb goes past my fingernail on my middle finger. So I guess that is my excuse. I can put on weight on my back and chest, but the extremities have always been a problem.

I guess I shake around like that is so I can get the bar to sit on my traps just right. I guess I feel I'm more stable and can drive w/ my legs better.

I know my form probably lacks a little bit because this is one of my heavier sets. My knees are in great shape, and I have been squatting heavy (at least for me) since I was about 20 (26 now). To be honest w/ you, I've always wondered why my knees feel more strain when I'm doing lighter squats. It's weird.

Thank you all for the feedback. I appreciate it.

 

[SPEKTOR-AAA]

Keep that chest up and a really tight back. Little to much movement for me, but the completely my opinion only. Still very good and heavy great job.

For me the upper body should not move around, only slighty. Its something to work on, you will have to go lighter at first, but it keeps you back closer to your heels and really gets you into a powerful position at the bottom. To me the bottom looks a little weak, core strength looks slightly weak for this amount of weight IMO. I have a vid of me squatting if you wanna check it out. youtube search: kingsolver22 all my vids are there 365x5

 

[diedeadEnough]

great thread, this really helped me on my squats too.

 

[diedeadEnough]

Yeah my calves suck. I'm pigeon boned and I can put my middle finger and thumb around my wrist so that my thumb goes past my fingernail on my middle finger. So I guess that is my excuse. I can put on weight on my back and chest, but the extremities have always been a problem.

im the same way man. arnold was kind of like that too. its what made him look a little bigger than he really was too. and compare the size of your fore arm or bicep to someone with alot thicker wrists than yours but the same size arms. you would actually have alot more muscle than them