Weak link in the skwat(and brief introduction)?

[skwat]

Hey all, new guy posting, been lurking for almost an year. Im an olympic lifter novice, with best lifts of:

Snatch 80k, power snatch 70k.
Squat clean 100k, power clean 95k. C&J, 95k.
Front squat, 105k x 1 or 90k x 6 x 2.
Push press, 85k.

Right now I am working to improve my squatting power (as you can see, it just sucks), squatting twice a week, one back squat and one front squat session / week. Been training for about 2 years, of which 5 months dedicated to squatting and oly lifting. Well, guess that's enough of blah blah's, on to my Q:

When doing full, backsided squats, my ass tends to shoot up on every rep, even with light weights. This happens when I am around parallel position when coming up. What is the weak link here? Hams, core strength? Just plain old pussyleg-syndrome?

Help me out people.

 

[skwat]

bumper plate.

 

[spatts]

Sounds like a weak hips and maybe back too. Without seeing your "sqwat" it's hard to tell, but generally if your hips aren't locking and your legs are locking fast, then you need work on shooting the hips through. The back has to be strong enough to hold position while you do that too. Got a video?

 

[PolishHammer1977]

Welcome brutha.

The quicker you post videos the quicker you can recieve SOLID input.

Bes of luck

 

[kingc_79]

welcome to the board

 

[Cuthbert]

welcome to the board

and listen to spatts

 

[skwat]

Hey guys, thanks for the welcomes!

I don't have a chance to video my WO*s, unfotunately. So, if it was the hips spatts mentioned, what could be done to strengthen that area? I have concentrated on core strength as of late, doing sidebends, back extensions and ab work, that might help a bit, or would it?

Thanks for the help so far.