Great minds and all that. A few tweaks and probably immediate mid 400's.
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Great minds and all that. A few tweaks and probably immediate mid 400's.
Btcowboy
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Like a mad scientist I will be tweaking... trust me lol
Welcome to powerlifting. Where you watch your training videos over and over and pause them at certain points to analyze form like you're John Madden analyzing a football game.
Btcowboy
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Haha funny you said that, my wife just asked me how many times I am going to watch it. I told her until I pull 500.
Worf
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watch it til you deadlift again and can pull more, then record that and repeat
Mine says the same stuff when I'm randomly watching a gym vid from like two weeks ago over and over.
Funny she's becoming a kind of a sumo form expert from watching me watch my videos and talking about it and going to five meets.
Btcowboy
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So a question for the two of you on my squat. Is there anything that really stands out to you guys as a sticking point other than I just didn't get deep enough? Ankles, knees, hips, back,etc.
I have squat day programmed for Monday and want to work on depth. I am reading everything I can on causes of not going deep enough, watching and rewatching my video, watching videos on proper squat.
It is suppose to be intensity squat but with in the issue with bicep tendon and me not getting deep enough would think lighten it up some and work on the mechanics.
Worst thing was you were doing a high bar squat with low bar mechanics. For depth it's probably just fear and lack of practice. Can you put 225lbs on and hit depth easily? It's probably not a mobility thing.
Figure out if you want to do high bar or low bar. If you wanna do low bar just get the bar in the right place and squat the same way, except to depth. If you wanna do high bar leave the bar where it is and break at your knees rather than hips, keep your back more upright, and just sink the squat. Both have pros and cons.
Figure out if you want to do high bar or low bar. If you wanna do low bar just get the bar in the right place and squat the same way, except to depth. If you wanna do high bar leave the bar where it is and break at your knees rather than hips, keep your back more upright, and just sink the squat. Both have pros and cons.
Btcowboy
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I find low bar really aggravates bicep tendon, some reason I have a bent wrist and when I torque the elbows back it puts too much pressure on the elbow, so thinking back to high bar and maybe wider grip. I will get some side and back video on monday if I can. I will work on the lighter weight checking for depth and position.
*edit* I have been thinking about fear of not coming out of the hole as the reason for a couple weeks now too
It's all good, the fear of getting stapled is real.
Btcowboy
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Well on the lift in question thats the most I have ever had in my back. I remember coming up where I stalled, I thought that I was going to have to bail out for a split second, I just grunted and muscled it up. Like I also said I dont believe that gym has ever had some one with 4 plates a side squat in it so I had quite the audience and fear of failing in front them I think made me get it done. Practice practice practice and then some more practice
Btcowboy
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Plus a shitty half rack bailing still could have hurt lol
So you gonna stick with high bar? Depth is easier high bar for sure. It kinda sinks you into the hole naturally.
Btcowboy
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I think that makes most sense as far as arms go, but shit if I am squatting like I am for anytime I got some habits to break, like breaking at the knees first, more upright. The bar feels better on my traps and less tension on my arms.
Break at hips first for low bar and break at knees first for high bar. Should be basically zero arm tension for high bar.
Worf
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well I think that depends on the person. I feel like I hit depth easier with low bar unless I dive bomb high bar
Worf
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If youre having trouble with depth just lower the weight and do some atg squats or paused squats
Interesting. How about front squats or goblet squats?
Worf
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no problem with either or SSB, nearly atg on all 3. High bar I think its something about my knee pain that makes it harder with the weight higher up on my back. Had no problems on deca or npp though, lol
