Criqitue my squat! *video* #2

[ark94]

You're doing so much better from the first videos I saw of you, and it looks like you're packing on a little more weight. Keep pluggin' away at it. Pretty soon, it'll be just like breathing.

Thanks, i have packed on a solid 12lb. since i started my bulk, March 1st. I was 153.5 and now i am 165.2lb, still going up. I plan on bulking for another 6months or so, hopefully my lifts will improve more as i progress on.

Thanks for the tips. Just one questions, i have had people tell me look up, it helps with coming out the squat, look down because it helps with depth and your back, also people told me look wherever comfortable. I feel more comfortable looking up, i tried down for 2 weeks and it was okay... but i feel i get more looking up, is it where i like to look? or should i look only down... in rippetoe's book it says down, but also up if ur comfortable with that.

 

[ExtraMile]

with squats you seem to be rotating your hips down a bit still causing your lower back to round a little. Also your stance is pretty wide but your feet may be pointed out too much, your not sitting back on your heals much, point your toes a little more forward maybe. Try this; do a vertical jump as high as you can, the way you land is the stance you should use.

for your deadlift your stance is way too wide, your close to using a snatch grip on the bar. Bring your feet in, the widest they should be is shoulder width, I pull more like hip width, point your feet out only slowly. Your also dropping your hips too far and your squatting the weight up. Your locking it out my leaning back instead of snapping your hips forward and using your glutes.

 

[ark94]

with squats you seem to be rotating your hips down a bit still causing your lower back to round a little. Also your stance is pretty wide but your feet may be pointed out too much, your not sitting back on your heals much, point your toes a little more forward maybe. Try this; do a vertical jump as high as you can, the way you land is the stance you should use.

for your deadlift your stance is way too wide, your close to using a snatch grip on the bar. Bring your feet in, the widest they should be is shoulder width, I pull more like hip width, point your feet out only slowly. Your also dropping your hips too far and your squatting the weight up. Your locking it out my leaning back instead of snapping your hips forward and using your glutes.

Alright thanks a tonn. i have noticed, my stance in the squat is really fucking wide. And when i do a vertical and land, the stance seems to narrow but maybe that's how its suppose to be :S i will try a narrower stance on friday, i won't have a video but i will try it and see how it goes.

Oh and my deadlift stance and everything i notice it sucks now. I will fix it up next workout. however, i am unsure when u say im squatting it up.... what do you mean by that? i am dragging it along my shins and whatnot... how am i suppose to turn it into a pull? im a bit confused about the deadlift now.

 

[ExtraMile]

Alright thanks a tonn. i have noticed, my stance in the squat is really fucking wide. And when i do a vertical and land, the stance seems to narrow but maybe that's how its suppose to be :S i will try a narrower stance on friday, i won't have a video but i will try it and see how it goes.

Oh and my deadlift stance and everything i notice it sucks now. I will fix it up next workout. however, i am unsure when u say im squatting it up.... what do you mean by that? i am dragging it along my shins and whatnot... how am i suppose to turn it into a pull? im a bit confused about the deadlift now.

for the squat try your warmups with a stance about shoulder width and play around with it for your warmups and see which u like the best

for deadlifts by squatting it up I mean you are starting with your hips very low and your knees are very bent, and you sit straight upwards, just like your doing a squat but holding the weight in your hands instead of on your shoulders. The quads should break the bar from the floor but the power should be coming from your hams, glutes and back, these muscles flex the hip, so you should be bent a little more forward but your knees and hips should lockout at the same time. Im not really sure how to tell you how to pull the weight...

 

[Tblock1]

Yeah I just watched the deadlift part:
1) Don't look so high. I think that screwed you up, you were looking way too high.
2)Like andalite said: Don't squat the weight off the ground.

 

[cleandres]

on your deadlift tighten up right before your lift, like when you start your deadlift you hear the *clink* noise and you explode going up tighten up so its a fluid motion

 

[ark94]

Alright thanks guys. Will try out what u all said on my deadlift and squat next workout. So mainly i am looking at -

Squat i have to get a better stance, but everything else was somewhat fine?

Deadlift was my stance, and basically everything to how i lifted, and my hips etc..

On friday im going to squat the same weight, as you may have noticed it was decent, i want to be able to do my 3x5 of squats with not much trouble.

 

[ExtraMile]

like i said on the thread you are rotating your hips an little and this is rounding your back, and you need to sit back more. Stretch out before squats.