Critique my squat? *video*

[ark94]

Okay, so I’m almost embarrassed to put up the videos. No matter what, I’m going down to 125lb next workout, and make my way up again. Just unbelievable, my form sucks dick. I GM when it’s hard to get up, and I’m not coming up smoothly. Reason I want to bring it down, is the weight will be light, and I will be able to work on my form more, than I can gradually make my way up again, and not do anything stupid fucking jumps or 10lb. Ill just stick to 2.5lb each workout since I was progressing fine that way before I took that 5lb jump on each side.
Military press and bent row went great, squat is just fucking me over like no tomorrow, I know it doesn’t normally take somebody 2 fucking months to get a good squat form, but me I’m fucked idk, and shit is just crazy.

Here is the video, my buddy recorded it today, and on the last set he added “effects” by shaking the camera lmao, so try not to mind that its not that bad.
Critique? I can spot a lot of problems myself, but maybe im missing a lot. All I know is it sucks.

YouTube - Squat - Monday, March 15th, 2010.wmv

 

[joshuasmith93]

Okay I think you should quit pausing so long at the top. Go down ass to ankles. Quit leaning foreword to much. Make it hard. Keep squating you will love the rewards. Last year I could only do like 170 5 times, and on friday I got 315 4 times. Good luck.

 

[JDid23]

You're right. Most people don't usually take 2 months to learn the perfect squat form; they take 2 fucking years man. Well idk about 2 years, but people can usually always correct something wrong with their squat.

You don't look mentally fucking prepared to squat man; when i squat heavy i plug into my ipod, and when i take the weight off the rack i get into position, explode off the rack and take a few steps back while grunting (not obnoxiously). No smiles and giggles 10 seconds before i squat. You have to be in a mental zone before a big and heavy fucking squat.

Next time i want you to try narrowing your grip on the bar. I recently did this and it helps keep my whole body tighter and my friend whose a big squatter (grip a bit wider than urs) did it and he said it helped him.
Keep your weight on your heels. Curl your toes up a fuck of a lot, and explode off of your heels on the way up. When you go onto your toes it is negatively effecting your form. Also, next time on your warmup sets pick a spot on the wall and look at it (providing you feel comfortable). This might help, but i know for me i get such depth that if i don't see when i stop i get fucked at the bottom. However, i've seen people do it and i've seen it help their squat. See how it feels.

Also, look into doing dynamic stretching. It's been a big help to me lately and PM me if you want any details. Andalite initially introduced me and i've loved them!!! I used to dread doing them before a workout but now i can't do a workout without them.

Having said that, that weight is too heavy for you. Others might disagree and take this with a grain of salt because i don't know as much as most guys here, but maybe squatting 3 times a week isn't the best idea for you. Sure, you're possibly going to learn the form more quickly but i think adding 5 pounds to the bar every workout for you isn't ideal at this point providing what i've already seen. Try the above with 125, but if you have to deload every few weeks, i don't see the point in squatting 3 times a week and adding weight to the bar each workout.

Also, as i stated in your other thread, mentality is half the battle for you. Your form is getting better with each new video, but you aren't really in the zone when you lift. You need some confidence

 

[ark94]

You're right. Most people don't usually take 2 months to learn the perfect squat form; they take 2 fucking years man. Well idk about 2 years, but people can usually always correct something wrong with their squat.

You don't look mentally fucking prepared to squat man; when i squat heavy i plug into my ipod, and when i take the weight off the rack i get into position, explode off the rack and take a few steps back while grunting (not obnoxiously). No smiles and giggles 10 seconds before i squat. You have to be in a mental zone before a big and heavy fucking squat.

Next time i want you to try narrowing your grip on the bar. I recently did this and it helps keep my whole body tighter and my friend whose a big squatter (grip a bit wider than urs) did it and he said it helped him.
Keep your weight on your heels. Curl your toes up a fuck of a lot, and explode off of your heels on the way up. When you go onto your toes it is negatively effecting your form. Also, next time on your warmup sets pick a spot on the wall and look at it (providing you feel comfortable). This might help, but i know for me i get such depth that if i don't see when i stop i get fucked at the bottom. However, i've seen people do it and i've seen it help their squat. See how it feels.

Also, look into doing dynamic stretching. It's been a big help to me lately and PM me if you want any details. Andalite initially introduced me and i've loved them!!! I used to dread doing them before a workout but now i can't do a workout without them.

Having said that, that weight is too heavy for you. Others might disagree and take this with a grain of salt because i don't know as much as most guys here, but maybe squatting 3 times a week isn't the best idea for you. Sure, you're possibly going to learn the form more quickly but i think adding 5 pounds to the bar every workout for you isn't ideal at this point providing what i've already seen. Try the above with 125, but if you have to deload every few weeks, i don't see the point in squatting 3 times a week and adding weight to the bar each workout.

Also, as i stated in your other thread, mentality is half the battle for you. Your form is getting better with each new video, but you aren't really in the zone when you lift. You need some confidence

Thanks a ton bro. yeah, i will bump down to 125 for sure on wednesday, i don't mind working my way up again. Also i was not really in the zone, my buddy comes and works out with me, does the exact same stuff and i am not in the zone much, probably that is a huge problem.

I tried curling my toes up before, seemed awkward, however i will try it with less wait, like i said 125 on wednesday, and keep my weight on my heels. And about the grip... shall i grip it like i do military press? just so my thumbs touch the shoulders, a really close in grip? I feel compared to before, my back is not tight when i squat anymore, and thats becoming a big problem also. I actually always look at the bottom of the floor, about 2 inches above the floor. However, when i get stuck i look up and it sort of gives me a boost, which it shouldn't but that how i help myself get up. I want to keep on squatting 3 times a week, because thats the routine im following, i think to help that i can do some dynamic stretching tuesday, thursday, saturday, and sunday? And last, i actually normally had earphones in when i squatted, but i thought i would give it a shot without to keep me more focused, when it just fucks me up more without them, to many noises in the background and shit.

Thanks for the info, ill pm u about it. Any other info? Definately dropping down to 125 for Wednesday, then 130 on Friday moving up like normal.

 

[JDid23]

Thanks a ton bro. yeah, i will bump down to 125 for sure on wednesday, i don't mind working my way up again. Also i was not really in the zone, my buddy comes and works out with me, does the exact same stuff and i am not in the zone much, probably that is a huge problem.

I tried curling my toes up before, seemed awkward, however i will try it with less wait, like i said 125 on wednesday, and keep my weight on my heels. And about the grip... shall i grip it like i do military press? just so my thumbs touch the shoulders, a really close in grip? I feel compared to before, my back is not tight when i squat anymore, and thats becoming a big problem also. I actually always look at the bottom of the floor, about 2 inches above the floor. However, when i get stuck i look up and it sort of gives me a boost, which it shouldn't but that how i help myself get up. I want to keep on squatting 3 times a week, because thats the routine im following, i think to help that i can do some dynamic stretching tuesday, thursday, saturday, and sunday? And last, i actually normally had earphones in when i squatted, but i thought i would give it a shot without to keep me more focused, when it just fucks me up more without them, to many noises in the background and shit.

Thanks for the info, ill pm u about it. Any other info? Definately dropping down to 125 for Wednesday, then 130 on Friday moving up like normal.

you don't have to curl up your toes. you're supposed to push off your heels though and i've noticed that curling up my toes helps me a lot. Try all that next time and get a vid if you can. I used to listen to rap music but recently i started listening to songs like Bodies by drowning pool haha.

 

[ark94]

you don't have to curl up your toes. you're supposed to push off your heels though and i've noticed that curling up my toes helps me a lot. Try all that next time and get a vid if you can. I used to listen to rap music but recently i started listening to songs like Bodies by drowning pool haha.

Lol i listen to anything, rap, rock, anything but heavy heavy metal like slipknot or w/e =D Anything gets me pumped that i listen to.

I will curl up my toes next workout with less weight, i need that push off my heels badly, and getting into that practice would be good.

 

[Tblock1]

Tighten your whole body really hard too, really contract your abs and like jdid said, bring your arms closer. Good luck dude! Kill that shit!

 

[grubd]

You're bending forward under the weight almost like a good morning. One of these days you're not going to get your back straight again and that bar is going to crash onto your noggin.

 

[gstacker]

Props on posting a video to improve!
Keep your head up concintrate on somthing on the celling, I think that may force you to have better form... Get the weight on your heels more....

 

[moya]

^agreed... dont look down... keep head up...
honestly... you may want to use a bit less than 125 but thats up to you... get mad at the fucking bar and give it hell...