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.