My first box squats

[bigguns15]

I did box squats today! I did 6 sets of 3, really light (all with 135), just to get the feel for them. I'm thinking later on I can add bands if I want to. Here is a link to the video:
http://www.rebeccaphelps.com/trainvids/boxsquat7-21-03.wmv

Tell me what you think. There isn't really anyone at our gym that has much experience with these, so I need your input here. Thanks!

 

[spatts]

Those look great!

In our gym, we call those "low box squats."

 

[Ish]

I'm no expert, but if you can try to sit back more than straight down, I think that would be better. Sit down like you are sitting in a chair.

 

[pwr_machine]

Those look great!

In our gym, we call those "low box squats."

I'm with you Spatts. I thought they looked great!

 

[pwr_machine]

I'm no expert, but if you can try to sit back more than straight down, I think that would be better. Sit down like you are sitting in a chair.

That actually is her sitting back. If you notice, on the second set, her toes come off the ground. She's been having trouble with a forward lean, so we thought incorporating the box squats would help alleviate this. Thanks for the tip though!

 

[louden_swain]

Looks solid to me!!

 

[Liftbig]

maybe she should try wearing chucks to squat in, those shoes look like they put her on her toes. also defianatly sit back more, it looks like most of the stress is on the quads.

 

[louden_swain]

When I perform box squats. . I try and sit back as far as possible then I will have a 2 second pause. From the bottom position, the hips are forced to work like hell.

Overall, your squat technique looks excellent. . .

 

[bigguns15]

maybe she should try wearing chucks to squat in, those shoes look like they put her on her toes. also defianatly sit back more, it looks like most of the stress is on the quads.

I have always thought that those shoes were very flat. However, I am about to experiment squating in my deadlift shoes to see what kind of a difference that makes. Thanks for the tip! I'm not even used to sitting that far back though. I felt like I was going to fall backwards.

 

[spatts]

I think it would be hard to sit back in those shoes...aren't they kind of designed to keep you forward? Seems like you'd need more hamstring recruitment to sit back more and use flat shoes.