Squat help

[coreygb]

Hey guys. I read this place all the time, but I just never post, but today I have something to say/ask! So, Im not really THAT new to most lifts, but I am new to squats and deadlifts. Yesterday I started a new weekly routine that involves both of those exercises, but the problem is I'm not completely sure I can do them without breaking my back, haha. I don't have a gym partner, and I refuse to ask anyone at the gym to show me because everyone at the gym I go to is stupid (it's a college gym, so there are a lot of dudes that are my size [little], and working out their abs every day, haha). Anyway, here is a crappy video of me doing a squat with a nonexistant bar on my shoulders. Hopefully you can get an idea of what I'm doing right and wrong. Any kind of input/critique is appreciated. Thanks!

Don't laugh, haha

youtubedotcom/watch?v=GIZU8COwCXA

 

[bblazer]

A couple of things....

1) You can actually put the link in your post.

2) Can we see a video with a bar - that changes everything.

3) You need to sit back more. Your knees are over your toes.

4) drive your knees out.

5) Go deeper. You a a few inches from hitting parallel.

B-

 

[imafuturebodybuilder]

^^^

This guy pointed out everything there is to point out in ur squat.

All I wanted to say is congratz on deciding to do the best thing that will happen to u in weightlifting.


to sit back more, i find it helpful to focus at a far point in the ceiling.

And also, if its too hard to see where parallel is get a bench under ur ass and when u touch it go up, thats how I started, but now I find it better to go all the way down.

 

[SPEKTOR-AAA]

Id prefer to see you do these with weights and a barbell but w/e. When you do squats/deadlifts really keep the feeling of keeping your shoulders locked back with your chest pressed out like your flexing. It really keeps everything tight and compact throughout those two lifts. Its something subtle but really helps keep everything together. Good job like they said, these lifts are amazing if you stick with them.

 

[coreygb]

A couple of things....

1) You can actually put the link in your post.

2) Can we see a video with a bar - that changes everything.

3) You need to sit back more. Your knees are over your toes.

4) drive your knees out.

5) Go deeper. You a a few inches from hitting parallel.

B-

Thanks to everyone for the input. I'm going to the gym tonight to do my first squats. The video was done with a web cam, which is the only way I can do videos, and I can't really take a laptop to the gym, haha. Also bblazer, I can't put links in my posts yet because I don't have the minimum 25 posts.

 

[coreygb]

Just in case anyone was wondering, the squats kicked my ass yesterday. It was awesome. I was actually smiling between sets at how intense it was. So, needless to say my legs are pretty much destroyed today. Can't wait to do it again next week!