Squats, Deadlift, Bent Row, Military press – Form Check

[ark94]

So critique my form on these please and thanks.

Btw on the videos, the squats there is a lot of shit talk haha, me and my buddy chirp the shit out of each other.

The Deadlift it was just commentated the night before by my friend lol.


Squats –
definitely my worst lift ever, how is the form?

Will post here once its uploaded.

Military Press -
I go way to far behind my head, input?

The first set is missing, and it was by far my best, my buddy is fucked and deleted it by accident.



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Bent Row –

I was getting it right into my ribs, anything about it?

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Deadlift –

I thought the form was pretty good, any input?

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[grubd]

lmao, i spit up some water when I started hearing that guy calling you a fag, queer, and pussy. You should have got rid of that sound.

 

[Tblock1]

Wow okay glad you posted this. On your military press if you pause it at the top position you don't need to do that last motion, try to press it in a straight line you push your head forward on the lockout no need to do that.
Rows looked fine, they weren't super strict but they were fine.

Deadlifts your form needs some help. You do many of the same things I do on my maxes which is why I saw them right away.
-You are not getting tight enough! Take a deep breath and force the air against your mouth like me, em, and jdid were about to beat the shit out of you hahah lol jk but you get the point
-stop the jerking motion! Bblazer gave me some tips and one was to not do that as you can tear a bicep. The reason you are jerking is to tighten your body up that shows you were not tight enough in the first place
- Your ass is shooting up right when you start the lift, get a little lower, your legs are locking out too soon
-Your back rounded quite a bit on the last 3 reps. Getting tight and little lower will fix that though

Hope this helped my form is actually a lot like yours if you watch my 445x1 video I do ALL the things you do wrong lol! Next deadlift session after that vid all I did was get my ass a little lower and get tighter and every problem was solved. I pulled 385x5 beltless easily. Remember the bar should move when your hips move and when you start the lift your hips are shooting up then the bar is moving. IF YOU CORRECT YOUR FORM YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO LIFT ~30 pounds more for a 5 rep set too

Also, if that bullshit the guy is giving you is helping you get angry, let him keep doing it. But otherwise tell him to SHUT THE FUCK UP!

 

[ExtraMile]

ont he military video your doing pushpresses, you need to keep your legs locked. Didnt seem to lockout at the top either but maybe im wrong. You dont need to lean your whole body forward at the top either.

lol that guy in the background was funny as fuck

if you miss the rep on the last set dont go back and do it again after 15 secs its pointless. Just make it your goal next session to get all the reps...

 

[ark94]

Aww damn, i don't even want to show my squat video if there that bad lol.
I will post some questions later on today or tonight, have to go to work all day.

Squats -

 

[Rough2k2]

The safety bars aren't there to bounce the weight back up for you when you hit parallel. Lower them by a step or two for sure.

 

[ExtraMile]

you asked in your log a while ago whether you should have the safeties up high enough to touch the bar to and people (including me) said no you shouldnt...

 

[miked8c]

Yeah man, lose the safety bars. If it is a matter of having the fear of not getting the bar up than have someone spot you. The bottom of the squat is critical for muscle gains as getting out of the hole can be the hardest part, by relieving the tension on your back, even for a split second you are cheating yourself out of arguably the best strength gaining exercise you can do. Bottom line, lose the safety bars and do a real squat.

 

[ark94]

alright, im just going to start with the safety bars and clear that up. I work with a guy who has been doing it for 6-8 years now, he's probably in his 30's and we tried a whole bunch of stuff. I am only squatting for another week with the safety bars, i have no fear of dropping it or anything, its just to get my depth, and help me going down straight as opposed to dropping quick on one side.

There are a bunch of reasons for the safety bars, they will be off though not this Monday, but the next. I personally hate squatting with them, but they are so restrictive, but i just have another week left and i can go back to having the bars like at the very bottom.

Second thing, im not bouncing off of them, i am just touching them. It sounds like im bouncing because i drop so fucking fast, which is what im working on also. Not to drop so fast and touch and go. I know it reliefs the tension off the back, which i personally don't like because it makes it harder to get out of the bottom then, but like i said before just another week.


Tblock, thanks for the post about the deads. Here are a few things ill point out, i know my form isn't good but i worked it better i think from the last time. Reason i am higher is because i was way to low last time, i didn't realize though that i was that low. Second, if i go lower i end up sort of squatting it off the ground. Isn't that wrong? I will go lower for my next deadlift sessions, and i will hopefully record that on Monday. So i want to get lower? And tighten up more? I was taking in big breaths to tighten myself up, but i guess they were not big enough.


Thanks extra, i had some great commentary lmao. We were just making fun of each other the whole time, i couldn't hear hiim though when he was recording lol cause my earphones were in.

Anyways, on the military, i think we can all agree for not just military, but every lift i can't do the fucking weight? Should i bump down my military, and my deadlifts? This shit unmotivates me having such bad form, so should i lower the weight then? Whats your suggestion or input on that? Should i bump down the weight, and just keep on working on the form?


Thanks for the input everybody.

 

[ExtraMile]

for military drop it down so that you can press it without any leg drive.

that applies to pretty much everylift, just lower it enough so that you can complete the reps with good form, as close to perfect as you can. Take it from me getting injured sucks so do what you can to prevent it, and one of the biggest things is working on your form...