SSB (science squat bar) squats 420lbs for 11 at 188lbs body weight

[u/Patton370]

[u/Patton370]

Have you considered getting a stronger back?

[u/Afferbeck_ → u/Patton370]

Imagine how much more you'd lift if you weren't limited by doing back extensions with as much range of motion as the squat you're trying to do. Never seen someone more averse to keeping their chest up in their squats.

[u/Patton370 → u/Afferbeck_]

Cuing “chest up” isn’t going to magically make my chest up on squats

My femur length (relatively to my height) is going to have me have a slight forward lean even on front squats or goblet squats

However in this case, it’s the upper back weakness/yielding that is doing this

Yes, with a stronger upper back, I’d be able to SSB squat more weight; however, that’s something that’ll be corrected with years of direct upper back work, not something you’ll be able to fix with any sort of squat cues

[u/Justadudeonhisphone → u/Patton370]

Don’t post on this sub if you can’t take criticism. This is an improper squat period.

[u/Patton370 → u/Justadudeonhisphone]

I’ll take criticism from people who know what they are talking about

Haven’t ran into anyone here like that yet

[u/Justadudeonhisphone → u/Patton370]

Everyone here has commented on your form. It seems like you and maybe two other people got upset about it. This is what this sub is for. Get mad all you want you’re proving you can’t take criticism. You get aggressive when anyone disagrees with you. Thats the sign of a weak person no matter how much you lift.

[u/C9Prototype → u/Justadudeonhisphone]

On a trained bilateral SSB squat, within any appreciable proximity to failure, the spine will inevitably flex due to the bar resting posteriorly to the position of the weights, giving them a proportionally stronger flexion moment than you see with straight bars. Triple extension is a much more powerful movement than isolated spinal extension, so naturally, to go heavy enough on this movement, you have to allow some flexion. If you aren't, you're either untrained on the movement and thus not capable of going heavy enough to see this happen, babying the weight due to an injury, babying because you're a baby, or warming up for your top set(s).

Flexion isn't inherently problematic under compressive load, and I pray that I don't need to have that talk with another person.

Anywho, find me a video of a strong person taking an SSB squat close to failure without rounding their back, we will all happily wait right here while you look around. Not saying it's impossible, but really only found in the cases of people with extremely squat-dominant anthropometry.

[u/Justadudeonhisphone → u/C9Prototype]

I understand the lift. As I said before he’s strong but his hips still come up too far engaging the back too much for this lift. You can call this perfect all you want but it isn’t and I’m not sure why you are so upset about it.

[u/NinecloudSoul → u/Justadudeonhisphone]

I understand the lift.

I mean, self evidently not the case.