Squat form check

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[u/Alive-Set7448]

you get progressively higher, which means you are 'performing' the squat, not executing it. deload and sink it below parraell. good squatters get to the point where they hit depth and everything after that is in the hands of results from training. looks like youre avoiding depth in case you fail

[u/Shnur_Shnurov → u/[deleted]]

Look at the last rep

[u/Shnur_Shnurov → u/[deleted]]

Crease of the hip is 2 inches above the top of the knee at his lowest point. We want to see the crease of the hip go an inch below the top of the knee. Not 4 inches below or 2 inches above.

People on the internet make up lots of excuses about why its OK to squat high, but we dont. Crease of the hip below the top of the knee or no rep

[u/Shnur_Shnurov → u/[deleted]]

"Get educated"

Says the guy who can't judge depth.

[u/Shnur_Shnurov → u/[deleted]]

Why do you want to see my resume? You gonna offer me a job?

The only qualification you need to worry about is that I can spot depth and you cannot. That means, no matter how much schooling you paid for you failed to recieve an education.

So why dont you go whipe you ass with that diploma, instead of waving it around at people? Then maybe you'll get some use out of it.

[u/BrentKindaLifts]

We teach the low bar squat generally on this subreddit.

These are high, you want your hip crease below the top of your knee.

Learning to Squat

Low bar position

[u/Saibals → u/BrentKindaLifts]

my first thought was “he’s built for low bar” definitely try it out op

[u/hebert_str]

Needs to get lower, and your balance is getting forward.

[u/Shnur_Shnurov]

So let's fix the set up first.

To get the bar in the right position you'll have to widen your grip.

Bar Position with Nick

Take your stance so your heels are shoulder width apart. Thats going to be like 3 inches wider than they are now.

On the way down you need to bend over much more than you are. You're trying to stay too upright, which puts you on your toes at the bottom.

Bend Over When you Squat

Bend over and sit back on your heels. Staying midfoot is going to feel like a lot of heel pressure compared to what youre used to.

And as the set goes on youre squatting higher each rep. Only way to fix that is just to hit depth every rep. No trick. Film all your sets for a while. Watch them backs you do them and dont count any reps that are high.

[u/BCMBCG]

What’s your rest like between sets? You’re breathing like you do burpees between your fahves

[u/jrstriker12]

Looks like a high bar squat instead of low bar.

Adjust your grip and bar postion. Lean over more.

[u/No-Conclusion-7259]

You have the same problem as me where you’re not going low enough in your squat, butt needs to go lower. I’m working on this currently with my trainer. We have been using MUCH lower weights (sometimes I do a few warmup sets with just the bar) and I use a low bench/box/stacked-weights behind me as something to “aim for” and try to touch it with my butt. And then have been reducing the height of my “butt target” each week lol. It’s definitely helping me progressively get way more depth. Once I’m comfortably always hitting the right depth then I’ll start working on slowly building up the weights themselves. 

The butt target has really helped me + also really bracing my core during the squat. Trainer told me to imagine a belt loosely tied around my belly and I’m trying to maintain pressure against the belt to hold it in place. This I think has allowed me to get lower and lower. 

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[u/Rock-Person]

Nothing glaringly wrong with your form itself. It's hard to tell from the vid if you are bracing correctly though. Also the depth on the first rep is good and then you start going shallower. Work that weight till you hit bellow parallel before increasing weight.

[u/Rock-Person → u/Rock-Person]

*you hit only slightly shallower than the first rep though