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Then why the fuck can’t I move weight like I should lol squat should be close to my deadlift. Not my bench.

 

Maybe in your head. What makes you think you "should" be moving so much more weight?

 

Cause if my bench is 315, and dead’s are around 425... my squat should be around 350, no? Yet I could not do that. Makes me pissed how much of a little bitch my legs are lol

 

form overall looks fine. One thing though,

check the bar path, it should be linear but it moves forward as you go lower. Could be an imbalance and while the camera side moves forward, the other side moves back. Would more than likely mean one hip isn’t as mobile as the other.

OR, you need to sit back further.

 

That doesn't mean all your lifts are gonna be close. Everyone is different.

However, if deadlift is strong and squat is weak then it sounds more like underdeveloped quads not glute or hamstrings.

 

Soon! Up in NorCal visiting the girls family. We fly home tonight though. A bongie seems to be in order. Funny enough, as we boarded the plane to come up here I was looking for my headphones in my bag. As I was searching I was like hmm it smells like weed. I then found a bag with a big ass nug in it still in my bag from the last time we went to the beach

 

@weldertaco you also look super unbalanced at the beginning. Find a comfortable position and get there prior to unracking and stepping into position.

 

They look alright. Next time record from behind or at least an angle from the back. That way you can see any imbalances and if you have any knee cave.

My only advice from that video is that your descent looks uncontrolled and you’re “bouncing” out of the hole and once your momentum stops you’re halted by the weight causing a very slow lock out. If you slow down and control it on the way down you’ll carry the momentum all the way through the lift

 

Solid advice. How would I sit back further? Like kick my ass out more?

 

You may try watching Larry Wheels squat and take some cues on how he forces his hips/ass back and up when coming out of the hole. Doing that helped me.

$5 says it's in your head though or you aren't training it well enough.

 

Thanks man. I’ll try to go down slower. Just always have that “don’t get caught under the weights” mindset and want to get down and up as quick as I can lol

 

Thanks y’all for real. This is one thing I’ve been pissed about and it makes me hate squats. I’ll try to drop my ass back more and go slower.

 

@weldertaco looks pretty solid. Lots of good cues here already. The slowing down thing that was said really helps me. If I descend fast, I get pulled out of position in the hole.

think of building tension all the way down

 

Already in your own head, see.

Throw a lot on there, sniff some salts, then yell YOLO really loud and lift the thing.

You won't die..... Probably

 

Don’t necessarily focus on “squat” and just dropping down and coming back up. Imagine you’re sitting back into a chair. The first thing to move on my squat is my ass, and it moves backwards.

 

I’ll give it a shot again in a couple days. Barely got some time away from the wife and her family that’s visiting to workout today lol. Over the holidays and missing workouts. Woke up at 5am today to try to go while everyone was sleeping but gym was still closed lol

 

I think its solid form.. of course hard to see back angle if you have a hoodie on but looks good to me.

I agree to slow down and pause just slightly at parallel.

 

The hoodie was just for sweat. Trying to sweat a little more during workouts to burn more calories

 

Doesn’t work like that

 

Being hot = sweat more. That’s Texas proven facts.