Squat Doctor

Redpill me on squatting with long femurs Dr. Autismo

>>38547848

Ankle mobility you fucking meme.

>>38547848
squatting with long femurs is just different. you are going to be more bent over and have much more work to put in with the lower back and its connection into the glutes. Make sure that you keep you internal hip rotator's nice and loose with some foam rolling and lacrosse ball rollouts, so that you can get a nice wide stance.

>>38547788
When I squat one knee is lower than other knee. And it is causing some mild hip pain

>>38547908
where in the hip does it hurt? I need something more specific, this could be caused by a lot of different things. try to describe it more accurately

>>38547918
My left knee appears lower than my right knee in the bottom of the squat. And I get pain in my right hip in my lower back. I think it's the sacroiliac joint.

>>38547955
Does one knee also seem more pushed out than the other?

>>38547788
It's physically impossible (at the moment) for my knees to travel past my toes since my ankle mobility is extremely poor. I use a relatively wide stance (outside shoulder width) to compensate for this but I still get some knee pain. It's not during but after and sometimes on off days, it's a dull ache like I need to stretch or crack it but that doesn't help. Foam rolling my IT band and ankles helped but some ache is still present. Is there a way for me to squat withiut risk of injury while gaining muscle?

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>>38548486
I may also be bow legged, here is a pic

Are the low bar box squats as louie simmons have them optimal for soorts training

>>38548524
knees dont necessarily have to pass the toes. its dependent on multiple factors, mainly lever ratios. i suggest trying to roll the adductors in addition to the IT bands, and also try to do some work on your psoas. A standard concept in physio work is that the knees are rarely fucked up themselves, its usually a problem in the hips or the ankles/feet that cause imbalances that eventually fuck up knee structures. Kelly Starrett has great content on fixing psoas issues, that will also address working on the adductors. best thing i can suggest is my routine, which is rolling out the IT bands, working a lacrosse ball into the hip socket and psoas, and then lacrosse ball rolling the hip socket from behind to do work on the piriformis and other posterior hip rotators/extensors

>>38548602
It depends on your sport, but chances are, No. Box squats have one purpose. Generating power out of the hole. It removes the stretch reflex, where you bounce off of the tension stored in your muscles when you hit the bottom of the squat, which is used to get a head start pushing back up. By removing the stretch reflex, you are telling your body that the motion pattern you want it to learn is to relax at the bottom of the squat, which is never optimal in sport. soccer, football, wrestling, boxing, underwater basket weaving, these all involve some sort of stretch reflex usage to generate more explosive power. Train the movement you actually use. Squat

Highbar, knees cave and stability goes to shit unless I really concentrate at 2pl8+

>>38548669
chances are you are lacking hip drive. double check a few things as you warm up to 2pl8 next time. is your chest high? Did you draw your ribcage down? Did you twist the floor and push your knees out instead of forward? any one of these could cause valgus knee, which is a symptom of pushing with the quads to the exclusion of the glutes.

>>38548690
to correct myself: failure to do any of these could cause valgus....

>>38548524

I have terrible knock knees also friend, and you won't have a good squat if you care about your knee health.

I started to really struggle at around 250+lbs and went to all sorts of medical pros to try and see what could be done. To fix knock knee I need surgery. I pretty much got told by everyone that if I continue to squat heavy weights (for me) that I will force surgery on both legs by the time I'm 30.

I don't do heavy squats anymore, I just do lunges and ghrs for legs.

>>38548642
thanks dude, I'll try it out

Roid fag here
Backinfo. Spend about a hour stretching 3 times a week. Lotta cardio, sprints, hills sled drags.
I was doing a workset of 405 for ten highbar when at the bottom of rep 9 i heard and felt a nasty pop in the quad, its been about 6 hours and it hasnt started to colour yet.... should I ne worried or is it a nasty strain?

>>38548739
I don't think I have knock knees since my knees are quite far apart with my feet together but it still seems like my knees naturally face in. Idk man my legs are sort of fucked up lol

>>38548853
OP here, i had something similar happen, not quad but adductor. it was a strain, took about 3 weeks for me to feel okay again. dont stretch it, that will make it a lot worse, just take it easy. once you feel no pain, start doing light stretch work

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form critique please last set of 4x3 squats at 85%

>>38549742
good. you could stand to have a more neutral head angle, and to push your knees out a lot more. its hard to tell, but it looks like you have a valgus knee. something else to add, is you could probably get a lot more power if you focused on getting your hamstrings involved in the lift. you look quad dominant. think about pulling your knees backwards during the ascent. its a strange queue but it may give you some extra power

https://youtu.be/wTxVy_hHZSA

Hey, so squats have never really felt right to me. My legs have been lacking in comparison to the rest of my body (265lb bench) 225 with shit form (maybe I if can even get that) squat. I've tried high bar squatting with a somewhat narrow stance and that gave me knee pain.

I've tried rippletits low bar wider stance and I get lower back pain.

I'm about to give up on squats desu, it's been around 1.5 years and It's beyond frustrating. Thanks man.

>>38547788
Cant go ATG because my center of gravity is fucked up and i tip backwards past parallel

I don't lurk here much so I don't know what the consensus is, but is it better and safe to ATG all the time? I'm new to lifting but I worked up from bodyweight squats to pistol squats before I picked up the barbell. So naturally I had the mobility to squat really low, and that's how I've been doing it for the past 1 1/2 months. But now that I'm past 2pl8 it's getting harder and feels kinda icky to squat so low. Also high bar or low bar? I'm not training for any sport, just for general strength, fitness, mobility.

>>38549869
my knees do tend to wobble inward when im pushing the weight higher if that indicates anything.

Ill try feeling the hamstring more. Might be that when i do involve my hamstrings more my butt raises way faster than my upper body, like im goodmorning the weight up. I focus on driving my whole body up, which i guess is hitting the quads a lot more.

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>>38547788
What part of the squat causes patella tendinitis? Knees too far forward? Valgus? Lifting off toes and balls?

Whenever I squat, it never feels right. My quads always feel incredibly weak. I feel solidly supported over my left leg, but my right feels like it's doing way less. However, when I come up out of the hole, it's the quads on my right leg that feel especially taxed. I never feel like I'm activating the muscles right. Please help squat doctor, this is a bad case. Due to no spotter, fear of the movement, little food, and long periods far far away from any gyms, I'm still struggling with just over 1pl8.

>>38549943
This is a form issue. Keep your chest up. You fall backwards because your chest falls, throwing your weight back

>>38550097
Bouncing at the bottom of atg squat

>>38547788
I can't get wide enough.
Rip says to place your heels in line with your shoulders, but it feels really weird to me and I can barely hold it.
Squat feels much better when I place my feet closer.
Any tips?

>>38549916
1. neutral head position, a bit more down, pull the chin back
2. draw the ribcage down. chris duffin's video with silent mike goes over this concept in great detail
3. you have lower back rounding at the bottom of the squat, this can come from a few sources. most likely, you need to get your knees out. next most likely, you need better lat engagement (chris duffins video with supertraining gym on deadlift form goes over lat engagement in the deadlift, which applies to the squat as well)
3. you let yourself squat deeper than is necessary. if this is a goal of yours, you need to do work to let you hit that depth safely. until then, you should squat to parallel instead.

OP here, i answered a few questions while i was lifting, but im back to finish up.

>>38549987
Ban city, ban ban city bitch. squats in themselves are a mobility test and exercise. for general mobility, just do more squats, for specific mobility issues, i can give specific
feedback

>>38550001
double check your form. anecdotally, a lot of people who come from pistol squats never learn to keep their low back tight. if this is you, double check your core cues.
1. stand up straight
2. take a medium breath
3. draw the ribcage down
4. pull the bar around your back
5. push the knees out (not forward)

what specifically about the squat feels "icky"?
low bar for balanced leg and core strength, high bar for quads.

>>38550065
if your needs wiggle to the center, that means you are using your quads instead of your glutes. squats work both, but a proper squat is primarily a glute exercise. focus on keeping the chest high, and pushing your dick into the imaginary squat thot in front of you.

>>38550119
this is a complicated one. ill address a few things. you said your left leg feels stable, and the right leg feels like its doing work. this sounds very very unstable. I recommend following the above advice, and posting a video. your case sounds a bit too vague and complex to fix this way

>>38550513
What specifically feels weird about it? does something hurt or feel stretched? or is it just power loss?

>>38550513
>>38550587
I guess it feels stretched. But too much, you know, like it's gonna tear..

If i'm not paying very close attention (it often happens on the last rep of last set) my hips rise much faster than my knees extend, leaving me with a bent back and leaning too far forwards.

I know its a form thing but where should i focus on to get rid of this habit?

Also Im struggling with what I can only describe as "not being able to activate my muscles",
I reach the sticking point and I slow right down, basically stop. I know I'm not that close to failure, but it takes me a second to concentrate and push "that extra bit more" from my muscles.
Especially glutes I think.

Currently my 1RM is 315 with no belt. I normally finish my squat days doing 275x3 with no belt. If I bought a belt would I see my numbers increase? I want to work towards doing 315 for reps

Can't post a video right now, but very poor ankle dorsiflexion due to motorcycle accident. Can't flex past 90°. Help?

>>38550851

You've kind of got two options here. One is to raise your heels via oly shoes or whatever to simulate having some amount of dorsiflexion. The other is to try and find a style of squatting that doesn't require much/any dorsiflexion - that's not practical for everyone and will usually require quite a wide stance with a fair bit of lean.

>>38550844
yes, you will be able to lift more weight with a belt.

>>38550860
I've been substituting RFESS and they've been working quite well. Thoughts as a permanent replacement to back squat?

>>38550861
Would you say 315x3 is a realistic goal if I were to buy a belt and squat tomorrow?

>>38550872

Not a fan personally (too awkward to load, imo) but if its working there's no reason to fuck with it.

>>38550880

Different guy, but not likely. You don't normally get much more than 10% out of a belt (if that) once you're used to using it and have the bracing down. Just throw one on for the first time and you're likely to get little or no carryover. Might even end up squatting less temporarily.

>>38550909
Thanks for this

>>38547788
when i squat my butt seems to go a bit more to the right (i feel like i am shifting more of the weight to the right leg)...

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>>38550426
Is this bounce different to the stretch reflex at the bottom?

>>38550766
Yes but what specifically gets stretched

>>38551130
No. They refer to the same thing. Though some might say that the bounce out of the bottom is overdoing the stretch reflex

>>38551321

Not necessarily. The stretch reflex is muscular (and doesn't actually require you to hit end of ROM, any eccentric will contribute to it), the bounce can be that or it can be rebounding off the end of your knee joint ROM.

The latter is obviously much more stressful on the knees than the former.

I don't have legs

>>38551343
OP here, rebounding off of your knee joint isnt a thing. no matter how much of a stretch you get, its still the tendons that bounce, not the ligaments. so its a muscular stretch.

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I don't have a video out here is my problem. I can go down fine but it's the lift off from the bottom that I can't get. I feel like I'm about to just fall down. However once I make it a third of the way up I'm able to push myself up nicely and finish the squat. It's just the low end start that ruins me. Advice?

6'3 with long legs shorter torso.

Can DL 3.5 for 5 reps but my squat is barely 2.5 for 3 reps

My issue is back folding (accidental good morning) when I push up from an ATG highbar squat.

Also what percentage should my front squat be of my highbar back squat for the same amount of reps?

Thank you mi hermano.

>>38551433

Usually ~80-85% if you're technically proficient at both lifts.

>>38551446
Thanks. Ive been doing around 75% and thought I could give a bit more.

Maybe im not doing too bad eh.

if i do nothing but ohps till i cant feel my legs (usually about 70 long and slow ones, no barbell) every other day will i look cool?
asking because i havent done much besides sit the past 8 years of my life so i can barely do 5 proper pushups and cant elevate my upper back on core excercises

>>38551485
overhead squats i mean my bad

>>38547788
I am fairly new to lifting and when i squat low i get a burning pain in between my right hip and my belly button, but only really on the first set, and it goes away fairly quickly.

Do i just ignore it?

http://youtu.be/IxAVJkbTf0M

Some people literally cannot squat without hip impingement and lumbar flexion.

>>38551433
Have you considered low bar? I'm long leg + short torso as well (although a manlet), and I switched to low bar recently and it's just way better.
Less knee caving, way stronger, my entire back feels really TIGHT and safe when I squat.

>>38547788
I have the problem when front squatting my elbows are pointing downwards when i come to the end of my sets because i get exhausted. is there any possibility to avoid that??
also when back squatting my torso is almost collapsing. should i go down with the weight?

thanks

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>>38551501
Sounds like a hip flexors/psoas issue. Common when new sedetary lifters start squatting often. Could be impingement or straining. Focus on opening your hips when you squat.
Do the top and bottom stretches in this image every day. Hip flexor injuries suck and can take anywhere from weeks to several months to heal, you never know.

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Comments?

>>38551577
Im trying to do whats better for general athleticism.. trued lowbar for abt 8 months too and i just cant get the hang of it

>>38550832
Any ideas anyone?

>>38551616
m8 getting stronger is what's good for general athleticism. If you're not getting stronger with high bar you're not getting more athletic, you're just stuck.
The difference in low bar and high bar isn't that big anyway. And low bar gives stronger hips, which is what every athlete needs.

>>38551640
I appreciate that, brother. Thanks. Ill try to balance high and low to be quite honest.

>>38551601
Go for a slower and more controlled drop

>>38551649
Watch this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5zrloYWwxw
The stuff about getting your back tight really helps.

>>38551664
What about my knees in the bottom? Don't they go forward a bit too much?

I'm trying to switch to low-bar squat, and I'm getting most of my form right, my question is, how are you supposed to balance the bar in the middle of your upper-back without it falling right off? What is it supposed to rest on?

i have an issue where my lower back rounds and sort of tucks in my tailbone at the bottom of the squat, what is preventing me from keeping my back neutral throughout the movement?

>>38547788
'morning doctor. I have ankle cartilage injury, and can't squat heavy for it will slowly destroy my joint. What do you recommend ?

>>38551595
thanks f.a.m

>>38551810
This is called buttwink, there are lots of things to try to fix it.
Usually its a mobility issue in hamstrings or maybe glutes, can also be due not having a wide enough stance, a wider stance effectively decreases the stretch in your hamstrings.

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>>38551706
On your rear deltoids. Back tight, elbows in, and if the bar still doesn't automatically find the "shelf" point your elbows behind you and you can't miss it. Try to keep elbows close to body when actually squatting, though.

>>38551882
Also, I prefer to keep thumbs on top of the bar and hold it down on my shoulders, rather than support it, like that picture seems to be implying.

And when I said
>keep elbows close to body
I meant in line with the body, when viewed from the side.

>>38551601
>that guy in the back

>>38551906
>that guy in the back
kek
>That exercise is called:
>Why you... Gimmie my money!

>>38551865
OP, i came back just to answer this question. Buttwink is not a mobility issue of the hamstrings. Buttwink is caused by the lifter not pushing the legs out far enough. Try this right now. squat with your knees close together with one hand on your lower back. it will bend. Now push your knees hella far out. you will be able to maintain an erect spine. stop pushing bad info.

>>38547788
>stuck on 2x5 1.5pl8 ATG for over two weeks now
>want to be able to do 5x5
>2x5 is doable, but can't do another rep after that
Lads how do I proceed?
I started at 30lbs, progress was linear for a while, now it's slowed down significantly.
Also, is it even a good idea for a beginner to do ATG?

>>38549943
Quick fix: place some small plates under your heels and try again, has the same effect as a lifting shoe.
Works for me.

I've been squatting for about 3 months and I have been experiencing lower back pain. I have had friends look over my form and I have spent hours comparing it to others and I cannot identify anything wrong with it. Doing low bar

>>38548292
Yes

>>38549869
Thank you based anon

Been squatting for about 6 months and can do 62.5kg 5x5, but if I increase the weight I get really bad upper back pain (upper thoracic/lower cervical spine). I have been doing planks/seated rows to strengthen my back and core, but it is meaning I can't linearly progress.

Is there anything else I can do to get myself past this wall? It is also affecting my other lifts because of my weak back/core. I'm doing ICF 5x5 right now

Several issues

1): I used to have shit ankle mobility,so I did the loaded stretch (the one where you put a barbell on your knees) ,now I've got decent mobility,but my left ankle doesn't get as far forward as the right one,been trying to repeat the stretch using a dumbbell on my left side but it won't budge.

2):Felt a very noticeable pinch in the front my left ankle when front squatting(trying to fix lagging quads) before losing control and slamming downwards,has this got something to do with the uneven mobility i mentioned in 1)

3):Post 80% 1RM,I hitch a little forward when coming out of the hole.Weak quads?Technique issue?

4):According to you what is the best cue for the ascent?I use chest up and hips through

5):I get really strange elbow pain post front squats.Not the joint itself,slightly above it(think lower tricep).It gets worse when I extend my arm.I don't have any trouble keeping my front rack.

bump pls

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I have fucking long femurs which means I have to lean forward quite a lot when I do low bar. I don't have a video of it, but it looks pretty much the same as Maxx Chewning's squat (pic related). My questions being this:

1.Is leaning forward to such a degree harmful? Even if I have the weight on my heels and the bar path is straight?
2. Is low bar squatting not for me? I've thought about using a Haack-esque bar placement (somewhere between high and low bar), is this a better idea?
3. When doing rep work I have a tendency to lean forward, basically just doing a good morning, during the last couple of reps. What should I do to help this?

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could i get a form check? this was the first set, highest weight i've squatted. also the first time i tried a stance wider than shoulders.

the webm somehow cut out the last half of the last rep, but i did make it.

>>38551847
Don't squat. Ask your real doctor about what motions are acceptable. Don't push injuries, you'll thank yourself later

>>38551945
Rest more between sets. Give it up to 6-7 minutes

>>38551956
OP here, back again. Don't do this. Its very unstable and can very quickly lead to injury. Either get the shoes, or learn to squat without them

>>38553246
Then this is the issue. If you get your knees pushed out the same distance you will fix the height issue. Try to do a set I'm a mirror and focus on pushing the inside knee out, and see what hurts. Then get back to me

>>38553780
Draw down the ribcage. Watch Chris duffin's squat video with silent Mike. He does a few minutes of explaining it.

>>38554654
Chewnings squat is weird as hell, and I wouldn't recommend it. Keep your chest up. It fixes so many problems. A lot of people don't understand this though. You cannot keep your chest up by arching the back, you keep the chest up by using your hamstrings to maintain a vertical back angle.

>>38554868
Not bad. Knees out, push more with the glutes. When I see a squatter stand up and end in a position like yours where the butt is sticking out, I can tell they aren't driving with the glutes

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I just started SS last Wednesday

I had some pretty serious doms and could barely walk, and trying to squat hurt crazy bad. I managed to do some sets of unweighted squats today, but even those were hard.

How do I make the soreness go away? Will it be gone by Monday when I need to squat again?

my squats are really bad and im struggling to put kgs on them

help

vid:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJtD9ncjK5f/

I bought weightlifting shoes a few months ago
I really liked the way they helped with my squatting so I squatted 3 times a week in them
Now my knees feel tired and sore all the time. Also a lot of cracking and sometimes a little pain.
I stopped using the shoes and switched to low bar, anything else I can do?

>>38551601
Slower, controlled drop. Pause for strength at the bottom. WTF is that guy doing behind yoU?

>>38556522
So that's a yes to squatting more like Haack?

>>38547788

I had a torn meniscus and physio fixed it for me, but I developed this bad habit of shifting weight onto my other leg, and I can feel the pressure I'm putting on that knee when I squat. How do I go about to fixing it? The process feels completely involuntary.

>>38554868
You look out of balance. I see you go on your toes and the bar isn't moving in a straight line. If you fix this, you'll be able to do more weight.

>>38556613
It will go away after a while. Your body has to get used to being challenged like this. Give it time, but don't stop squatting. Give it everything you've got, then eat big and sleep a lot.

I feel myself push and lean towards my dominant (right) side when I go down on my squat. I try to correct it, but lose power in doing so. How can I correct this so that it evens out and I don't end up looking like a masturbating T-Rex

>>38547882
Not him, but this describes my tall guy squat perfectly. Thanks Skwat Dokter

Is it normal to feel like I might lose my balance and fall backwards?

My left leg is stronger than my right so every time i squat my hips shift slightly left which puts more weight on the left side and makes the problem worse. I've stopped squatting since I don't want to snap my shit

>>38547788
My right knee goes in and I have a sticking point at about 30% from the ground up, that's holding me back. Best way to fix?

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I had really bad pain in my right knee with which I had problems since my early teens. It seemed okay ever since until I started squatting three times a week two months ago.

I was really desperate because it became my favourite lift and I hadn't had a chance to see a doctor meanwhile. So I've put on a knee strap/band at the gym for the first time today and it felt a lot better.

Is there any downside to using it? I know that it's not considered 'raw', but I still think that it's better than not squatting at all. At least until I resolve the problem somehow.

>>38556869
The higher the bar, the more upright the back angle. That being said, I'm telling you that your back angle is likely too bent over for the position you are using already, and trying to switch to a higher bar position is like slapping a band aid in it. Keep the same bar position for now, and focus on keeping a higher back angle

>>38557245
Yes, that is common. But not good. It means you are letting your chest fall in. Keep your chest up by thinking about pushing through your shoulders. Don't let your nipples point to the ground, keep them up

>>38556646
Fuck outta here bodorio.

>>38556652
This one is more complicated. I need video to assess it. I could make a few guesses but I'm not comfortable doing so without more evidence

>>38557181
Do extra work on the weak leg in the form of single leg press.

>>38557422
If it's a sleeve, go ahead and use it. That's why it exists. If it's competition wraps, stop. They are for maxing lifts, not for safety. They are detrimental to gaining balanced strength

>>38557582
Thanks.

>>38557595
Yeah, they were straps, not sleeves. I guess I'll stop squatting till I see my doctor then. I usually couldn't get on my feet from a toilet seat on my rest days, kinda not worth it.

>>38557500
Sorry if I'm being annoying, but how should I work towards a more upright back angle?

>>38547788

I've been neglecting squats and adapted with leg extensions, press and curl.

Maybe you could figure it out. Every time I squat as I dip down, my hip tilts to one side.

My right shoulder is in a lot of pain when I low bar squat. I've stopped doing low bar and have been doing a lot of shoulder mobility and health movements, but it still hurts to get in that position.
It's a shooting pain down the rear delt to the top of my tricep.

>>38557312
just a do a weight where you can do the reps slow, so you can limit your stronger side to sync with your weaker side. you could also do some unilateral work.

>>38557655
Next time you do warm-up sets, think about your back angle. How bent are you at the hips? Can you use your hammys and glutes to get low but not bend over so far?

>>38557766
Thank you based OP

>>38557693
Do this before you squat. Especially on the side that doesn't open.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBHzXF-mVjY

>>38557735
Wider grip. Shoulder dislocations before and during sets. Band pullaparts before and during sets

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form check prease, sorry for wearing all brack.
plz no bully i liked pokemon as a kid, made a nice curtain in the garage from the bedding.

>>38557963
That's what I've been doing. It's slowly getting better but I think I'm just being impatient. Thanks though brah

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What am I doing wrong? To make it short, I'm 5'9", 123lbs, and can't even squat 90lbs.

Long version: It feels like I pulled something in my lower back about a month ago, and I wasn't making much progress while attempting a bulk, so I took a month off from lifting and quit my gains goblin job so I could have a normal sleep schedule, since that was determined to be a huge part of my problem. I did some cardio in the meantime and ate at ~1800cal to remove the excess fat from the bulk (which was about all I got from that).

Started lifting again on Monday while eating at maintenance (2100), dropped my squats to 80lbs, did fine. Wednesday, I managed to hurt my back a little while squatting. So I watched some videos on form, learned about the valsalva maneuver, and read the SL stuff again.

Today I had a go at 90lbs and failed immediately. Sort of brushed it off and tried again and failed after 2 reps, twice, before moving on. Help me!

Video: https://vid.me/gWiD

>>38558099
Eat more. You're a skeleton. Also break at the hips then the knees and try a wider stance. Not the squat doctor, just a bystander

My front squat feels a lot smoother and natural than back squat. I feel like i lean forward too much on back squat and dont qant to snapmy shit. Anything wrong with replacing back squat with front? Weight is pretty similar. Would do 225lb for 3x5 on back squat and can do 225 for 3x3 rather easily.

If this is an option, how can i save my clavicles some stress? 225 seems to be the number where i start getting abrasions where the bar rests.

OP again, just wanted to say I'm really proud of you guys. Only about 75% of the responses are mine. And I've corrected the ones I don't agree with. Good on all of you for staying true to the spirit of fit and giving good solid advice

havent posted this video for years but can anyone show me what to do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RAUCApGBKM

I've been stuck at 1pl8 because I just am not hitting the depth I'd like to. It feels like I'm hitting a wall trying to get to parallel, can't ATG to save my life. I have been using a smith machine to squat because no rack-- is this the problem? The smith machine puts me in a kind of unnatural position/bar path when squatting.

I can front squat ATG holding a dumbell like a goblet, but can't even hit parallel doing back squat on the smith machine.

>>38558203
Kek
Seriously though, you're not bracing properly if that even is you

>>38557561
I've squatted for 2 years without pain (on my socks)
I have a feeling that some structures in my knees weren't ready to handle all that extra ROM multiple times a week

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form check please

first time doing high bar in months

>>38558388
it almost seems like you're bending your back too much on the way up

I have a twinge down my left thigh whenever I squat ATG
how badly am I fucking my legs

>>38558214
Someone help pls

>>38558766
The smith machine forces you into an unnatural position during the squat. That is absolutely the problem. Ditch planet fitness and go somewhere with a squat rack.
Same with the front squat. Throw a barbell on you.

>>38551923
I literally said that in my post, why do you think pushing your knees out causes the back not to round.
Its because it effectively decreases the stretch in your hamstrings. Allowing you to get lower without them pulling your pelvis and rotating it

I have low bar squatted without issue for over a year. I took time off, came back, and have had a problem where a get a pinched nerve in the middle of my back. It gets so painful i cant squat for a week, but when i start again, it comes back. Its off to one side only and its at the bottom of the shoulder. Not at the spine.

>>38560071
A wider stance and pushing the knees out are very different concepts. If a new trainee read your pos they would Do the former, not the latter

>>38561075
Yeah youre right

>>38547788
how do i make no-audio webm under 3mb so i can upload my vid here?

>>38547788
doing highbar and tipping over at the bottom?

>>38547788
how to keep back neutral during the squat?

I've strained an intercostal twice from squatting - any advice how to stop reoccurring

>>38558421
very bad. not the squat doctor but i had the same issue and now i sometimes get a numbness in my quad