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by **gauze** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:43 am

baldy wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2bLvoLJNsY

Some front squats this time 60kg

great form + depth

by **baldy** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:04 pm

Johnboy74 wrote:I've never seen anyone do front squats at the gym, and I don't wanna hang around the gym watching the fellas to see if they do front squats... don't wanna get some kind of reputation

Agreed, it would be better to go speak to the fellas than just watching them.

Johnboy74 wrote:
I'm doing the behind head squats and I'm getting use to the pain
no pain no gain as they say

Pain is not normally good, might be a little sore where the bar touches your back (I found it more comfortable to drop the bar a little lower on your back). If that is the case you need to HTFU and get used to the feel of bar on skin, any other pain and I would be very careful.

by **bronco** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:41 pm

Johnboy74 wrote:I've never seen anyone do front squats at the gym, and I don't wanna hang around the gym watching the fellas to see if they do front squats... don't wanna get some kind of reputation

I think front squats could actually be easier to learn than back squat. There is only one correct place for the bar, they are less forgiving for excessive forward lean. Plus they are a lot safer.
Note though that frontsquats are very likely do be painful in the wrist in the beginning because of lack of flexibility. This will go away with time though.

Johnboy74 wrote:I'm doing the behind head squats and I'm getting use to the pain
no pain no gain as they say

If the pain is a flexibility issue in your shoulder it might go away with time, especially if you do some stretching. If not I dont think it is a good idea to try to work through it. What would be a good idea though is to experiment a bit with different bar positions and grip width.
Oh, and I just realized that by hurting your shoulders it could mean that it hurts where the bar is resting. In this case working through it is probably ok, but also trying a slightly different position could be worth it.

by **baldy** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:59 am

Went for a front squat PB yesterday. Must say front squats look pretty sexy really.

90kg Easy enough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2YMoTnjTM4

100kg Probably not deep enough? What do you think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyMVOLLjjxU

107.5 kg <- too much crack in my blood stream still FAIL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLc15v1pYXg

by **ninearms** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:18 am

100kg was definitely high. You let your elbows drop and then chickened out. 107.5 looked like you never really thought you'd get it. No fight, no tightness, you just carefully lowered it onto the pins. 105 is there though, if you stay really tight and give it everything you have.

by **baldy** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:36 am

ninearms wrote:100kg was definitely high. You let your elbows drop and then chickened out. 107.5 looked like you never really thought you'd get it. No fight, no tightness, you just carefully lowered it onto the pins. 105 is there though, if you stay really tight and give it everything you have.

Thanks Coach. Harsh but true words.
I can see the elbows dropping in the 100kg, I failed at 100kg just before this attempt which is why I did not commit to usual depth.

Sounds like I need a sports psychologist to work on my Fight. Some triples at 90kg I think will up my confidence.

by **baldy** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:38 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvC9dLQTkII
6 Months later, another gym, another country still doing squats.
A lot more weight on the bar.

Stance is a lot wider and depth is not that deep, but pretty much parallel I reckon? What do you guys think?

by **ninearms** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:45 pm

Looks high to me (although a good 2 inches below Unit 20 depth), and you dive bomb a bit so your chest drops at the start. Get your elbows under the bar too and pull down hard - this will keep your chest up. My philosophy on squats is that if you have to ask if it was deep enough then it wasn't deep enough.

by **The Duke** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 8:24 am

More depth needed.

And you should banjo that cunt who comes up behind you halfway through the the third rep and tries to have it away with the bar.

Good effort - now give two more inches and make me happy.

by **baldy** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:25 am

You guys are harsh on depth! Clearly I am going to parallel.

Ninearms I see what you are saying about the elbows, might need to take my hands a little wider to get the elbows under. Will play with it next week in my deload.

No idea about the dive bombing.

by **thestoatyone** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:31 am

Something to think about playing with on deload week, bottom position squats. Figure out where the bottom position is, rack the bar there and then lift it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXfo_hKO__M