I'm a bit concerned about my form when doing squats and DLs. I have weak legs to begin with and I'm also qute tall (6'2") but the majority of this is arms and legs, very little body in between lol. I find that balance is a major problem with these exercises.
With squats I get my legs down to around a 90 degree angle, but I tend to bend over quite far with my top half rather than stay upright. I cant go any further down than 90 degrees. With DL's I cant get my arse down far enough to make the "figure 4" shape. I tend to just bend over quite far, I keep my back straight but my arse is too high and therefore my legs are only very slighty bent (around 45 degrees maybe a bit more). It's more of a SLDL.
The trouble is that even with very little weight I cant get into the right position, I think my balance just sucks and I've got used to using the wrong technique (even though I have trained legs for that long - 4ish months). Another problem I think I have is that I have quite a strong back so I tend to use this too much rather than rely on leg strength because my leg strength sucks.
My current lifts are 80kg squat, 90kg deadlift. In comparison to other major lifts to see how weak my legs are; 80kg bench, 2x24kg dumbell shoulder press, 2x32kg incline dumbell press, 85kg lat pulldown, 140kg leg press. All of these lifts are for about 4-5 reps.
Any advice as how to sort things out?
Thanks
With squats I get my legs down to around a 90 degree angle, but I tend to bend over quite far with my top half rather than stay upright. I cant go any further down than 90 degrees. With DL's I cant get my arse down far enough to make the "figure 4" shape. I tend to just bend over quite far, I keep my back straight but my arse is too high and therefore my legs are only very slighty bent (around 45 degrees maybe a bit more). It's more of a SLDL.
The trouble is that even with very little weight I cant get into the right position, I think my balance just sucks and I've got used to using the wrong technique (even though I have trained legs for that long - 4ish months). Another problem I think I have is that I have quite a strong back so I tend to use this too much rather than rely on leg strength because my leg strength sucks.
My current lifts are 80kg squat, 90kg deadlift. In comparison to other major lifts to see how weak my legs are; 80kg bench, 2x24kg dumbell shoulder press, 2x32kg incline dumbell press, 85kg lat pulldown, 140kg leg press. All of these lifts are for about 4-5 reps.
Any advice as how to sort things out?
Thanks
