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Djdom56 said:
My thinking about the squat is the you are trying to get tight in a bit too much extension, this means that your femur will actually be running into your pelvis in the hole, causing the butt wink. Try bracing with a little less extension and more ab activation. Take a video and see how it looks.

There is a really good Mwod video on this but it is in the pro section :(.
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Pretty sure Tony Gentilcore did an article on ab activation during squatz...

http://www.tonygentilcore.com/blog/q-a-fixing-the-tuck-under-when-squatting-part-ii/

(Remembered what to actually google)

Worked a treat for my squats as I was just hanging off my back.
 
I battled with fighting over extension on my squat. Found running a few reps in reverse off a box/bench to help as you can set up almost perfectly and push from a strong position and removes any bad habbits.

Also, what has been seen. Syal's an0000s in the green shorts. Lawd.
 
Extension!?! I am tilting my hips in to ppt to counter apt before I even begin to brace. Now confused about what extension I am creating :(
 
Cheers for the pointers, i think me saying PPT was a little extreme, i was actively tilting my hips to get away from APT.

I shall possibly give squatting a go tomorrow to get some comparison vids with not doing the tilting and just using heel screwing and bum clenching bracing to see how my spine/lumbar behaves.

Would a shirtless vid help to see whats going on?
 
Chest, bit of back, and some squats for form review.

Decline bench
Barx20
60x8
90x5
100x3+1
100x4+1
100x4+1
90x5+1
Great spotter for all sets, didnt touch the bar till the +1's
still all kinds of tight from saturday, and it was warm today, but hey we are all suffering this crazy heat.

WG Bench
60x5
70x7+3 - absolutley useless spotter here grrrr
70x6+2 back to the other spotter :)
70x5+1

CGBP
60x5
60x6+1
60x6

Squats - form review
60x5
60x5
60x4
95x4
***Spoiler***Shirtless whoreage going on***Spoiler***
Main difference from monday is my grip. For the last 5-6 weeks i have been using thumb under the bar grip. I have reverted back to my old grip as after reviewing older vids it seems that my new grip was compromising where i could get the bar on my back, and how much tightness i could get in to my upper back as well. Still improvements to be made, but I am going to go back to my old grip.

Standing Cable Rows
54x10
54x10
54x10

Inclined DB bench
28x8
28x8
28x7

Dips
BWx8
BWx10

Please with the decline bench sets at 100, small milestone achieved, now to see how well that will transfer over to flat bench.
 
Benching is coming along nicely! I'll be interested to see how your numbers are on flat too.

Squat issue is still there a bit but to my eyes looks improved.
 
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Nice.

I am going to be lame and suggest that low Barack squatting is a lot harder to control than high bar. :)

No help whatsoever, but I appreciate the video, nonetheless. Too bad the government is insisting this sort of thing be blocked by default... :cool:
 
mrthingyx said:
No help whatsoever, but I appreciate the video, nonetheless. Too bad the government is insisting this sort of thing be blocked by default... :cool:
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Such a perv! I had cold sweats yesterday when my collegues told me ISPs might have to filter smut!

Syla, did you hit a plateau on bench, is that why you've got decline as your main lift for chest?
 
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Pls

Put your thumb back under bar.

Yes, those squats looked better (see how it's not a posterior chain restriction issue?), but it's unlikely that your thumb had anything to do with it. If it was a factor, it shouldn't be, and it means that there are restrictions in your shoulders/pecs that shouldn't be there.

Thumb over the bar is:
a) Less safe
b) Broken positioning
c) I think not GBPF legal
d) A teaching of Rippetoe - need I go on?

;)

The fact that you can keep it that tidy at 60kg heavily hints that this is a strength/control issue, like I said. You will be breaking position when the weight is too heavy to control. Paul had a similar issue.
 
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