Form check videos
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Thanks again on the feed back from my last post ladies.
Here is a link from this morning, I see an improvement on unracking,feet, arms and hands.
Wondering if it looks o.k. to you all.
http://youtu.be/SiC2DgfF7v8 0 -
you made those look easy!
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Thanks for taking another look.
The right hand position is very challenging for me. You saved me from a future of even more problems in my forearms.
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just for laughs..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5dQsJLBE8A
my third set at 60kg (can't believe I've done 60kg for sets!).. not a pretty sight but not as awful/slow as some of the reps felt..0 -
just for laughs..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5dQsJLBE8A
my third set at 60kg (can't believe I've done 60kg for sets!).. not a pretty sight but not as awful/slow as some of the reps felt..
Those look just fine to me :-)0 -
Well there is a little knee slide I think and the bar path isn't perfect and I accordion a bit, but I am my biggest critic! Thanks!0
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I love the guy in the background, pounding out squats that don't get anywhere near parallel. Makes me feel less bad about my issues! At least I'm focusing on getting form right 0
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you spotted him! 3 20kg plates on each side too...0
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Can someone please check my low bar squat form? Thank you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvpRkX5Lf7g&feature=youtu.be 0 -
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yes, very hard to see! I'm not 100% sure you're hitting parallel? also your legs look (hard to tell!) very close together and facing quite forward? worth checking on yourself..0 -
So ladies I need your input on my squats...squatting 135 lbs and that was my 5th set.....
http://youtu.be/0LNkUTdPHj0 0 -
Very quickly as kids in bath... You are coming up in two movements, hips then chest. Try to work on hip drive and everything coming up together. Think heels back and chest up. Your knees look as though they aren't fixed in the first third to half of the movement, and are sliding forward at the bottom of the squat. Have you tried a terribly useful block of wood? (tubow). Sure others will have ideas!0
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So with squats I practiced all day in front of the toilet and couch, lol. I find if I keep my toes pointed out more my heels don't come off the ground. I walk with my toes out anyway, not sure if it is the way I am. I feel like I am doing them ok, but when I watched the video they looked horrible. But keep in mind half of the critiques in this thread go over my head. I am so green, I don't know much on lifting. These are super embarrassing for me to show to anybody, but oh well I need help.
OHP: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Care76/videos/?action=view¤t=video-2013-11-27-19-57-45_zps5df0ee72.mp4
Squat: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Care76/videos/?action=view¤t=video-2013-11-27-20-05-52_zps5f905bfb.mp4
To me I look like I am going forward a lot on the squat. But I don't know how to get around this.
I didn't get one of DL because my husband was busy and I didn't have time to wait.
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OK, firstly, on OHP you are doubling your work! you only need to go from your neck up and back. You are dropping it back down to your waist on every rep. I am guessing you don't have a rack? If so you can unrack it in that neck high position from the start. But if you need to clean it up to there, think of that as your starting position and only return back there for the full set. It looks as though that 'start' position is a bit low too. Spend a bit of time with just the bar, get it up there, pull your shoulders back and remember what that feels like (other than strangling yourself). It will help with a straighter bar path too.
On the squat, look at the bar path - it should be going straight up and down.
Again I don't know how you are getting into that position? There's quite a lot of wandering around with the bar on your back. You want to be in position, get tight, and squat. It's too dark to see what your hands are doing - have you got a thumbless grip (thumb over the bar not round it)? It's also hard with loose clothes. Your legs look very far apart with a very wide out toe position. Not sure this is helping you. And you aren't quite at parallel as far as I can tell.
Have you tried getting down into the bottom position, sticking your elbows inside your knees, and pushing away from each other by pushing your hands together? If you do this and hold that position for a while, you'll feel what the depth feels like (for me when squatting I know because it's when my tummy and my thighs meet!).
Neither of those weights look heavy for you - and actually doing your squat reps slightly slower might help you feel where the form is breaking down? - but I'd stay light and get your form right first.
I'm sure there is loads I've missed! but hopefully that helps you to review your videos yourself to see what you might be able to change..0 -
As Lydia said with the OHP you don't have to clean the bar every time. Also when you start the press you are starting quite low down the chest, you want the bar up by your collar bone and elbows forward of the bar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWeRuB9uWNE
For the squat its not quite to depth so as Lydia said focus on getting depth out of BW squats.
Its hard to tell but either the top you are wearing has a large collar or a hood, anyway you don't want that getting in the way, squat in a t-shirt or light sweatshirt. Again hard to tell weather its the top or not but you are high bar squatting which is fine but you shouldn't be pitching forward so much with a high bar. As Lydia said the bar path should be vertical.
With regards to stance I would play around with this to find where you are most comfortable, but I find with a wide stance and a high bar break at your knees first before your hips it will help keep your back more upright and the bar vertical0 -
Please help: Video quality is bad so not sure if you can even see my form.
Deadlift: The first two are 30kg and the last is 40. So. WTF am I doing wrong cos I still have back pain after foam rolling, streching, praying for it to stop (this worked better than the first two) and my doctor saying that there is no hernia. I'm trying to lift with my legs but it still feels like my back is doing 80% of the work. I'm very close to quiting as I think I'm going to need my back for some more time-like the rest of my life.
Squat: That's just the bar. Looks decent to me, or...not? Pretty sure that when I go to 35kg it's worse.
http://youtu.be/Z5ImybYhKnc
(skip to 2:40 the video reeally sucks. wow. need to take another. if i survive another lift that is)
Anyway, I'm currently doing Gold Medal Body Focus Streching and after two days, I feel like it's helping a bit. I'm just so tired of being both in pain and weak. Some background: I'm 22, student, sit all day, used to be a cardio bunny (or elephant? whatever works) for two years, been lifting for 4 months, with a couple of weeks in between the first two, first time I felt pain was during a forward bend strech (i know right? stupid, stupid me).0 -
Thanks so much iwoodroff and girlie. I will have to watch the vids while doing the lifts I think. I have watched the actual videos for SL 5x5 so many times but then I still get it wrong.
I do not have a rack, not even a squat rack. If I can't lift the bar back over my head my husband comes and gets it for me. I will be getting one, but I have to wait a bit. So I don't have anything for OHP either.
Squats, I don't know why I wobble so much. I used to have excellent balance and OK flexibility but since having almost an entire pregnancy on bed rest and then doing nothing for almost be first year after I am a mess. I didn't feel like I was going forward so much while doing it. And I felt like I was going down far enough. My husband told me I was, but he just watched vids and has no experience. I can't seem to keep my heals down if I don't keep my legs apart and toes out. I will work on getting form better before increasing weight. The weight I'm at is not difficult.
Again, thanks for your help!0 -
Please help: Video quality is bad so not sure if you can even see my form.
Deadlift: The first two are 30kg and the last is 40. So. WTF am I doing wrong cos I still have back pain after foam rolling, streching, praying for it to stop (this worked better than the first two) and my doctor saying that there is no hernia. I'm trying to lift with my legs but it still feels like my back is doing 80% of the work. I'm very close to quiting as I think I'm going to need my back for some more time-like the rest of my life.
Squat: That's just the bar. Looks decent to me, or...not? Pretty sure that when I go to 35kg it's worse.http://youtu.be/Z5ImybYhKnc
Anyway, I'm currently doing Gold Medal Body Focus Streching and after two days, I feel like it's helping a bit. I'm just so tired of being both in pain and weak. Some background: I'm 22, student, sit all day, used to be a cardio bunny (or elephant? whatever works) for two years, been lifting for 4 months, with a couple of weeks in between the first two, first time I felt pain was during a forward bend strech (i know right? stupid, stupid me).
First of all for the deadlifts: Raise the bar up a bit as you are using small radius plates you are technically pulling from a slight deficit, although this does help with the initial pull from the floor that should come later on when you are maxing out your deads.
The bar should be 8.5" from the floor, try to lower your hips and keep your chest up. You want to try and get a bit faster so when the bar has reached your knees snap your hips forward to drive the bar the rest of the way up. Also take each rep back down to the floor and make sure you have your hips lowered so the next rep the movement is through your legs and not pulling through your back. This may help your sore back issue
Squats: Your not quite getting the depth from what I can see, not far off but the hip crease should be just lower than the knee. The bar path looks vertical but difficult to completely check with the camera angle. Your wrists look bent back on the last set so try a thumb-less grip or move the bar slightly higher on your back.
Can't tell from the video about the knees but they look OK from the behind view, just make sure they are not travelling past your toes. For depth it could just be a case of adjusting your stance slightly until you find a comfortable one you can hit depth with or if you are still struggling if you lift in flat soled shoes like converse try putting your heels on 1/2" of wood and work on hip flexibility to get the depth0 -
Thanks so much iwoodroff and girlie. I will have to watch the vids while doing the lifts I think. I have watched the actual videos for SL 5x5 so many times but then I still get it wrong.
I do not have a rack, not even a squat rack. If I can't lift the bar back over my head my husband comes and gets it for me. I will be getting one, but I have to wait a bit. So I don't have anything for OHP either.
Squats, I don't know why I wobble so much. I used to have excellent balance and OK flexibility but since having almost an entire pregnancy on bed rest and then doing nothing for almost be first year after I am a mess. I didn't feel like I was going forward so much while doing it. And I felt like I was going down far enough. My husband told me I was, but he just watched vids and has no experience. I can't seem to keep my heals down if I don't keep my legs apart and toes out. I will work on getting form better before increasing weight. The weight I'm at is not difficult.
Again, thanks for your help!
No problem if the stance you have is comfortable, just as I said try breaking at the knees before the hips, so don't push your bum back first, with a wide stance there is room for the bum to just drop between the legs and you will keep your back more upright and should just counteract the pitch forward, then just work on getting it a bit deeper0 -
Thank you SO MUCH. I'll put something under the weights and see how that feels. Thank you again! :')0
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This is the deadlift setup checklist from starting strength, and I think works pretty well!
1. Take your stance, feet a little closer than you think it needs to be and with your toes out more than you like. Your shins should be about one inch from the bar, no more. This places the bar over the mid-foot – the whole foot, not the mid-instep.
2. Take your grip on the bar, leaving your hips up. DO NOT MOVE THE BAR.
3. Drop your knees forward and out until your shins touch the bar. DO NOT MOVE THE BAR.
4. Hard part: squeeze your chest up as hard as you can. DO NOT MOVE THE BAR. This establishes a "wave" of extension that goes all the way down to the lumbar, and sets the back angle from the top down. DO NOT LOWER YOUR HIPS – LIFT THE CHEST TO SET THE BACK ANGLE.
5. Squeeze the bar off the floor and drag it up your legs in contact with your skin/sweats until it locks out at the top. If you have done the above sequence precisely as described, the bar will come off the ground in a perfectly vertical path. All the slack will have come out of the arms and hamstrings in step 4, the bar will not jerk off the ground, and your back will be in good extension. You will perceive that your hips are too high, but if you have completed step 4 correctly, the scapulas, bar, and mid-foot will be in vertical alignment and the pull will be perfect. The pull will seem "shorter" this way.0 -
Thanks so much iwoodroff and girlie. I will have to watch the vids while doing the lifts I think. I have watched the actual videos for SL 5x5 so many times but then I still get it wrong.
I do not have a rack, not even a squat rack. If I can't lift the bar back over my head my husband comes and gets it for me. I will be getting one, but I have to wait a bit. So I don't have anything for OHP either.
Squats, I don't know why I wobble so much. I used to have excellent balance and OK flexibility but since having almost an entire pregnancy on bed rest and then doing nothing for almost be first year after I am a mess. I didn't feel like I was going forward so much while doing it. And I felt like I was going down far enough. My husband told me I was, but he just watched vids and has no experience. I can't seem to keep my heals down if I don't keep my legs apart and toes out. I will work on getting form better before increasing weight. The weight I'm at is not difficult.
Again, thanks for your help!
No problem if the stance you have is comfortable, just as I said try breaking at the knees before the hips, so don't push your bum back first, with a wide stance there is room for the bum to just drop between the legs and you will keep your back more upright and should just counteract the pitch forward, then just work on getting it a bit deeper
Thanks! I read everything to my hubby so hopefully he can help out a bit. I just got home after being away for a few days so hopefully tomorrow I will get some practice in. 0 -
back up to 60kg..
from 45 degrees http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7UBjifnoCec
from the side (final set, fought that last rep up!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bwBWf26aVoI0 -
back up to 60kg..
from 45 degrees http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7UBjifnoCec
from the side (final set, fought that last rep up!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bwBWf26aVoI
All look good to me
Just a little tweak try breaking at your knees before your hips so you allow your bum to drop, it might keep you more upright so as the weight gets heavier you're not fighting the bar pushing you forward0 -
yes, I think I tend to do both at once (a form correction from an earlier concertina issue) and need to re-learn knees first..0
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Hi ladies! I've got a deadlift video from last night for a form check, I'd love any feedback you can give me. Thanks!
http://youtu.be/_QhjbWEzlIg
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Nicely done. it looks very light for you!
couple of things and I'm sure others will notice other things..
you aren't approaching it with a lot of aggression/muscular tension. you need to drive your hips through at the end. Also try and put your shoulders in your back pockets!0 -
Nicely done. it looks very light for you!
couple of things and I'm sure others will notice other things..
you aren't approaching it with a lot of aggression/muscular tension. you need to drive your hips through at the end. Also try and put your shoulders in your back pockets!
Thanks for the feedback! I'm definitely going to be working on upping the intensity and hip drive:) The back pocket thing is a good cue, I ALWAYS forget that one. Thanks again!0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFi7QklPjQM#t=0
