STOP Using Your Back Like THIS! How to Squat Correctly
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- Опубликовано: 18 фев 2024
- Are you making this mistake with your back when getting ready to squat? Starting Strength Coach Phil Meggers covers how to identify the problem as well as how to fix it.
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Great content!
Thanks very much!
Very helpful, esp the advice to point chest at the floor. Thank you!
Thanks for the kind words, and I’m glad it was helpful!
Always enjoy the concise 3 minute videos. It's funny how twerking ruins squats, as well as the rest of society.
Your videos have definitely helped me with my lifts, especially the low bar position. I feel like getting the bar lower has helped my form, just by shifting the balance point of the load.
I have to admit my shoulders were so tight in the beginning, that it was a struggle even holding the bar correctly... much better now.
a great, I agree with the sentiment and content of your post. I certainly concur regarding tight shoulders. In addition, I value all the content created by Phil and Testify SC.
I’m glad to hear the videos have helped, and I certainly understand regarding the low bar position. When I first learned that position, I had squatted high bar my whole life, and I hated that low bar position for the first couple months due to lack of flexibility:-)
@sidrow11 thank you very much as well!
@TestifySC i seen people on their last rep have their shoulders arms twitch as they up on the squat. Their form is still good but its like their elbows a fluttering like butterfly( slight twitching of elbows)as they go up. Their back is still solid technique. What is that called?
If there's a term for that phenomenon, I either can't remember it or never knew it. That said, as you pointed out, it's not uncommon to see the elbows move a bit from time to time. As long as it's not caused by someone cranking down on the bar hard with their hands (which tends to cause elbow or shoulder discomfort in the long run), it's not a problem.
Probably an unconscious biofeedback mechanism. They pull the bar closer/against to their body and they push/extended their body against the bar as they ascend. The flutter may just be because they are trying to repeatedly pull the bar in different phases of the ascent
@ 33 secs that squater has his elbows tucked to his side and a very narrow bar grip. this is very painful for my elbows when the weight increases overtime and i take a wider grip. acceptable?
In general, take a grip that is . . .
1) as narrow as it can be but . . .
2) as wide as it needs to be.
A narrower grip provides a better shelf as it bunches up the delts tightly and helps create a tighter upper back. With that said, the grip will vary by anthropometry and flexibility, so if going a bit wider helps prevent pain, then I'd probably recommend that. Continue to focus on keeping the upper back as tight as possible.
A grip like Loren's (the squatter from 0:17 - 0:35) is great, but many people (myself included) cannot achieve a grip that narrow.
You want us to round our back 😜😜😜😜 ???
See, now that’s the kind of comment I appreciate :-)