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I was squatting above 224 at 33…I know that’s not much weight but for me that was the happiest day knowing I was working hard and now I keep working harder
Keep in mind that your average non gym goer probably can't squat 135. Hell I had to drop weight to fix my form and im still only squatting 195. 225 is solid weight.
squat is no joke if you really want to have good form. I'm at a little over a plate because I want to make sure there is no huge form degrade because its one of the most dangerous lifts to fail. I deadlift conventional 345 but my squat is like 145 rn for this reason. Good bro always focus on urself as they say and not others around u
Long femurs and short torso club member here. I ditched the comp squat and focused on elevated heel high bar squats for a few months. Made solid progress on comp squat. YMMV.
@@young_hercfacts. my comp squat was 405 and front squatted barely 185. progressed up to 275 and comp squat went up to 455 without comp squatting that entire mesocycle
@@Fogyt121 why is that a bad thing? That's just called a good front rack. Your goal should still be upright torso, knees forward and through, maximize knee flexion at the bottom. Front Squat just puts you even *more* upward than a high bar Squat. I have extremely long femur:torso ratio, nothing takes my back out and drives my Quads up compared to a well performed front Squat
Tips to consider for a great squat. 1. Learn how to do a BW squat over and over to depth. 2. Work on mobility of shoulders - ankles - hips. 3. Set hands up first. 4. Whether low or high bar do the save thing over and over. 5. Brace while under the bar. Squeee the bar/pretend to bend it. 6. Avoid too many steps back. 7. Feel the floor with you feet 8. Avoid looking down. Look either straight ahead or slightly up. 9. Everyone sits differently, but the bar path needs to stay the same. 10. Keep your brace the entire time, until you have come up completely out of your squat. As for progressing, slow and steady will always win. MASTER YOUR FORM.
Great timing -- I'm 1RM testing today! Not going to throw off the pattern that I've been training with -- but it'll be useful to be thinking about these fixes to identify how I think they might inform my upcoming training.
My problem was always consistent depth and sitting back into the squat. So I finally put a stool behind me to bounce my butt off of and it helped dramatically.
I’m narrow stance feet forward, thinking all 3 points of contact for feet and atg and my glutes activate at the bottom perfectly, now where they never did before. Going atg I don’t get knee pain anymore as my knees aren’t taking all the force from stopping prematurely and changing direction.
And low bar for now. I would need a wedge or squat shoes to comfortably high bar heavy weight. I have tried for years to high bar squat weight and can’t because I can’t stay upright with my build. Now I realize I can with an angle under my feet.
How do you prevent your power belly getting pinched by your belt? No matter the position, when I'm in the hole the belt just digs deep into my skin. If a have the slightest amount of forward lean, my stomach looks like a my chemical romance album cover by the time I'm done.
I found wearing a soft belt underneath the main belt helped ease the pinch, which is the strongman POV. If we’re talking powerlifting, since that isn’t allowed, a change in belt position might help.
I have long legs and i found that i can pish the deadlift even 3 times a week but for squatting?? No set over 10/12 reps because over 12 mi spine melts, if i do low reps if i get really close to failure i can feel beaten up even for an entire week.
Lat engagement helped a ton with my bracing. One question though, do you maintain full tension of the bar into your back coming out of the hole? I feel like pulling the bar full force downward into my upper back makes it harder to simultaneously squat upwards Appreciate the info you're putting out 💪💪
6’8” here. I would trade 6” of height with you any day in order to have your proportions, lol. Being tall with most of your height in your legs sucks ass for squatting. I still love it though
Im 5'10 and built like a panda, have squatted 315 atg without training squat at 16, but i needed to train deadlift with 10x the effort of anything else to get to 420 😂 I could probably squat that with 2 months of serious squat training but my deadlift took a year 😢
Haven't been on the strength side of RUclips for a min. Damn Bromley you've gained a shitload of subs! I remember when you and Wenning were neck and neck and now you have more than double his subs LOL. I guess him stonewalling people in the comments didn't help much. Congrats on the growth!
people with flat foot arcs - can you actually contract that stuff like it is in the graphic animation on top? I can't un-arch my foot at all oO am I missing out?
Gotta disagree with the foot cueing. Cueing should only be dolled out on an individual basis, my squat was all retarded when I first started cause I tried to incorporate every cue I could damn well find. Now i just sit down and stand up with the weight, thinking about sushi or something.
Too many cues is a problem for sure, but feeling tension in your feet is about as complicated as squeezing the bar when you bench. Solves a big problem for some, marginal benefit to everyone and pretty easy to implement
@@AlexanderBromley yeah just personally I don’t like that cue. Watching a lot of weightlifters squat you’ll see their feet “collapse” inwards and their knees adduct a bit and I really enjoy squatting in that style. Btw I liked your vid on that fancy machine you have and how you used the isokinetic feature. Very refreshing subject matter that challenges the nauseating stretch mediated hypertrophy crowd as you make gains without even having the all important eccentric.
Stating that squatting without the tripod foot will ruin your squat is wild. Too many squatters with tons of success leveraging pronation/IR (flat footed) to state that as an absolute.
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I was squatting above 224 at 33…I know that’s not much weight but for me that was the happiest day knowing I was working hard and now I keep working harder
Agreed. 37 years old and first time in my life squatting two plates.
Weight is relative my man. If you're squatting more than before you're good 👍
Keep in mind that your average non gym goer probably can't squat 135. Hell I had to drop weight to fix my form and im still only squatting 195. 225 is solid weight.
squat is no joke if you really want to have good form. I'm at a little over a plate because I want to make sure there is no huge form degrade because its one of the most dangerous lifts to fail. I deadlift conventional 345 but my squat is like 145 rn for this reason. Good bro always focus on urself as they say and not others around u
Long femurs and short torso club member here. I ditched the comp squat and focused on elevated heel high bar squats for a few months. Made solid progress on comp squat. YMMV.
Found front Squats to also fill this gap for short torso/long femur gang
@@young_hercfacts. my comp squat was 405 and front squatted barely 185. progressed up to 275 and comp squat went up to 455 without comp squatting that entire mesocycle
@@young_herc I never had luck with them as my back is too strong and I can tilt the torso forward without losing the bar.
@@Fogyt121 why is that a bad thing? That's just called a good front rack. Your goal should still be upright torso, knees forward and through, maximize knee flexion at the bottom.
Front Squat just puts you even *more* upward than a high bar Squat. I have extremely long femur:torso ratio, nothing takes my back out and drives my Quads up compared to a well performed front Squat
Same at 5'7
Tips to consider for a great squat.
1. Learn how to do a BW squat over and over to depth.
2. Work on mobility of shoulders - ankles - hips.
3. Set hands up first.
4. Whether low or high bar do the save thing over and over.
5. Brace while under the bar. Squeee the bar/pretend to bend it.
6. Avoid too many steps back.
7. Feel the floor with you feet
8. Avoid looking down. Look either straight ahead or slightly up.
9. Everyone sits differently, but the bar path needs to stay the same.
10. Keep your brace the entire time, until you have come up completely out of your squat.
As for progressing, slow and steady will always win. MASTER YOUR FORM.
The bill signed by Ron DeSantis removing all squatters rights.
Not sure what this has to do with the exercise. Nor seeing why deadbeats should have more rights than the property owners.
@@zerrodefex I need to start putting sarcasm next to my comments.
I front squat how am I am deadbeat
Why do I get the feeling that I stumbled on to the special Olympics squatting team?
Good one!😂
I’ve never squeezed a bar when benching. I’m always pretty chill. I’ll give that a try
Same. For whatever reason I can’t get my shit together to perfect my bench technique, so it always stinks compared to other lifts
Great timing -- I'm 1RM testing today! Not going to throw off the pattern that I've been training with -- but it'll be useful to be thinking about these fixes to identify how I think they might inform my upcoming training.
My problem was always consistent depth and sitting back into the squat. So I finally put a stool behind me to bounce my butt off of and it helped dramatically.
Thanks for your videos. I’m really enjoying them
I’m narrow stance feet forward, thinking all 3 points of contact for feet and atg and my glutes activate at the bottom perfectly, now where they never did before. Going atg I don’t get knee pain anymore as my knees aren’t taking all the force from stopping prematurely and changing direction.
And low bar for now. I would need a wedge or squat shoes to comfortably high bar heavy weight. I have tried for years to high bar squat weight and can’t because I can’t stay upright with my build. Now I realize I can with an angle under my feet.
Holly sh*t!!! I want my back to look like yours 🙌
How do you prevent your power belly getting pinched by your belt? No matter the position, when I'm in the hole the belt just digs deep into my skin. If a have the slightest amount of forward lean, my stomach looks like a my chemical romance album cover by the time I'm done.
I think Russell Orhii puts his belt above his belly button on squats to avoid that.
I found wearing a soft belt underneath the main belt helped ease the pinch, which is the strongman POV. If we’re talking powerlifting, since that isn’t allowed, a change in belt position might help.
Lmao that's the point, belly skin adds a slightshot effect.
I have long legs and i found that i can pish the deadlift even 3 times a week but for squatting?? No set over 10/12 reps because over 12 mi spine melts, if i do low reps if i get really close to failure i can feel beaten up even for an entire week.
Lat engagement helped a ton with my bracing.
One question though, do you maintain full tension of the bar into your back coming out of the hole? I feel like pulling the bar full force downward into my upper back makes it harder to simultaneously squat upwards
Appreciate the info you're putting out 💪💪
Same experience with me
6’8” here. I would trade 6” of height with you any day in order to have your proportions, lol. Being tall with most of your height in your legs sucks ass for squatting. I still love it though
Im 5'10 and built like a panda, have squatted 315 atg without training squat at 16, but i needed to train deadlift with 10x the effort of anything else to get to 420 😂
I could probably squat that with 2 months of serious squat training but my deadlift took a year 😢
So you trading it or nah?
Not being combative or something
I have to know
Im 6’6 and have a mediocre squat for PL 515 lowbar and 455 highbar
I’m 6’3” and down to take 3 inches off you
Everything is relative so it’s really only the leg length part, not the actual height
I just squatted 555 but it was high. I was so bummed
Thanks
0:50 has made my entire day 😂
my ankles are my problem. when I get to depth no matter what I do my heels raise slightly and I think my ankles just run out of ROM
Haven't been on the strength side of RUclips for a min. Damn Bromley you've gained a shitload of subs! I remember when you and Wenning were neck and neck and now you have more than double his subs LOL. I guess him stonewalling people in the comments didn't help much. Congrats on the growth!
It helps that Bromley's advice is solid while also being very entertaining.
@@MichL_71yeah man. His advice is great. There are only about three guys I actually listen to on RUclips and he is one of them.
I have an issue with my right hand grip holding the bar. It gets tired
Ye I squeeze the fuck out of it causing my grip to burn just do more grip work or stop gripping as hard
Goon sessions should be at least 12 hours before squat sessions.
I have no idea how to form my squat for my body type
Same, I hate Barbell Squats because for me personally they feel so unnatural doing a barbell back squat, my body just finds the movement very odd
Long femured squtter here. My squat takes like 8 months to improve even a little
I can't get any squat position where my wrist doesn't feel like it's gonna snap in half.
people with flat foot arcs - can you actually contract that stuff like it is in the graphic animation on top? I can't un-arch my foot at all oO am I missing out?
You get those haemorrhoid thingys Bromley?
Gotta disagree with the foot cueing. Cueing should only be dolled out on an individual basis, my squat was all retarded when I first started cause I tried to incorporate every cue I could damn well find. Now i just sit down and stand up with the weight, thinking about sushi or something.
Too many cues is a problem for sure, but feeling tension in your feet is about as complicated as squeezing the bar when you bench. Solves a big problem for some, marginal benefit to everyone and pretty easy to implement
@@AlexanderBromley yeah just personally I don’t like that cue. Watching a lot of weightlifters squat you’ll see their feet “collapse” inwards and their knees adduct a bit and I really enjoy squatting in that style. Btw I liked your vid on that fancy machine you have and how you used the isokinetic feature. Very refreshing subject matter that challenges the nauseating stretch mediated hypertrophy crowd as you make gains without even having the all important eccentric.
Amazing
Wtf Bromley did you clone yourself? Best way to get quick gains!
I miss fat Bromley… this new lean jacked Bromley is way too proud of his striations 😂😂 way to go dude!
Rent?
Started squatting barefoot and it helped a decent bit
Also rom has been big for me, switched to always squatting atg
ohhhh 200kg squat.... nice (440lbs) Beast.
Stating that squatting without the tripod foot will ruin your squat is wild. Too many squatters with tons of success leveraging pronation/IR (flat footed) to state that as an absolute.
Love me some fucking squats bruh
I squatted better as soon as i did them in socks or barefoot shoes
No views in 48 seconds, bromley fell off
Such a shame 😢
1900 in 1 hr. Idk how it compares, but I'm just here for squat tips.
will this comment die already
@@poindextertunesit'll die when people stop complaining about if it will die already
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8th!
I will like this video if ANY of these three apply to me. I will dislike otherwise:
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@@shaikingtroymeans nothing
First!
Are you 5 years old ?
@@michelrood2966or maybe are you 500 years old?
I find it weird too but I guess it’s fun