Practice Makes Perfect - Squat Form
I got very frustrated with myself after my bigger lifts on Sunday (knees caving w/ 465 and going so far forward w/ 485) and after talking with Ross, I'm going to follow in Ghislain's footsteps and squat everyday this week. Nothing heavy, just enough weight to reinforce proper form.
Box squats to parrallel
Bar x reps
105 x 10
105 x 10
105 x 10
125 x 5
Remove box
125 x 5
125 x 3 (pause at bottom for 3 secs, each rep)
125 x 5
125 x 3 (pause at bottome for 3 secs, each rep)
The biggest mistake I make in the squat is at the start of the lift I break at the knees first, instead on the hips. I've been telling myself for weeks NOT to do this (which visualizing the lift and talking myself through it works for me on the other two lifts) but it just isn't sinking in. I need to find the feeling and the only way to find it, is to squat.
The first two sets I was still breaking at the knees first, then Ross came over to help me and talked me through it - then I felt it. I sat much further back when I broke at the hips first and the knees were just pivot points. When I break at the knees first I shoot myself forward a good 2-3 inches from the start - and fight to make up for it in the bottom of the squat trying to find depth. I'll keep squatting light this week to try and program that feeling into my head.