Still squatting to try to figure out my form.

Box Squats

Bar x reps

105 x 10

105 x 3

125 x 3

Took one of the boxes away, tried to squat to depth

125 x miss

Put a piece of foam on top of the box (Kuma was nice enough to lend us her bed)

125 x 3

145 x 3

Extra wide stance (Put briefs on for the rest)

145 x 3

1 inch more narrow stance

145 x 3

1 inch more narrow stance

145 x 3

Narrow stance

145 x 3

 

I was doing a bunch of reps and Ross came over and told me it's better to do 3 of them properly then rush through 10 of them sloppily - good point.  I put my briefs on because I don't train raw in the squat, ever.  I was leading back looking for my briefs for support - which is a good thing - but was wearing my hips out at the bottom.  My knees still cave in at the bottom - Ross thinks I break my line to get depth (like tucking your elbows to touch on the bench) which then releases the support from my suit.  I  honestly have to idea what happens at the bottom of the squat - whatever it is it isn't deliberate.  That's what I'm trying to fix this week though; I want every movement to be deliberate.  I started to get a little frustrated by the end of it because I still don't "feel" what I'm doing - I'm determined to figure it out though.

I only benched the bar tonight.  My right forearm, elbow and tricep are still bothering me and just the weight of the bar tightened it up and made it warm, so I stopped there.  I'm not too worried about the bench right now.  I will see how the shirt feels on Friday and if it still hurts I will just wait another week.  

My head feels good this week, went through a few weeks where I wasn't feeling like myself and this week I feel like I'm back to my old self - feels good.