(Video) Gym fail lol.

ain't that a bitch. Squat too little and no one wants to listen to advice. Squat too much and everything becomes a brag. O.0 meh fwiw I thought my main problem with these videos was going to be people thinking my lifts suck.

its the internet
there s no sweet spot
:D

On October 10 2015 06:10 DooMeR wrote: I made a video explaining why I switched to highbar. Needed more emphasis on quads. And doing highbar allows for less competition for deadlift muscles. Allowing me to squat more frequently. I do it 2-3 times a week. Honestly this angle sucked. But ye I think I cut about 4 squats a bit too shallow. I'm not really concerned with it. With rep work I'm always worse about it though so I feel when it counts I don't have as big of an issue. And losing the belt is a silly idea imo. As is now between overhead pressing 3 times a week. Squatting 2-3 and deadlifting twce. My back is always figniting with fatigue.

i m pretty sure you dont have mobility to do proper high bar, i know i dont. the way you do it, with excessive forward lean, hips shooting up too early, you strain your back even more. using belt for anything but heavy triplets+ fucks you longterm
also it seems like programming fail, whats the purpose of military pressing 3times a week? you are not olympic lifter. deadlifting twice also seems unnecessary, you know the old saying... you improve your dl the most by not doing it -_-

On October 10 2015 12:57 dogmeat wrote: Show nested quote + On October 10 2015 06:10 DooMeR wrote: I made a video explaining why I switched to highbar. Needed more emphasis on quads. And doing highbar allows for less competition for deadlift muscles. Allowing me to squat more frequently. I do it 2-3 times a week. Honestly this angle sucked. But ye I think I cut about 4 squats a bit too shallow. I'm not really concerned with it. With rep work I'm always worse about it though so I feel when it counts I don't have as big of an issue. And losing the belt is a silly idea imo. As is now between overhead pressing 3 times a week. Squatting 2-3 and deadlifting twce. My back is always figniting with fatigue. i m pretty sure you dont have mobility to do proper high bar, i know i dont. the way you do it, with excessive forward lean, hips shooting up too early, you strain your back even more. using belt for anything but heavy triplets+ fucks you longterm also it seems like programming fail, whats the purpose of military pressing 3times a week? you are not olympic lifter. deadlifting twice also seems unnecessary, you know the old saying... you improve your dl the most by not doing it -_-

Ill try and make another video of the squatting highbar. I was mostly just sloppy in this video but I have no trouble hitting depth usually. I'll film another angle and throw it up to gauge it better. But the hips shooting up early id argue is just because of my lower back wanting to compensate. Deadlifting I do early in my program on weeks 1 and a little on week 2. and then switch mostly to stiff legs until the last weeks. Im running jonnie canditos 6week strength program. I highly recommend it. Been averaging 40lb a cycle on my lifts so far. The OHP 3 times a week is super common. Its a secondary exercise after benching. And benching 3 times a week is pretty standard on most programs. Infact if a PL program wasnt benching/rowing 3 times a week i would call it into question unless it was like westside or something. But most programs will center around a disproportionate amount of upper frequency since it recovers faster than lower body. I actually used to have a program though that was almost no deadlifting and used the squat to drive my DL numbers up. But thats when I was using lowbar. I dont really like that style though. The 3 factors for increasing lifts are muscle mass, strength, and technique and it completely negates technique gains.

EDIT: Actually a keypoint I forgot to mention again was a lot of my leaning forward is also due to not being tight enough. What I was talking about elbows is making me use more energy to stay upright instead of just being tighter.

On October 10 2015 13:18 DooMeR wrote: But the hips shooting up early id argue is just because of my lower back wanting to compensate.

obv, this extra works is straining your back. also i dont see how acessory military pressing is a significant factor to your back fatique. i still think you dont have the required mobility, my high bar looks somewhat similar to yours, i m unable to sit between my legs and stay upward, so i end up compensating by leaning forward and shifting the center of gravity

no technique gains in low bar squatting? dude cmon...

no i meant no technique gains for deadlifts when u dont deadlift o_0. gotta do both. I definitely can hit below parallel 100% mobility is not an issue. I think I just have too much technique breakdown atm. I'll record a video doing 135. Just to show Its not a mobility issue.

where'd 113lb doomer go.

re: dogmeat on leaning forward

didnt want to say anything cause im a very casual lifter but how much you lean forward doesn't seem good? I've been squatting under the impression I should never be leaning forward throughout the rep

hey how tall r u doomer

On October 10 2015 19:51 Smuft wrote: re: dogmeat on leaning forward didnt want to say anything cause im a very casual lifter but how much you lean forward doesn't seem good? I've been squatting under the impression I should never be leaning forward throughout the rep

deppends on your style and leverages



this picture demonstrates hips shooting up early in low bar position, note the picture is exaggerated:


the key point is the bar should always travel over your mid foot

On October 10 2015 16:36 Bigbobm wrote: where'd 113lb doomer go.

Dude i was half way jacked. i started at 118 not some puny 113. get ur facts straight bud -.-

Smuft: mostly what dogmeat said. but it also has to do with foot positioning. the further spread your feet are. the more lean youre going to have. I was doing this with a wide stance for higbar. Its something ive been working on bringing in more but still working on since im new to this stance. Leaning can take away strength on the squat mainly only when it isn't traveling in a straight line. Since you have to compensate for inefficient movement. But so long as the lean is just in order to keep the bar moving straight. the only real worry is maintaining a neutral spine. Since I am a tiny manly at 5'7 3/4 and weigh only 150. With 210 on my back and fairly wide stance for highbar. I gotta lean to maintain straight path. Towards the end my hips start shooting up a little early because my quads are failing with the weight but my low back is more dominant so it just takes over the lift. So thats why I was even able to get the last 2 with some inefficient form. But not dangerous. I can hold my spine neutral in that position with that weight np.

flounder44: 5 7 3/4 or 5'8 is what i usually tell people

ggplz reminded me of this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=yQuCi2h_kNI
pretty good explanation

+1 on dogmeat.

From what I saw, that bar path was all over the place. And even at that angle depth was questionable.

ye depth was questionable. but barpath was more than acceptable imo. Not sure what ur getting at unless u meant the last 2 reps where I was failing. if u meant as a whole I dont get it. Maybe its the camera angle but I keep a pretty straight bar path usually. If it wasnt straight it would be tough to keep balance on my heels the entire time.

Did you re upload this video? It looks a lot brighter now. Yeah, your bar path is fine I don't know what I saw last time. Did you get a new belt?

Lol its the same video. And that's the belt u recommended I buy. Lol I told u that I only use my cheap belt for deadlift cuz I use a different tightness and placement for deadlifts than squats. So I use my lever belt for squats

Oh :D.

If you ever just want to quickly switch placement of the lever just bring a quarter with you to the gym. Takes less than a minute to unscrew and change up the position.

hmm i never thought of that. i bet you think you're so cool because you use things like "logic" and "common sense". who needs those things honestly.

Saw new video. Yeah, form looks solid. Good depth.