edoardo82 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

great videos serie! You helped me in the full squat technique! thanx from italy

HeadDominion (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

this is soooo cool. i do tend to good morning out of the squat on the heavier sets this is awesome. it's sad my PT don't know so much about squatting.

HeadDominion (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

wow your gym is sooooooo coool it has at least 5+ squat racks. My gyms sucks. it has only 1 squat rack but the wait isn't too bad lol

tyciol (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I was going to ask about the eccentric good morning to concentric squat in the first video, but waited and was glad I did as you ended up doing it, JUST AS PLANNED.

CATAFO (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

hey watched those vids, 3 had some great info, thanks! All of the advice in that also applies to olympic back squat where you want maximal knee bend?

CATAFO (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

sorry to be unclear, I meant my ankle flexion reaches its limit and I kind of push my knees out to sit into the squat to reach the bottom. I've seen most oly lifters with crazy ankle flexiblity where they easily stay upright and sit to the bottom of their squat. Your response addressed the issue anyway. thanks for the responses man, I'll check out the vids

johnnymnemonic2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

#1, #2, #3 (both parts), #4, and #10 and see if any of those help you. I'm not sure what you mean by "ankle thing". Generally, IMO you want to think about breaking at the hips rather than at the knees. Now, I know some recommend the opposite and I think I've discussed it on the blog, but if you have knee/ankle issues, then I think it's a pretty safe bet to say you should focus on hip, rather than knee flexion to start the squat.

CATAFO (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

hey, thanks man. I haven't been tight at all in my hip region, just my back. I'm gonna work on that and I'll let you know how it goes, gonna go through the rest of this series first too! I tried for 245 today at the end of my session and missed it twice, very frustrating! Do you think the ankle thing is a problem, or is it normal to just bend the knees to max extension and push them out/sit into the squat to get to the bottom? cheers mate -Jeff

johnnymnemonic2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Most people start out with a much better DL than SQ and later the numbers tend to even out. Everything should be tight as you decend. Now, that doesn't mean that you squeeze your cheeks so tight that your lower back is rounding and you look like you're going to soil yourself, but you do need to be tight ALL OVER.

grogface (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I have the same problem Catafo. Try have someone spot u by pulling you chest up and keeping your lower back in line with it. It gives you a feel for what you should be feeling.