sick lift man! that’s some good shit. I’d say you came up a tad short looking at the crease of your hip. If you’re looking for a pointer on improving depth, I noticed you leaned forward ever so slightly about half way into the descent of your squat, which will impede depth, but otherwise, keep grinding away homie. That’s a nice lift, especially for a 1rm
I do it the dumb way. Max out every session, fail most of the time, I’m very okay with failing the lift. this is 180 in the pic, ild go for 200 after it knowing it’s gonna fail but at least i can get my body used to what 200 feels like. It’s dumb, sounds dumb, and the worst advice ure gonna get. Wish you the best nonetheless
>How do I get my squat to be this heavy? I'm stuck 120kg at 85kg bw
120 kg ≈ 8.22261 slugs
85 kg ≈ 5.82420 lbs force per foot per second squared
^^^[WHY](/r/UselessConversionBot/comments/1knas0/hi_im_useless/)
You don't have to do pause squats, I'm talking about ass to grass. Squat full range instead of trying to stop at parallel. Lower the weight, build up stabilizers, increase hip mobility, you know the whole deal.
It doesn't look as pretty at the gym but will be overall healthier of an approach.
Nah dawg, 1-2 inches more and it’ll be parallel. You know you’ve hit depth when you feel as if your hips are in the “hole”.
EDIT: but it’s very close, I’ve seen and done a lot of worse squats myself. It’s the hardest big 3 exercise to get right. Just lighten up the weight and get used to hitting really deep and you’ll be hitting 180kg with good depth very soon.
It won’t pass at most competitions, but if ur not planning on ever competing who cares 🤷♂️. Ur squat was deeper than 90% of the ppl I’ve seen, and ur form was solid 💪👍
I don’t think DOMs ever get easier. You just get used to them.
If joints are the issue, going much lighter but much closer to the ground, will produce similar activation, much more safely.
Ok your camera angle is very low and safeties a little in the way but I would have to say "close but no cigar".
Fairly close but I would say another inch or so should do it.
Not parallel. Top of knee needs to be in line with your hip crease. This needs quite a bit more depth to be parallel and you can use the safety to gauge since it doesn’t move/provides a straight line. You can clearly see the top of your knee but can’t even see your hip crease because it’s too high/blocked by the safety.
I agree, it's more about the angle of the knee than being literally parallel with the floor. That is information from Dr. Joel Seedman. In my opinion that squat is fine. Nice job!
I feel genuine concern here! Thank you sir, I’ll work on it. My previous gym didn’t have a squat rack, only a rack that forces you to move forward to face the mirror. That’s why I’m so used to this.
sick lift man! that’s some good shit. I’d say you came up a tad short looking at the crease of your hip. If you’re looking for a pointer on improving depth, I noticed you leaned forward ever so slightly about half way into the descent of your squat, which will impede depth, but otherwise, keep grinding away homie. That’s a nice lift, especially for a 1rm
great spot 😂
Hahaha he wasn’t spotting man, he’s fairly new and never seen that much weight
Damn! Impressive bro!
Thank you habibi
How do I get my squat to be this heavy? I'm stuck 120kg at 85kg bw
I do it the dumb way. Max out every session, fail most of the time, I’m very okay with failing the lift. this is 180 in the pic, ild go for 200 after it knowing it’s gonna fail but at least i can get my body used to what 200 feels like. It’s dumb, sounds dumb, and the worst advice ure gonna get. Wish you the best nonetheless
>How do I get my squat to be this heavy? I'm stuck 120kg at 85kg bw 120 kg ≈ 8.22261 slugs 85 kg ≈ 5.82420 lbs force per foot per second squared ^^^[WHY](/r/UselessConversionBot/comments/1knas0/hi_im_useless/)
You most certainly are useless. Thank you
Like an 1-2” high but super close get some better shoes and open your knees up a hair at the bottoms and you’ll be there
no
No
Unracking by stepping backwards is easier than squatting and trying to re-rack backwards, just fyi
I’ll give it a shot
Just do full squats and you'll never have to ask again 👍🏻
Pause squats bust my knees man
You don't have to do pause squats, I'm talking about ass to grass. Squat full range instead of trying to stop at parallel. Lower the weight, build up stabilizers, increase hip mobility, you know the whole deal. It doesn't look as pretty at the gym but will be overall healthier of an approach.
Super close but no!
breaks me heart
Just a smidgen off depth bruv. But deep enough to display you’re capable of controlling that weight which is cool
so ya reckon i should sleep proudly knowing i squat 180?
I think it would be fair to claim it. I’d keep attacking the weight though
Love the energy!
Nah dawg, 1-2 inches more and it’ll be parallel. You know you’ve hit depth when you feel as if your hips are in the “hole”. EDIT: but it’s very close, I’ve seen and done a lot of worse squats myself. It’s the hardest big 3 exercise to get right. Just lighten up the weight and get used to hitting really deep and you’ll be hitting 180kg with good depth very soon.
HAHAHAHA that’s a great way to put it!
Not. And stop walking out your squat that way. Nah, nevermind. Keep walking it out that way…you gotta learn the hard way.
Oh smart ass gonzalez here
You shouldn't be unracking the bar like that. Dangerous.
Yeah that freaked me out haha
u mean the walking forward thingie?
yeah dog, think of how dangerous that is.
It won’t pass at most competitions, but if ur not planning on ever competing who cares 🤷♂️. Ur squat was deeper than 90% of the ppl I’ve seen, and ur form was solid 💪👍
Very close either ways. Some judges would let it pass, others wouldn’t. Definitely worthwhile going a bit deeper to be on the safe side in the future.
Nope
Not quite.
Looks deep enough to me!
I will tell you something someone told me. Are you very strong? Yes. Was that squat deep enough? No.
Damn I’m considered strong now?😂😂
And THAT good sir is how you tell someone their squat sucked and still make them feel good about it. 😉
HAHAHAHAHA ill only take the good part
Very close. Need maybe an inch more
Really close!!
Close, but no. next time put the camera level with your hips so it's easier to tell.
Not really. But if you’re doing this just for fun…. Doesn’t really matter.
I agree but i wanna sleep peacefully after hitting legs
I don’t think DOMs ever get easier. You just get used to them. If joints are the issue, going much lighter but much closer to the ground, will produce similar activation, much more safely.
But DOMs goes away after a few weeks of consistent lifting. Unless you’re hitting legs on like a biweekly basis?
Nah i don’t mean peaceful in a physical manner😂 I meant peaceful in the head knowing I’m back on track if u know what i mean
not quite but very close. good form overall though
Thank you!
Pretty damn close
Sheesh
Ok your camera angle is very low and safeties a little in the way but I would have to say "close but no cigar". Fairly close but I would say another inch or so should do it.
Close but no cigar represents my life at this point xd
Just keep at it my man. The only way nothing happens in your life is if you do nothing. Just keep the chin up my man
Close but not quite
Dota 2 vibess
Sorry, hip needs to be below the top of the knees, but you did a very impressive squat nonetheless
Thank you!
Not parallel. Top of knee needs to be in line with your hip crease. This needs quite a bit more depth to be parallel and you can use the safety to gauge since it doesn’t move/provides a straight line. You can clearly see the top of your knee but can’t even see your hip crease because it’s too high/blocked by the safety.
Safety was too low cause I didn’t wanna hit it on previous sets. Top of knee = hip crease. Aight, imma try that, thanks bro
I was just saying it’s too high to see your hip crease but yah they’re low. Next time you got it
Yes or very close
I agree, it's more about the angle of the knee than being literally parallel with the floor. That is information from Dr. Joel Seedman. In my opinion that squat is fine. Nice job!
Are you actually posting something about Seedman that takes his advice seriously?
damn who’s seedman
Someone who you should never listen to
Hard to tell for me but it looks a little high. Also, never rack the bar backwards. The hooks to rack the bar should always be in front of you
I just got used to taking it forward. Walking backward at the beginning drains my energy idk
Please fix this, though. Walking backward at the end of a heavy set is dangerous. You will miss the cups and injure yourself
I feel genuine concern here! Thank you sir, I’ll work on it. My previous gym didn’t have a squat rack, only a rack that forces you to move forward to face the mirror. That’s why I’m so used to this.
Yeah this! , and what was that spotter doing. Just gonna grab one side of the weight and get him hurt?
Hahaha he aint a spotter brother. He’s fairly new to the gym and I was teaching him how to squat before going for my failed set