Zeohawk
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Hello, I am an experienced lifter but relatively new to doing it the "right" way in regards to form and programming. I am feeling confident about my form for bench, deadlift, and OHP, but the back squat has always been a difficult lift to get right for me. I have sustained a couple minor injuries from doing it in the past and am starting to feel close to 100% so I'm ready to get back to mastering the squat. I've read all of Pavel's books except for 3 and I feel that goblet squats are relatively easy for me to do; they are the only type of squat I've been doing for the last couple months, but I need more resistance.
Today I went to the gym and just tried a few types of squats with just the bar to grease the movement. I ended up trying some front squats, zercher squats, and back squats and the first two felt fine and it seemed easy to find a place to "sit back" and hit depth properly since having the weight at the front of the body helped balance me out. However, the back squat still feels awkward to me, and it's the type of squat I've always known and want to get comfortable with. I'm wondering if any of you have any tips in regards to finding the groove for the back squat. It's likely that it was difficult this time partially because I haven't done it in a while, but it's always been a move that's been hard to feel confident about. Often times I find myself readjusting my stance over and over, whether it's because it feels too wide, too narrow, or my feet don't always feel perfectly even. And then I get concerned about hip width or where my knees and feet are pointing.
Obviously if I had a video for a form check I would post that if I could. I'm guessing the more I get back into it the easier it'll be and it could also be that I need to work more on hip and ankle flexibility, but I feel that I'm quite good and mobile in that regard. Any ideas on feeling more stable in the back squat and feeling locked and loaded on the way down and in the hole? Thank you very much!
Edit: Forgot to say I'm a low bar squatter, it seems to feel more comfortable to me. I did try both high bar and low bar today though.
Today I went to the gym and just tried a few types of squats with just the bar to grease the movement. I ended up trying some front squats, zercher squats, and back squats and the first two felt fine and it seemed easy to find a place to "sit back" and hit depth properly since having the weight at the front of the body helped balance me out. However, the back squat still feels awkward to me, and it's the type of squat I've always known and want to get comfortable with. I'm wondering if any of you have any tips in regards to finding the groove for the back squat. It's likely that it was difficult this time partially because I haven't done it in a while, but it's always been a move that's been hard to feel confident about. Often times I find myself readjusting my stance over and over, whether it's because it feels too wide, too narrow, or my feet don't always feel perfectly even. And then I get concerned about hip width or where my knees and feet are pointing.
Obviously if I had a video for a form check I would post that if I could. I'm guessing the more I get back into it the easier it'll be and it could also be that I need to work more on hip and ankle flexibility, but I feel that I'm quite good and mobile in that regard. Any ideas on feeling more stable in the back squat and feeling locked and loaded on the way down and in the hole? Thank you very much!
Edit: Forgot to say I'm a low bar squatter, it seems to feel more comfortable to me. I did try both high bar and low bar today though.
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