2013-01-13, 03:05 AM
I've gotten squat advice twice from people at the campus gym: One guy told me the whole knees behind your toes thing, but the other guy was apparently worried about everything I was doing: I was "too bent over", the bar was too low on my back, and I should be using my thumbs to hold the bar. Oh boy.
On that note, I noticed I'm nearly going ass to grass ever since I reset my squats (well, below parallel, close enough); by the time I move back into my apartment and start hitting the campus gym next week I want to be able to do three plates with this form. First real progress with squat form I've noticed, since I "technically" did 290+, only I was doing half-squats. Also my hips hurt.
The thing with people slamming their weights isn't necessarily bad--I do it when I'm doing something like snatches and the shit is too heavy to gently lower. But I never have that problem anymore since everything I do is in a power rack now. I've yet to see a guy throw dumbbells on the ground from a standing press or curls or something, but I would probably laugh if that ever happened.
On that note, I noticed I'm nearly going ass to grass ever since I reset my squats (well, below parallel, close enough); by the time I move back into my apartment and start hitting the campus gym next week I want to be able to do three plates with this form. First real progress with squat form I've noticed, since I "technically" did 290+, only I was doing half-squats. Also my hips hurt.
The thing with people slamming their weights isn't necessarily bad--I do it when I'm doing something like snatches and the shit is too heavy to gently lower. But I never have that problem anymore since everything I do is in a power rack now. I've yet to see a guy throw dumbbells on the ground from a standing press or curls or something, but I would probably laugh if that ever happened.