Squatting 235 lbs

Me squatting 235 lbs for 3x5 the day after Christmas. It was a little cold and my form wasn't the best. I let my lower back round a little bit and didn't lean over quite enough.

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• powerlifting
• bodybuilding

[tubeuser555]

lol good way to squat if you want to cause knee damage

[slyblackdragon]

Please explain to me how I am causing knee damage. Your comment doesn't tell me what I should be doing instead.

[grambo22]

Do you have some research as to why high bar is better for your back? You are making your back a longer lever with a high bar position (weight farther from hips). Is it because you bend over more with a low bar? I'm genuinely curious, also because you recommend looking straight/up which is illogical given the natural curvature of the spine in the squat position.

[Werdfrerb2]

@slyblackdragon

He probably means that you should be more careful about not letting your knees go past your toes and sit more into the squat

[eltubster14]

Solid squatting mate. Looks like you could have done 10 or more with a bit more of a warm up.

[1bagger35]

@grambo22

your chest up. If you chest points down ward at any point, you drastically increase the chance of injury and in the case of using a high bar location, a low chest drastically reduces the chance of successfully completing a squat rep. So, if you want to show off use the low bar... if you want to get better and not spend the rest of your life dealing with back problems, be safe and use the high bar. Your choice.

[1bagger35]

@grambo22

The low bar position absolutely will create a "better" lever allowing you to lift more weight. However, I NEVER consider a lever to be advantageous when it puts you at severe risk of injury. So, to answer your question... yes, low bar forces your chest to point downward placing a far great amount of stress on the lumbar vertebrae. In the high bar position, the weight is better transferred to the hips taking stress off your back. Keeping your eyes up is a technique that helps keep

[789512314789635]

@slyblackdragon Your knees are going too far forward. Sit back more, break at the hips before your knees. Your back also could be straighter at the bottom. Your depth is really good though. :)

[snowboardn4ever]

ill tell you a tip, wear a belt and u wont throw out ur back you moron, you probably already screwed yourself over though, and 2 squats you only go down so that your knees are at a 90 degree angle, and keep your back straight and up, squats are a leg excersise not a back excersise, keep your head looking up towards the roof to keep ur back straight

[johnwisnerlot]

this is an ignorant comment. keep your knees behind your toes and you are fine as long as your back and form is fine. powerlifters are putting up extreme weight and there is no purpose for their lifting other than trying to put up as much weight as possible. Someone in sports should keep a more narrow stance to simulate a game experience more closely. These are the muscle groups you want to hit because they are what you are using.

[tubeuser555]

well 95% of all powerliftters in the IPA or IPF squat sumo with their legs past shoulder width and feet pointed at a 45 degree angle to take strain off of the knees and placing it on a stronger group of hip and lower back muscles. people who squat conventional wind up with knee replacements by their mid 30s if they squat competively