Last Thursday and Friday Bala tempted me to play ping pong (which was very enjoyable by the way) so my lifting those days was passed up. Which I felt OK about since I had the Evanston Tournament this weekend. I did better than I anticipated and took 5th in the A division.
I know that powerlifting is a passion, and table tennis was a passion. This week I was confronted with making a choice between the two as the Utah Summer Games events that I'm interested in (Powerlifting and Table Tennis) conflict with each other so I without hesitation am going to register for powerlifting.
Today I brought the camera which I usually forget so I felt obliged to video some squats and deadlifts for your feedback.
Here is what I did:
Squats: 12 x 185, 2 x 6 x 225
Deadlift: 8 x 225
Here is the video (Only 1 MB)
At this point my back was shot and I didn't want to do anything which I would regret later so I stopped. Notice that the wrap on my right knee came off one the second 225 set. I didn't wear the wraps on the first set of 225 because they aren't long enough. I can barely get them around my legs 4 times. Does anyone else struggle with wraps coming off? Is there a good method for wrapping them?
By the time I did my deadlifts my lower back was already in bad shape, and my form I know is awful. After viewing it I can tell you right now, I don't think I'm going low enough. My legs aren't taking much of the work it doesn't appear.
Let me know what you think.
2 comments:
for the squats you dont seem to break parallel on a lot of the reps and when you do it looks like you bouncing off your haunches and its throwing your knees even further forward.
try a wider stance, and try putting the bar across your traps on the groove of the rear delts instead of on top of the traps, and reak parallel. no need for a belt or knee wraps at this stage imho.
Thanks for the response! I noticed that I was bouncing at the bottom. I'll go with the wider stance and stopping completely at the bottom before pushing up.
I'll video again after a couple rounds of practicing these techniques to see if I improve at all.
Thanks again John.
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