Now this is what a good squat looks like. Dont see this in the gym very often.
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these are even more entertaining to watch
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the squat is good overall, but you can still see the knees backling in a bit, in the second set, once he gets out of the hole.
i also see a some ass winking at the bottom position, which is almost unavoidable with an OLY squat.
last thing is a bit of a flexion in the mid-upper spine in the last reps.
Interesting. Would someone please comment on the significance of the pause at the bottom. What benefit is derived from pausing like that?
Thanks
it disables the stretch reflex(muscle contraction in response to stretching within that muscle)which helps greatly getting out of the hole.
at around 3-4 seconds in a pause, most of the elastic energy stored in the muscles, tendons and ligament is evaporated, making the concentric (going up) part of the squat much harder.
thaiboxingiz,
Thanks. What you said makes sense. I take it this is the same reason for doing box squats.
I am with gokuryu, much more entertaining!
Man thaiboxingiz you are tough.
TAKU
I think something's wrong with my pc. That 2nd clip looks like it's not showing the whole thing. It looks like there's a female squating, in the rack...with just the f-ing bar!
I can top it though. There was a guy at my gym doing dumbell lunges in the rack with 10lb dumbbells.(he had just finished with the barbell and 10lbs on each side).
Jerry
fudo,
she goes up to 135 for about 8 i think
LMAO
oh god did he die?
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Oh. Man! That last one's great.
That woman seems to have great form!
She has great form or has A great form? lol!
Her knees are going bambi all over the place by the time she's on her heaviest weight.
Ring Girl said it...she has A great form.
As for the guy on the Smith Machine, that guy will thing twice before he tries that again. Poor bastard...
OMFG....LOL....how some people don't kill themselves in the gym is beyond me.......add to it smith machine squats mean dick (useless) and that's the dumbest mofo around.
Holy shit that last one.
And why does every accident video clip stop right after the accident? So annoying
Ignoring her looks for a moment, that woman has better technique than 90% of the people in the gym. You guys could find something to criticize about ANYONE. She keeps the curvature in her back, she doesn't bend over excessively, she doesn't have any butt wink at all, her knees don't go beyond her toes, etc.
lol at the kid and that woman is hot.
Her knees do horrible things - they don't track over her feet, they sway in and out.
Watching that girl makes me crazy. Although she does have nice form.
Why do people waste so much time? She should have just done a couple good sets with 135 or more and not wasted all that time with those lighter sets.
TAKU<---thinks your workouts should be like a Vault Soda commercial "GET TO IT!"