Critique my form please, power clean, squat, front squat, and deadlift, videos inside

realworksuks said:
I will try to get some more heavy videos... for sure I will be able to in a couple months when I will have a training partner this summer.

Yeah, with the front squats I have trouble keeping that bar high... especially when I am squatting down and near the bottom. It seems to want to fall down. I am not sure how to fix that. I guess just try to stay more upright?
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Get the bar up high. If you're able to breathe after the 3rd rep, it's not high enough :yelrotflmao: Kidding but not really.

If you don't have the bar up high enough and your body is not upright, the bar will come right out. That's why I like front squat...it's self-teaching.
 
xswtsalvationx0 said:
Yes Eric Cressey is correct.
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Correct. But I didn't notice that he was looking to the sky. Maybe I need to watch the video again, but what I noticed is his head is neutral.
 
I have another deadlift video where I am lifting a heavier weight. Never lifted this heavy before, but it's maybe a 4-8 rep max?
 
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Max effort how? 3 reps? 1 rep? I always give max effort anyways.

I asked how tall you were because of how you move the bar out and over your knees on the descent. Im 6' and dont do that. You shouldnt have to either. Let me view it again.
 
Hey Tony,

Do you mean that you should bend at the hips until the bar passes the knees or should the knees and hips bend at the same time?
 
There's no need to hyperextend so much at lockout. Just stand up straight and flex your glutes hard.

I think JTM said it right when you're putting the weight back to the floor. Bend at the hip, not the knee for most of it. I fact, I'll often just bend at the hip and follow the bar to the floor. Your legs look kind of far apart. As I believe EC put it, jump in the air. When you land, this is the stance you should maintain when deadlifting.
 
I deadlifted again today, I took everyone suggestions and tried to impliment everything. I didn't feel any spine pain when I was done with these sets...

How is the form this time?

185 (prep set for heavy weight):



255 (heavy set):



205 (final set):

 
Look good to me. On the last set of 205 your weight seemed to shift a bit forward on some of the reps and your hips rising a bit faster than the rest, but no biggies, some stuff like that will happen when you go heavy.
Good job!
 
Karky said:
Look good to me. On the last set of 205 your weight seemed to shift a bit forward on some of the reps and your hips rising a bit faster than the rest, but no biggies, some stuff like that will happen when you go heavy.
Good job!
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Alright, sweet... I feel good with my form now.


At least on the Deadlift.
 
I was about to comment that the camera angle in the second videos was better than in the first. Feel confident enough to do a ?
 
I think that is called a complex actually. Not that it matters. It's a great way to get some cardio in. I used to do it with oly lifts.
 
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