getting back into the gym

[dandia89]

my friend and i have been consistently getting into the gym and we want to know how our form is for our exercises. i think i'll upload the other videos later, but for now we have our squat and deadlift videos. any advice would really be appreciated
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me trying 295
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[Modelexis]

You have no visible muscle on your legs or arms (might just be the camera angle), but still can push some pretty heavy weight.
:thumbsup: for posting a vid.

[adidas]

Form seems to be on par.

Both guys need to go a bit lower on squats, and the guy in the orange shirt needs to lower the weight a bit and push with his legs instead of using his back to bring up the weight.

Hopefully that made sense. :thumbsup:

[max_boost]

Need to break parallel on the squat. It's a bit high.

Here's liquidboi
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As for deadlift, it looks fine to me. If you can pull the weight and not feeling any back pain, that's a + if you ask me lol

[dandia89]

haha yeah I'm the guy in the orange shirt and it probably isn't the angle I am a skinny bastard. thanks for the tips ill definitely try a lower weight and get deeper

[liquidboi69]

Are you trying to deadlift stiffleg or conventional? Because if you're trying to deadlift conventional you're doing it wrong. Also try not to bounce...or later on you'll find your weakness is off the floor and that's harder to work than a weak lockout.

You should be sitting down into your deads/having your hips rise at the same rate as your shoulders (much like a squat.) You probably have weak legs in comparison to your back so your body doesn't want to do this, but it's the ideal way to deadlift the most weight. Unless you are stifflegging to target a certain muscle more on purpose.

Back is arched/straight which is good however. You may want to play around with stance width. You're pretty narrow and if you're gonna try to conventional, you won't be able to sit in between yourself. Nice to see someone at UC that doesn't dead half way down lol.

[dandia89]

i thought i was doing a straight leg set up, but after watching some videos i wasn't doing them properly. i think my main concern is to strengthen my back since my doctor said i had a lot of deconditioning due to sitting in a chair for 8-12 hours a day so i may want to switch to the normal deadlifts.

[vengie]

Not too bad Asad! But like everyone has been saying, try to get below 90 on your squat, bump the weight down to 185-205 and push yourself to go deep!

(P.s this is Allan)

[Darkane]

Originally posted by dandia89
i thought i was doing a straight leg set up, but after watching some videos i wasn't doing them properly. i think my main concern is to strengthen my back since my doctor said i had a lot of deconditioning due to sitting in a chair for 8-12 hours a day so i may want to switch to the normal deadlifts.

If this is the case, it's not that your back is weak - but you hips and hamstrings are Super tight.

Sitting also Elongates your glutes and they don't activate as they should.

Try doing some glute activation work (google search), Hip stretches AND mobility work, and Hamstring stretches.

Combine this with foamrolling and all can be done in under 10 minutes AND acts are you warmup too. The mobility stuff will get your heart going.

Bah, here:

Scroll down to Joe's Agile Eight.

http://www.defrancostraining.com/ask_joe/archives/ask_joe_08-10-03.html#question04

Try that and your form will instantly improve.

[dandia89]

haha sweet thanks allan

ya i've definitely been getting into the stretches and foam rolling, it has helped my knee out too. that hipflexor stretch seems intense, i'll try that next time.