Here's a nice vid:
http://www.nsca-lift.org/videos/
If you use the search you can find other nsca vids, front squats, whatever…
On the vids:
Big improvement.
You biggest problems are the first phase and consistency of bar position. And the last phase with going deeper than you can stabilize, like IW said.
At the top you have been tending throughout to either have the bar too far back, behind your shoulders or too far forward. The last video with the weights the bar position was def too far forward. In the first vid it's hard to say. Once problem with watching is that you extend your neck a bit too much which makes it difficult to judge proper bar postion and it's too far away and dark to make everything out well.
Try not to extend the neck or jut the chin up. Keep the neck neutral. Look slightly up with your eyes, not by moving the head back. That will counteract this tendancy. I.E. you try to keep the head down while moving the eyes up and that tends to cancel out the two extremes and put you in a more neutral position. Try it, if it doesn't work then just remember not to extend so much.
With your head in the right position it will be easier for you to judge bar position. It may vary slightly for different people of course but you never want it in front of your ears or behind the shoulders. It's more like a little slot between your ears and your shoulders...somewhere in there.
Shoulder flexibility is certainly not an issue as you well know. T-spine mobility probably cannot be overemphasized. Stay a bit higher at the bottom so you can stabilize the lumbar. Work on some drills separately like the Dan John ones.
http://www.nsca-lift.org/videos/
If you use the search you can find other nsca vids, front squats, whatever…
On the vids:
Big improvement.
You biggest problems are the first phase and consistency of bar position. And the last phase with going deeper than you can stabilize, like IW said.
At the top you have been tending throughout to either have the bar too far back, behind your shoulders or too far forward. The last video with the weights the bar position was def too far forward. In the first vid it's hard to say. Once problem with watching is that you extend your neck a bit too much which makes it difficult to judge proper bar postion and it's too far away and dark to make everything out well.
Try not to extend the neck or jut the chin up. Keep the neck neutral. Look slightly up with your eyes, not by moving the head back. That will counteract this tendancy. I.E. you try to keep the head down while moving the eyes up and that tends to cancel out the two extremes and put you in a more neutral position. Try it, if it doesn't work then just remember not to extend so much.
With your head in the right position it will be easier for you to judge bar position. It may vary slightly for different people of course but you never want it in front of your ears or behind the shoulders. It's more like a little slot between your ears and your shoulders...somewhere in there.
Shoulder flexibility is certainly not an issue as you well know. T-spine mobility probably cannot be overemphasized. Stay a bit higher at the bottom so you can stabilize the lumbar. Work on some drills separately like the Dan John ones.
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