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Pick a spot in front of you on the floor about six feet away and keep focused on that the entire time. Don't look upwards or downwards but sorta straight ahead.
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This is what Im trying to do, the wall is right in front of me so its hard to guess what might be right, Ill look up a tad and maybe dot the wall so I have a fixed reference point.
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At the beginning of the ascent think about driving your shoulders upwards into the bar istead of pushing downwards into the floor. This will not only help with that hip drive and getting out of the hole but will naturally help you keep your back in it's tightly arched position.
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Never heard it explained that way Ill try it .
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Another thing I noticed it you sort of wiggle around at the top getting ready for a rep. Then you stick out you butt all of a sudden and down you go. It almost seems like you aren't starting from a very tight and stable position. It looks like you are tigthening you glutes so that is good. It will of course help force you back into a tight arch. But it also seems as if you exaggerate the arch at the beginning
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Im am wriggling because im trying to get an exagerated arch.You are right it feels weird.I recently started doing that because I saw a westside seminar on squatting and they seemed to stress how important that is.It doesnt feel right so Ill stop it!
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The reason I say this is because your toes leave the ground when you descend.
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Thats because I spent alot of time working on that queue in SS to lift the toes to get the weight on the heels!!! LOL I have trained it into the squat and I cant stop!! I noticed it the other day myself and Im trying to stop, I think its become a part of the lift for me and I know its causing me some trouble.
I cant believe you noticed all that so fast Eric! Thanks for your time mate.I know I need to work on squats still, they have been so hard for me to master.As for the stretching I try to stretch my squatting muscles as much as possible (daily ) but Im open to suggestions on which stretches to do so feel free to reccommend some
