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confuzzl3don3
11-13-2009, 04:01 PM
Sorry guys for all the form checks and questions i've been asking for lately. You guys have been awesome giving me feedback and all. But yeah i tried to take in the advice on my press and squats so far so i tried putting them to practice.

Press
First set (back view) at 35kg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59He-kuvV4s

Last set (side view) at 35kg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni9nVFJ-qMA

And my last set of squats at 87.5kg. I tried slowing the descent down a bit more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDstsaPJjrs

So comments guys?

PS. i got a few questions about various things:

1) for the press i should be looking dead ahead right? i find when the weight gets heavy i squeeze my eyes shut in effort and just focus on pressing the weight up, but when i open my eyes my head has just naturally dropped. How could i fix this?

2) about the press and using 'hip drive'. what does that mean? is it whipping the hips back to get you body forward under the bar once it clears your forehead?

Anyways thanks,
Confuzzl3d

misspelledgeoff
11-13-2009, 06:14 PM
your form is very good. i'm sure you'll get comments to 'change this' or 'tweak that'. but remember there is a law of diminishing returns on form as on everything. and now your form is good enough to extract the benefits of lifting without injuring yourself. i wouldn't fuck with it anymore and would advise you turn your attention to more important things like....wait for it...you know what's coming...wait...EATING!!

how's that eating coming along, btw? what does your scale say?

confuzzl3don3
11-13-2009, 06:27 PM
haha yeah. haven't weighed myself since wednesday. I'll take a gander on monday :D in the meantime i'll just EAT!

Gary Gibson
11-13-2009, 07:25 PM
your form is very good. i'm sure you'll get comments to 'change this' or 'tweak that'. but remember there is a law of diminishing returns on form as on everything. and now your form is good enough to extract the benefits of lifting without injuring yourself. i wouldn't fuck with it anymore and would advise you turn your attention to more important things like....wait for it...you know what's coming...wait...EATING!!

how's that eating coming along, btw? what does your scale say?

Amen.

Very well put, Geoff.

confuzzl3don3
11-17-2009, 09:22 PM
Still hoping 4 some answers to my first two questions but some new vids.

Squats - 88.5kg
1st set
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l9BJkmVePA
last set
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDNcxJMsQoA
probably best rep for the whole workout was first rep of last set. i saw that in the later reps my butt started going back instead of up, and so did my knees. Really need to stick those knees out and make them stay there. Am i still deep enough, because some of the reps look iffy
Press - 36kg
last set
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axUnOjOAom8
i thought i was looking dead ahead, but turns out my eyes were but head wasn't. Is this gonna screw up my neck or something. Also at the top you see how it sort of sways, especially when i breathe out and take a deep breath before the next rep. How do i keep it stabilised?

Thanks guys