I was feeling good before squats and bought some new plates so I could do more weight but I got crushed today. I uploaded video of 170's and 200's to see if I'm doing anything differently between the two.
My problem is I can't seem to get any power out of the bottom and it feels really jerky when I'm coming up, like a 2 part exercise where the first part is ass up and the weight pushes my neck down and then second part the legs and upper back straighten (reps 4 and 5 of the 170 and all the 200 reps). One thing I've tried to correct is knees moving forward at the start of the push out of the bottom by starting with the ass up from Starting Strength but I don't know if it helps too much. One thing I've never felt is the "stretch reflex" and I don't know what I'm doing wrong there, all my reps feel like pause reps and when I try to force a bounce I tend to move forward out of the hole not up.
For bar position I feel like it's pushing my head down with the high bar position during the lift but when I've tried the lowbar position it feels like I'm supporting the whole bar with my arms and hurts my wrist or shoulder bones.
Also it looks like I'm rounding my back when I start going below parallel, where is my flexibility problem? I can squat fairly upright with goblet squats but when my arms go up to hold a bar I start bending over forward.
170x5:
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200x3:
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My problem is I can't seem to get any power out of the bottom and it feels really jerky when I'm coming up, like a 2 part exercise where the first part is ass up and the weight pushes my neck down and then second part the legs and upper back straighten (reps 4 and 5 of the 170 and all the 200 reps). One thing I've tried to correct is knees moving forward at the start of the push out of the bottom by starting with the ass up from Starting Strength but I don't know if it helps too much. One thing I've never felt is the "stretch reflex" and I don't know what I'm doing wrong there, all my reps feel like pause reps and when I try to force a bounce I tend to move forward out of the hole not up.
For bar position I feel like it's pushing my head down with the high bar position during the lift but when I've tried the lowbar position it feels like I'm supporting the whole bar with my arms and hurts my wrist or shoulder bones.
Also it looks like I'm rounding my back when I start going below parallel, where is my flexibility problem? I can squat fairly upright with goblet squats but when my arms go up to hold a bar I start bending over forward.
170x5:
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200x3:
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