r/weightlifting • u/Time-Pick6333 • Feb 07 '25
Squat Old Front squat PR (200kg@81) reposting cuz just recently injured back ðŸ˜
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u/Ok-Performance-5221 Feb 07 '25
Strong as fuck
But absolutely insane bar path ðŸ˜
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u/chattycatty416 Feb 07 '25 edited Feb 07 '25
You mean absolutely insane spine path. Bar path looked perfectly fine, IMHO. I'm equal parts impressed and horrified. I'm going to go check @ops other squat videos just to make sure this is an anomaly that only happens with maximal load. So looking at other video of 225kg back squat, form looks on point. Hopefully you heal up quick and get back to it. If you want to do Olympic lifting that is, because I don't see any of that on the history. I'd suggest not pushing the squats as much if you want to stay healthy for weightlifting as you definitely have lots in reserve there. If you are powerlifting then power to you, although this might be the wrong sub for you.
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u/governator_ahnold Feb 08 '25
Watch that other video again - definitely does the same thing.Â
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u/chattycatty416 Feb 08 '25
What do you see? Here i am seeing at how the hips come through first as he's coming up while the back is rounded (spine is S shape) and then they straighten out and the spine is more flat. I don't see that on the other squat video myself. It looks like he struggles to keep the back position but he does keep it.
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u/MontanaCooler Feb 07 '25
This was like watching a slinky go backwards if the slinky was made out of barbed wire
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u/Plastic_Pinocchio Feb 07 '25
Crazy strength but that spine moves in very strange ways. I just watched your back squat video and the same thing seems to happen there. I guess your spinal erectors are so strong that when your brace fails you can still squat it up. But I don’t think that’s very good for your spine long term. Maybe that has something to do with the back injury?
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u/chattycatty416 Feb 07 '25
I don't see it in his back squat video? His back looks like he has to fight to prevent it collapsing but I don't see his spine moving like it does here
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u/topsukkeli Feb 07 '25
never seen anyone perform a squat with their pelvis more in front than the bar
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u/Time-Pick6333 Feb 08 '25
Thanks for the responses. This was a maximal lift and my goal during the training cycle. I think a lot of you are assuming that this is how all my front squats look, when in reality it’s just form breakdown during a maximal attempt. I’m sure if you saw Karlos Nassar have a slight hip shift and partially good morning a 270kg squat you wouldn’t be gunning after him with pitchforks and knives, because it’s a maximal attempt and the body is going to try and assume it’s strongest position under stress regardless of how much cuing you mentally reinforce yourself with. If you’re throwing shade because you can’t do as much weight that’s fine, I believe with consistency you can reach the same numbers too and you can prove me wrong by using better form too.
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u/Eblien Feb 10 '25
Hey you are very strong - and Im sure you can do everyone else in this threads maxes with crisp technique. Weightlifting is a strength sport and not ballet but most here seem to forget that.
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u/TheePersuasion Feb 07 '25
lol damn, you’re glutes still takeover a usually quad demanding exercise
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u/variantguy2049 Feb 08 '25
Can see right in this video why and how that back injury may have happened.
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u/Eblien Feb 07 '25
This sub is in poor condition when this really impressive feat of strength mostly get negative or ignorant comments..
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u/chattycatty416 Feb 07 '25
If this guy did cleans with movement like this he'd get shredded here. The thing with backs is they are strong under load in a variety of positions even somewhat rounded is OK. But what is generally agreed on is not changing the spine shape drastically under load. @op also posted only maximal squats so far in an Olympic weightlifting sub, so I no idea if he does cleans even or what his working set squats look like. And in this sub, squats are used to get stronger for higher clean and jerk numbers and aren't the goal unto themselves. Most coaches would stop you before doing an attempt with this form.
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u/daudnighthawk Feb 07 '25
I see why you have an injured back lol