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Old 03-18-2008, 07:53 AM   #9 (permalink)
Simon C
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Originally Posted by Ian Kay View Post
Nice job! Use your glutes more... think about squeezing out at the top to "finish". To me - and this is just from this angle and being picky - it looked like you were stopping just short of locking out the hips at the top.

You may want to evaluate how you think of the squat. I know you know about hips and glutes, etc. but what are your first thoughts when beginning the squat? I like to think of "tucking the hips", rather than "bending the knees". Perhaps if you began to actively think more about tucking the hips, using your glutes, you could go a little lower, squeeze out at the top and go a little heavier.

Still, nothing glaringly awful! An additional angle would tell us even more.
Yeah, I've heard you should "break at the hips" first.
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