Thanks for the kind words, y'all. I should have made my hubby record a vid of me doing the matrix for the very first time. Now, that was pathetic
Thanks, Lisa, for the 'OK' to use your PM to me here.
Lisa~:
Finishers are, by their very nature, not supposed to be with perfect technique. If I saw one that was, I'd probably think it was too easy for that person, lol. But I'm going to comment like you were looking for perfect technique throughout.
Your squat is just above parallel. You really could go lower on a bodyweight squat. Think of the Crossfit girls doing bw squats and how fast they are and how low they get.
It's interesting to notice that your lunge is very short stroke. There's nothing wrong with that really. I wouldn't want others who copy you to step out any less than that for sure. But your body is upright and your lunge technique is excellent.
Your lunge jump actually takes a longer stroke. How interesting. These look really good. You look energetic still and you never wobble. Excellent.
You look really energetic until the jump squats. I know mine aren't ANY better, but I notice that you're not very springy and you're not getting very high. I don't think I'd redo the video just because of that, but it's interesting to note that jumping isn't your strongest ability, lol. Even fresh I doubt you'd get a lot higher. I can see it in the way you land. I bet you just haven't done a lot of jumping in your fitness career! But overall they look good. I wouldn't try to get any lower for a squat jump. You get your best upward momentum with about that squat depth.
The pointers were very helpful to me and I am sure the rest of the gang here will benefit from them.
p.s. Lisa, I did update the vid's ending. Clarified the "put the hands behind their head" thing.