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fletch765 · 07-01-2009, 08:42 AM

I've been doing various programs from NROL for about a year and half. Mostly fat loss and some of the hyptrophy programs.

Before that I lifted nothing at all. My first deadlift I pulled was 80lbs and i thought i was going to die. I've increased to a 3-4 rep max of 225.

I started with squats/front and back -- bar only but I've not really been able to feel "good" about my squats.

From the 45lb bar only,I've gotten to a 3-4 rep max of 165. So last night I've been doing ST II, and I just decided to roll back and go back to the bar only just to work on my form. With the bar only I can get the full squat and I feel good, but when I start adding more weight i tend to cheat and pull up before i can get into a deep squat.

I've tried streching it out before the squats, doing some work reps, bw only before i start and still for some reason I just can't get the deep squat with any weight.

Anything i can do to keep working on form and building up my weight.

The only good thing is that I'm really good at quarter sqauts.

Any ideas?

07-01-2009, 08:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
fletch765 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 9	NROL & Squats -- I've been doing various programs from NROL for about a year and half. Mostly fat loss and some of the hyptrophy programs. Before that I lifted nothing at all. My first deadlift I pulled was 80lbs and i thought i was going to die. I've increased to a 3-4 rep max of 225. I started with squats/front and back -- bar only but I've not really been able to feel "good" about my squats. From the 45lb bar only,I've gotten to a 3-4 rep max of 165. So last night I've been doing ST II, and I just decided to roll back and go back to the bar only just to work on my form. With the bar only I can get the full squat and I feel good, but when I start adding more weight i tend to cheat and pull up before i can get into a deep squat. I've tried streching it out before the squats, doing some work reps, bw only before i start and still for some reason I just can't get the deep squat with any weight. Anything i can do to keep working on form and building up my weight. The only good thing is that I'm really good at quarter sqauts. Any ideas?