This isn’t vanity—I was really checking my squat form, and it’s not the greatest. You’re supposed to go down far enough to “break parallel,” meaning your butt should go lower than your kneecaps so that your thighs angle down. I only have 230 lbs in the first video; my PR is 250 but even without recording myself I could tell my form wasn’t what it should be, so I cut back.
In the second video, I’m at 205, which is a good weight for me to build up with a good form. I broke parallel on some squats there, and some were just parallel. That second video was my last set so I was a bit fatigued.
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Interesting. You were definitely in your groove on the second video.
Thanks. Coming up from a properly formed squat demands a lot more. I’m learning/experiencing that there’s a lot more effort required in that little bit of distance.