squat and dead lift form check

[llsouder]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUD5xtDYY8

Here are 4 clips 2 squats at my full weight of 45kg (100lbs) and 2 of my deadlift at 70 kg (155lbs).

the first set of squats were just me doing it, while the second set has my wife telling me to stop where she thinks is proper. You be the judge, I think lower is better.

When I made the deadlift video, I saw some problems which I tried to correct and re-taped. Mainly the bar was not over my toes and so it traveled diagonally and I was moving in two steps. I still don't think it right.

how do I embed the video? could not get the bcc youtube code to work.

Thanks in advance for the help.

(changed my diet after this too, I think my stomach is larger now?!?! too much junk food and bingeing ).

[Eivind]

Squat: Knees are not set, and you're pretty far from hitting proper depth. For a good squat, your upper thigh is parallel to the ground. As for the knees, put them out simultaniously as you move your hips.

Deadlift: Bar too far away, put it over the middle of your foot, keep it in contact with your shins and place your shoulderblades over the bar. And it doesn't really seem as you ever lock the lift out. Everything else seems fine to me on this one.

[luco]

Hi Ilsouder. Good job taking the time to perfect your form!
Here's what I notice:
-You're not breaking parallel on any of the squats. Your femur (thigh bone) has to be below parallel to the floor, generally, this is viewed as the hip crease below knee level (just an inch or so is fine).
-Don't walk the bar out of the rack facing away from the rack, racking it backwards will be dangerous with higher weights.
-Hard to say more about the squat from this angle, try a 45 degree back angle to view bar placement and stance.

Don't see much wrong with the deadlift. Maybe someone else sees something?

EDIT: Just watched the deadlift again and I think Eivind's right about the bar being too far forward. Again, hard to tell with the angle, black pants, black plates and black shoes.

[Dave70]

First up,
how-to-embed-a-youtube-video-it-s-really-easy-t18665.html

Second up, I think you form looks fine and I would probably just echo my Dutch colleague ^^.
All I can see is maby a slight inconsistency in your depth in the squat and your hips getting higher in the deadlift. No biggie, but you'l' find both become more profound as the weights go up. This was one of the reasons I switched to box squats.
Dont sweat it to much, that's why it's called 'training'.

[llsouder]

I thought I already posted this but here it is again:

Squat:
I understand go below parallel. What is too deep on the squat? I can go all the way down, but I don't think that is correct either.

Deadlift:
I didn't see it until you pointed my shoulder blade position, THANKS. Dave70, What do you mean when you say: your "Hips are getting higher" in reference to the deadlift? I am thinking that comment is about the squats.

[luco]

I understand go below parallel. What is too deep on the squat? I can go all the way down, but I don't think that is correct either.

-You're not breaking parallel on any of the squats. Your femur (thigh bone) has to be below parallel to the floor, generally, this is viewed as the hip crease below knee level (just an inch or so is fine).

No need to go all the way down. Just break parallel and make sure you aren't losing hamstring tension (knees shouldn't come forward after first part of the lift).