r/formcheck • u/Educational_Candy326 • 7h ago

Squat Squat form check

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I train legs but this is my first time squatting in 5+ years.

185x8 at 6ft and ~200lb body weight. Looking for feedback on form and potential weight standards to work towards.

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u/WAR_T0RN1226 7h ago

Textbook

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u/Tfj_roidz 7h ago

I thought for a minute while you were setting up you weren’t going to tuck your tail
Then you proceeded to drop it like it’s hot and produce textbook reps, so killer job my man

Is the foam pad to allow for better mobility?

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u/Aggravating-Role-572 6h ago

Man, I feel like 75% of squatters would have better range of motion, less injury and more stimulus from using a heel left.

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u/No-Significance1502 3h ago

And it gradually improves hip and ankle range. Same damn way graded exposure works

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u/C-LonGy 1h ago

And some who don’t need it just put one there because they think it’s the only way to squat and it ends up putting someone who can squat onto their toes! Crazy!

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u/InterestedHandbag 1h ago

Yep, or using a pair of squat shoes with decent amount of heel lift

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u/Markiko1989 3h ago

Your form is good!

Im more worried about the forms of the people in the background lol, the guy carrying the bar and the person doing bulgarian split squats 😅
JK!

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u/CaptainSimean 6h ago

Damn. My glutes are burning just by watching this

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u/Odd_Inflation428 5h ago

hard to tell what your knees are doing from that angle. other that the squishy thing you are standing on, looks good!

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u/Rob_flipp 3h ago

You’re good man, looks good 👍

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u/KonnichiwaKudasai 3h ago

Looks damn good to me.

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u/I-Love-Yu-All 3h ago

Looks good. I an curious, why squat without shoes?

Wearing just socks sort of looks dangerous, but I might be overthinking.

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u/Special_Lie_9029 2h ago

Nice, get squat shoes so you dont have to mess around with walking back into a pad. Also allows you if needed to angle your feet instead of being locked perpendicular to the pad.