Female lifter squats 496lbs at 182lbs body weight

[ritaw]

@athanasiusm 3 reds and 1 blue per side is 190kg, plus the bar. If PL feds use women's bars, 205, otherwise 210.

edit: so wrong

 

[athanasiusm]

@ritaw YFW you forgot about the whites and collars.

 

[ritaw]

@athanasiusm y no can rithmetic

 

[dawn16]

I cringed when I saw it because it happens to me all the time. She pulled it off without collapsing, though.

 

[layiwolah]

@dawn16 Separate the floor with your feet as you're coming up. That's a cue that's helped me.

 

[dawn16]

@layiwolah This does help me. Also thinking about gripping the floor with my feet.

 

[casapollo]

@layiwolah Explain? I don't get that cue.

 

[8786cypress]

@casapollo Push your feet outwards as you're coming up.

 

[casapollo]

@8786cypress Thank you!

 

[jessika28]

@casapollo NeuroCore means to try spreading your feet while squatting. Your feet will be planted and won't (hopefully) actually move, but the cue will hopefully drive your knees wider. The width of knees will increase torque upon your hip/femur and give you more stability into and out of the hole. Depending on your stance width, it may just be easier to remind yourself to drive your knees out wide as you descend into your squat.

 

[casapollo]

@jessika28 This TOTALLY worked. Thank you!

 

[jessika28]

@casapollo Glad to hear it! Which cue worked for you? Did you focus on spreading the floor, or driving your knees outward?

 

[casapollo]

@jessika28 Spreading the floor -- I've been trying to focus on driving my knees out for a while, but I'm not that good at it. Spreading the floor worked! Kept my stance (and knees) stable instead of all collapsey.

 

[casapollo]

@jessika28 Makes sense Thanks!

 

[layiwolah]

@casapollo As you're coming out of the hole, imagine that you have to literally spread the floor out but pushing your feet out. Try it without the weight. When you "spread" the floor, your knees will push outward.

 

[casapollo]

@layiwolah Will try this tonight. Thank you!

 

[denice65]

@dawn16 That'll happen when you're squatting almost 3 times your body weight.

 

[poppy14]

@dawn16 When she was coming out of the hole? Yeah, a bit. Your form will almost always break down to some extent on a one rep max. Not really that dangerous though.

 

[god2good4me]

@dawn16 At max lifts like that especially with oly style squatters knees start to cave a bit.

 

[brightmind]

@poppy14 christ.....! those gams are amazing! hangs head in shame at the pindley size of my own chicken legs...