Friday, June 30, 2017

Easy leg day - I think I just squat like this.

So - finally I was rid of my DOMS from my heavy day on monday.
Unexpectedly one of the guys were there, and he hadn't been seeing me squatting for a while.
Now that I have changed to low bar squatting on my heavy lifts, the angle between my back and hip has decreased even more - I'm leaning much more forward than I used to.
Still, I feel much stronger with a low bar squat, and I don't get sore in my back or hips - I FEEL strong and as if it's more about the strength I can get develop to lift than about tolerating pain under my heavy lifts (yes, UNDER my heavy lifts).

I had been feeling confident about my squatting, have been able to slightly increase the weight again each week, if only one kg at a time, that is: one kilogram pr week. But I'm started all over again.
Now I'm at 61kg, 5x5, and it feels strong.

I also believe that with some powerlifting shoes, that is, with a bit of a raised heel, I will feel even stronger and maybe be able to open up my hip a bit more.
OJ (one of the guys) wasn't so sure - and kept telling me I needed to lift my back up more (that I have been trying for over a year, even since I started training powerlifting two years ago! And it doesn't work like that).
He suggested using a belt.
I tried that too.
And yes, I felt much stronger. It felt good to have something firm to breath against, to develop a pressure against. I felt more stable.
But I don't think the back angle "improved".

Again, I am convinced now that this is the way I squat.
After watching the women lift in the ipf powerlifting world championships last weekend, I saw how different and individual squatting is - so many different styles!

Some of the lifts clearly looked more like textbook lifts, other were almost "ugly" (but still strong). The women look all vey different as well. All kinds of sizes and shapes - beautiful!
That gave me confidence.

But I still am going to dig a bit deeper into the angle thing.
I have read so much about it and come to the conclusion that with my short back and long femur, my hip angle will be small and I will have to lean a lot forward in order not to fall over backwards.

But I will do further research.

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