Originally posted by Ford Prefect
You got a medal. That’s what counts.
I also got vomited on, and a dislocated shoulder.
But it’s a shiny medal 
You’ve also got the hot short chick holding your hand, right?
Originally posted by Toby
You’ve also got the hot short chick holding your hand, right?
Sadly, no - that’s just a trick of the angle the picture was taken.
Interestingly, she used to date someone I used to train with. He got a job far away from the school, though, so he started training with Ricardo Almeida instead, since that was closer to him.
Toby
You asked people what do you think of your form. First it is pretty difficult to judge from your pictures. So I may be wrong in my assessment. It looks like you are not doing a traditional parallel squat properly. Meaning it looks like you are not actively using your hips when you descend (maybe using your back to do the work instead of your hip complex) and you are leaning toward too much. I am glad you didnt collapsed right after your shot was taken. Keep Up the Good Work.
Thanks Foo. I do what I thought was a powerlifting squat. I go down by pushing my ass out, as though I’m sitting back and down in a chair. So my hips actually lead the whole motion. If anything, I’m too far back since I’m often fighting my balance on my heels. This is how I do deadlift too, trying to keep my weight on my heels rather than forefeet. I was under the impression that this helps keep the shins upright so that’s why I do it.
There’s different kinds of squats 
Whaddaya mean, Iron? Anything to add to Foo? Expanding on when I said:
Originally posted by Toby
So my hips actually lead the whole motion.
My hips are what I think of moving first. I don’t think of squatting my legs at all. I think “Here I go - bum, start going back.” Not “Here I go - legs, take up the load.” It’s a subtle difference, but I find that subtle conceptual differences make a world of difference to my capacities sometimes.
Oh yeah: Foo, I doubt my back could take the whole load anyway, even if I tried (e.g. good mornings with 350lb :eek: ). But I’d be happy if it could. Like I said in another thread, it’s not doing so badly at the moment.
I’m just telling anyone reading this thread who doesn’t already know that there’re different kinds of squats. For example, powerlifting squats and bodybuilding squats.
Nevermind, tho. I guess the point was missed. Carry on.
That’s what I thought you meant. You were just kind of succinct ;). I thought my squat was fine. Foo said I’m not doing a traditional parallel squat. You implied my squat’s fine in a powerlifting sense.
Here are the rules for if a squat is fine:
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You go to parallel or below.
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Your back stays arched.
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Your heels stay down.
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You come back up
Your squat was fine.
- Your knees don’t float past your toes.
Yeah, your pictures came out dark. Maybe this helps?
Cool! You can even see my skinny legs inside my tracky dacks.
Tracky dacks?
Australian for “tracksuit pants”. Dacks are short for underdacks, which are slang for underpants. Tracky dacks is just a rhyming slang term. Dunno if it’s Australia-wide, but it’s common where I’m from.
I also got vomited on, and a dislocated shoulder.
you grapplers have some weird techniques…