Strength / Weight Training

Fair enough. It is not dangerous - apologies.

Purely as a counterpoint to the Rippetoe-focused discourse lately, here's
a back squat tutorial from an Olympic gold medalist.

I personally find myself somewhere in the middle, but just thought I'd throw it out there to show the complete other end of the spectrum. There's certainly no dogmatically 'perfect' squat - it all depends on bodytype and the purpose you're squatting for.

How does he differ to Rippetoe's stuff?

Without wanting an argument - is it my eyesight or do both the lifters in the pics have parallel thighs??

@hippy main differences are higher bar placement, more focus on hips down rather than backward (that's not a good cue but hopefully summarises) and much less torso lean.

@TGR I'd say they are well below, especially the IPF legal definition of parallel. Envision a line from middle of kneecap to centre of hip socket, it points downward.

You’re probably right - I was just looking at the pic and video. I judge myself using the top of my thigh as a guide.

Does anyone do that disc-under-shoes thing? I only have trainers. Because #notseriouslifter

Not me. I bought shoes - a worthwhile investment.

Yeah, I use a pair of skinny 5kg bumper plates, keeps me more upright, a tad more quad emphasis and less stress on my lower back due to my piss poor ankle mobility... Or something.
Lifting shoes have been in the cart for a few months, just not pulled the trigger yet.

Spend some money on some squatting shoes and invest plenty of time in getting your squat specific flexibility right, 3*90s deep squat holds the night before a squatting session does wonders for me - YMMV

Played around with some kettlebell swing variations last night and just worked on form using lower weights which was really fun. Previously I had been doing them a bit too deep and squatty so it was good to get the lever motion about right.

One armed swings are great fun and swapping hands at the top of the swing is super satisfying :)
They feel like they'll be good for climbing, too.

I really want to get into Turkish get-ups but there's a lot of stuff to remember with those and lots of potential areas to have bad form and drop a kettlebell on your face.

Also, I've noticed my left upper arm is bigger than the right... I'm right-handed though.

Doesn't seem to be an issue, just one of those weird body asymmetries.

too much time on certain genres of websites...

Break parallel or gtfo. Too much quarter squatting with muchos weight to get the numbers up for my liking. Go deep, keep the form, get natty strong

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Turkish getups for the win. Whole body sh1t right there. Good work

Aye. This video is good as it shows different angles and common mistakes.
Will try without a kettlebell to engrain the sequence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bWRPC49-KI

Squeezed out 5x5 90kg on the bench today which is good progress towards my goal of 100kg this year. Seeing stars after the last reps!

That is good going, well done.

Perhaps you will have to increase your 100kg goal with 11 months to go!

Cheers buddy!

I might get there early but still have a long way to go for DL and Squat.

I’m super weak in my upper body and struggle with OHP big time. My bench PB is just over half bodyweight so plenty of room for improvement. I’ll certainly post here when I get near your PB!! 😀

90kg deadlifts are starting to feel quite easy now and well within the limits of still being able to focus on form over heaving.

Did relatively low volume today (2x5) after a climbing session but it felt good.

My goal is to lift 1.5x body weight which works out around 112kg in 3 sets of 5, once a week and keep the body weight stable. Losing weight won’t really help if it means being weaker.

I need to spend more time actually climbing though.

Why did no-one tell me "slack-uary" was over?

Back on it today and smashed it, despite them having moved the weights room...

[milkshake/banana/sardines burp]

despite them having moved the weights room

milkshake/banana/sardines burp

Linked? We'll let you, the viewer, decide.

struggle with OHP big time

What's you stance? Feet shoulder width apart or similar?

You might like to try a fairly pronounced foot-forward stance, then you can dip your knees before you press. Apart from the "bounce", it helps you get under the bar.

As it goes up, stick your chin out as if you're making a lunge for the finish line: also helps you get under it.

One confused me; the other disgusted me.

But which was which?

We'll let you...