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Off-topic-but-still-related-to-PL-thread

So Brandon Lilly has been accused by several people that were at his last meet of wearing briefs to squat in and a bench shirt. It certainly looks that way from the video, doubt it was the "water pill" anyway that made him struggle to hit depth then spring up, have the posture of a gorilla when benching and cause the weight to fly of his chest to instantly stall. You can also see something that may be a bench shirt which he didn't wear to squat

SuperTraining.TV: Brandon Lilly 2,204 Raw Total @ Backyard Meet of the Century | Brandon Lilly Comme - YouTube
 
Hmm he's definately got something with sleeves on under his t shirt while benching, looks a bit suspect!
 
How do I get my knees out more in the squat?
My knees are inside my ankles still when I squat, they need to be more like this:

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Looking to your squat videos, I reckon bring your stance in. Your knees will then be out in line with your toes as they should.

I have the same issue. Something that has helps me is to squat with a microband around your thighs, just above the knees. This helps activate the external rotators that are responsible for pushing the knees out.
 
For the brains trust. I want to test my max in two weeks for deadlifts.
What would be of most benefit to do next week as a deload so.im fresh as a daisy for my max attempt.
At the moment my deadlift loading isnt too stressful at all and im pretty well recovered in 2-3 days. Is it worth deloading then?

My aim for my max will be 260 and hopefully some spare change.
 
strong enough? said:
Looking to your squat videos, I reckon bring your stance in. Your knees will then be out in line with your toes as they should.

I have the same issue. Something that has helps me is to squat with a microband around your thighs, just above the knees. This helps activate the external rotators that are responsible for pushing the knees out.
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So bring stance in, then work on flexibility so that I can pull off a wider stance?
I don't think I have weak external rotators, I just don't have the flexibility to do it. I'll work on the goblet squats as gooby says too
 
0ni said:
So bring stance in, then work on flexibility so that I can pull off a wider stance?
I don't think I have weak external rotators, I just don't have the flexibility to do it. I'll work on the goblet squats as gooby says too
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Yep, bring stance in and slowly take it out as you get used to getting your knees out. The way I see it, you're only getting a leverage advantage to the extent to you can get your knees out and sit between your hips. If you lack the flexibility or control to get your knees out further, by taking the stance out, you're actually reducing the force you can transmit through the ground as well as point your knee joint in a compromised position.

That said, even if you did improve your flexibility, wider might not necessarily be better for you. I would suggest at looking at top squatters who have similar proportions to you. The fact you are a very good conventional deadlifter suggests to me that a slightly narrower stance might work better anyway.

I'm not suggesting your external rotators are weak. Your deadlift suggests the opposite. But you may not be fully utilising them at the bottom of the squat. The band around the knees is sort of like wearing a loose belt: simply having something there to resist against can cue the right muscles to fire at the right time.
 
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