Aren wrote:Ader, what's the dates for those two comps? The only thing holding me back from just getting some experience competing is the lack of equipment, which is bloody expensive for all three suits together. Suppose I could do the unequipped raw comp! Though pennies are so tight at moment even travel is tough to afford. With a bit of luck if things keep growing I should be doing a lot better money wise in a couple of months.
Look,on the BDFPA web site - bdfpa.co.uk....
- The Unequipped British in Bournemouth is 19th & 20th March
- The equipped British comp in Glasgow is on 16th April
- the Europeans are in Bournmeouth on 7th & 8th May
I aim to compete at all three

You could think about the All England in October which is in Bournemouth - You don't have to qualify - Any BDFPA member can enter. It's just a bit of fun and last year it was nearly all unequipped lifters.
If you really want to go equipped look around on some boards/forums there is often 2nd hand kit for sale!
And now to your squats ...
Some harsh comments as I actually didn't think they were that bad - But then my technique isn't great

Comments are:
1 - Bar is very high - More on your traps then behind your delts - You could do with it a bit lower.
2 - You don't exactly look down but you could do with looking up a tad - I suspect you are doing what I do when I squat in front a mirror which is look at myself and check my depth - The immediate result of which is you look down and your body follows - i.e. shoulders drop and hips go up - That makes hitting depth very hard. It may account for why you appear to lean forwad too much
3 - Becasue of the above I think I agree that you are a tad high and could do with some more depth
4 - Yes you do lean forward a bit much - You need to work on keeping your body nore upright - this means opening up your hips a bit more so you can drop down bewteen - I know you need the sit back cue to engage hips and ass, but if your hips go too far back you have to lean forward ... or you fall over backward.
What I do - for what it's worth - to stop this is to think of my first movement as my knees going out (and I do that by breaking my hips open/apart) and then with as upright a back as possible, just drop down into the gap my opening of the hips/knees has provided. I aim to have the weight on the outside/back of my feet /heels. Obviously something to practice with lighter weights - I have been concentrating very hard on this on my light/speed work days. I am actually going down to a box where I know I'm a good inch or so below // - It's taken me a couple of weeks to get the feel right but it was worth the effort and I think I am starting to get the benefit now.
5 - Not sure I agree with comments that it's a good morning - yes you lean forward too much imo (as above), but you rback more or less keeps the same angle till you straighten at the top so you don't appear to me to GMing it.
It all sounds negative, but I don't think it was too bad considering it obviously close to your max... so well done - Form will always go awry as you start maxing out

@Rilla - Dude he's just wearing a Titan singlet same sort of thing as you have on in that photo - It's not a squat suit - I have one exactly the same

@Aren - Do you always wear your singlet when you train or was it just because you were going heavy?