Sometimes the smallest changes can make a huge difference in a lift. The squat is no exception. I recently helped coach at the BarBELLES Women’s Strength Training Seminar at The Ohio State University with elitefts™ pro powerlifter Julia Ladewski. When coaching the squat station, I noticed there were a few mistakes that almost all the lifters made.
None of these are particularly complicated problems to fix, but they are things that need to be drilled during every single training session, from warm ups all the way to work sets. Take some time to work on these corrections, and you might be surprised with not only how your squat improves, but also how your confidence under the bar increases.
In this video I cover three keys to improving the squat:
- Building a Consistent Setup (0:23)
- Finding the Right Stance (2:04)
- Keeping Correct Knee Alignment (3:12)
