The picture posted earlier cracks me up /img/vbsmilies/smilies/smile.gifOriginally Posted by TShame .
If you search info on Anna Meares, I know there are some videos of her lifting some pretty hefty weights. Her body geometry is much different than Pendleton's.
I watched the Anna Meares video squatting 300+. Pretty impressive form. If I were coaching her I would like to see her go a little deeper on the squat rather than a partial rep, but still extremely impressive lift for her build. Especially since she did not use a wuss pad for her neck like the guy has in the picture above.
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For those insisting that squats will help you in cycling and you are determined to do them. Your form should look more like Anna's in the video and not like the picture posted above. Also another tip the neck pad used by the guy above is also partially responsible for bad form.
What typically happens is the pad pushes the head forward and when the head is pushed forward the whole body wants to tip forward. Generally it causes the entire form to go wacky.
Without the pad you can set the bar a little further down to where it sits even across the traps and shoulders. That will allow you to keep your head upright and squat more vertical without the feeling of tipping forward. In the picture he is trying to keep his eyes up, but at the same time his attempt to keep his head and eyes up he is fighting against the pad pushing his head forward. In Anna's video you can see her easily adjust her neck and head into proper position because there is not a pad interfering. It takes a little bit of time and consistency, but eventually the skin gets a calloused where the bar sits and people like me won't make fun of you using the pad. /img/vbsmilies/smilies/smile.gif
If Anna can tolerate setting an Olympic bar with 300+ on her neck for a few partial reps surely a guy can man up enough to have, what was that in the picture 40 lbs, on his neck long enough to snap a picture. /img/vbsmilies/smilies/smile.gif