Quote (PlaaD @ May 13 2016 03:11am)
Obliquely from the front (or however you write it), you kind of want to be able to see your body enough from the side to tell how back/hips/shins positions look.
Squat kinda same angle, you wanna be able to see depth and back position, but you still want to see how knees/hips.
Bench from the side so you can see that feet/ass/back has contact to floor and bench.
Awesome, thanks!! I have a slight problem with my sumo, when warming up I keep my hips pretty high and manage to easily get tight with lighter weights (300 and lower) and I pull from that position and it feels really strong starting with my hips high. Problem is when I get to heavy lifts 360+ when I try the same thing, pulling from the exact same position same tightness etc. my hips lower after I initiate the pull, and it brings my quads almost parallel to the floor, I feel extremely weak from this position, and have a ton of trouble breaking the floor with weights I should be able to lift. (My hips shoot down, then up with heavy weights, as opposed to staying high and just rising smoothly during the lift.)
E/ might have to try an over under grip for the first time in a year, my hook grip is failing me on these basically knurling-less bars. Feels like I'm holding onto icicles...
This post was edited by turtol on May 13 2016 08:56pm