3 BRACING Mistakes in the SQUAT & DEADLIFT

[@jamiebouz]

Hope you all get a lot out of the video! If you have any questions you want us to answer, drop a comment!

[@madmuso5]

Great vid. Pause deadlifts are awesome for this. The pause forces your core to brace whether you want to or not!

[@MelbourneStrengthCulture]

Most of the time, people just need to use less load to feel better positions - pauses are one of the easiest ways to do this

[@FearlessTraining]

This is a great video team - one of the most underrated and none coached cues for effective lifting and back health!

[@MelbourneStrengthCulture]

Yep. 100%

[@Underfaith]

This was a great video for me. After learning to stack and hold tension with a proper brace, my lifts skyrocketed. Thank you for this content 🙏

[@anthony-co9rs]

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[@piotrstube]

Very nice video, thankyou, I find rep 1 of squats is always easy to brace but diminishes in the later reps. Is there any truth to if you can feel air escaping your ears while you hold air pressure against your glottis you're bracing properly? And also, any tips for hips shooting too far back during the ascent of a low bar squat? I understand hips generally go back a touch and back angle changes slight due to hip drive, but any suggestions on hips going too far back/back angle changing too greatly and slowing the top portion of the ascent greatly?

[@jamiebouz]

Hey @piorstube! We go about addressing rep to rep performance in a number of ways. Secondary technical days can make a big difference. By limiting absolute load and slowing the movement down we can improve the likelihood of improved execution of the brace from rep to rep. Potentially completing sets at a lower relative intensity while focusing on this part of the skill can help improve rep-to-rep tension as well! In regards to the air escaping your ears, haven’t heard that one. Sounds pretty uncomfortable to me and probably wouldn’t recommend chasing that sensation. Could be a number of things re: hips shooting back to far. Watch our video called ‘The Big Rocks of Squatting | Core Positing & MidFoot Pressure’ that may help with that. I think we’ll have to do a video on that one to break it down further!

[@piotrstube]

@@jamiebouz Thanks for taking the time to reply! Ive read driving the delts into the bar helps to keep the back engaged so its not all hip drive and ill definitely try reducing weight and focussing on maintaining the brace during both the descent and ascent to keep a strong and more effective torso in the press portion. And look forward to your suggested vid!

[@craigslistreply6544]

My problem is I can only maintain this solid brace for only 5 seconds 😂 then I get light headed so 2nd rep onwards when doing 80%+ load are harder than should be

[@jamiebouz]

Hard to say what it could be without seeing it! Taking a little time in between reps to reset the brace may do you some good. If the problem persists, playing with cluster sets. Same load, just shorter rests in between smaller clusters of reps to keep quality reps high. You'll end up equating volume, just with a higher quality. Reach out if you have any more questions!

[@Queenfisher444]

Also sounds like you’re maybe forgetting that you can breathe/relax to a certain point in between reps so long as your bracing routine is repeated before repping again.