Squat form check

[ECG]

Squat has been a little unpredictable during this cycle of my powerlifting program, some days good, some days tough. Hoping to have more eyes judge where the lift might be breaking down. I've squatted high bar for 4 years but might switch to low bar soon. Thanks for looking.

Linking 3 videos:
double at 165 / 364, went bad, probably fatigued from the previous week's volume
single at 170 kg / 375 lbs, went fine
pause single at 162 / 357, went good

[mgil]

Your form looks pretty clean to my eyes.

What’s your programming looked like for the past few weeks? Maybe you’re carrying extra fatigue?

[ECG]

Your form looks pretty clean to my eyes.

What’s your programming looked like for the past few weeks? Maybe you’re carrying extra fatigue?

The past two weeks, volume has dropped in order to peak next week. But the 165 x 2 was after a high volume week of this:
Day 1
squat 1x3 @ RPE 8
squat 6x5 @ 65% (115 kg)
bench 1x3 @ RPE 8
bench 7x5 @ 65%(85kg)

Day 2
deadlift 1x3 @ RPE 8
deadlift 6x5 @ 65% (120 kg)
competition specific accessories, low set & rep ranges

Days 3 & 4
comp. specific accessories, low set & rep ranges


What do you think the problem was on the 165? My best guess is that didn't drive back into the bar well enough, and started tipping forward.

[mgil]

The first rep at 165 looked fine. My guess is from the video that you got a little loose at the bottom of the second rep and you got thrown off a bit. It looked like the second rep was a little deeper.

Maybe?

Could just be residual fatigue for whatever reason.

[JohnHelton]

I think form looks pretty good too. I think high bar is a bit harder to grind out a rep than with a hip dominate low bar approach. When I use my SSB and have trouble with a rep, then it looks very similar. The quads aren't great at getting you through the sticking point. I'm not saying to change anything. That is just my observation.