Where is my hip crease in this picture?

[bobmen10000]

Can someone point out where I should be looking for the hip crease to determine depth. I am incapable of identifying where it is, particularly on my own self. Not looking for judging the actual depth here - though feel free to chime in - rather looking for the spot I need to identify in terms of my own anthropometry.

[mettkeks]

1235i13.jpg

[bobmen10000]

1235i13.jpg

Left, middle or right side of the line?

[mettkeks]

1235i13.jpg

Left, middle or right side of the line?

Its the line. Its your hip crease, squat down and feel it with your hand. The top of your thigh in that crease is the reference point, relative to the top of your patella, which we can't see in this pic.

[throwinshapes]

This is how SSBBT defines it, which is much lower than the drawing above:

https://www.sportsscience.co/wp-content ... ration.jpg

Your shorts are too tight to form that crease.

The whole point is to figure out where your hip joint is. Not the top of your tight, since that changes with muscle and fat mass.

EDIT: Ha, I asked @jwilson625 if he agreed with me first and he send me that picture to be sure. Guess we we both typed up the same response.

[jwilson625]

The only depth guide I've ever used is the one in (trigger warning) The Blue Book:



If you're using that criteria, I don't think you can actually see the landmark you want (Point B) in your photo. I have never competed though, so I don't know if this method is valid or if powerlifting federations judge depth in a different way.

Someday I'm going to start my own powerlifting fed that takes real-time x-rays of the femurs while squatting and analyzes whether they broke parallel. Or something...

Edit: @throwinshapes beat me to it *shakes fist*

[mgil]

Note that the "B" photo is about 1-2" deeper than the photo on the right.

[jwilson625]

Note that the "B" photo is about 1-2" deeper than the photo on the right.

A careful observation indeed

[JohnHelton]

USAPL Rules: “Upon receiving the Chief Referee’s signal the lifter must bend the knees and lower the body until the top surface of the legs at the hip joint is lower than the top of the knees.“

[michael]

Note that the "B" photo is about 1-2" deeper than the photo on the right.

I don't think so. The 3/4 angle will always look higher than the side angle.

[bobmen10000]

[JohnHelton]

That one is easy. Follow the line where the top of your thigh meets your belt. Where that line terminates at your hip is the hip crease. Looks like 3 white lights to me.

[Cody]

That one is easy. Follow the line where the top of your thigh meets your belt. Where that line terminates at your hip is the hip crease. Looks like 3 white lights to me.

Agree

[mgil]

Based on the good depth photo being with a regular barbell and the questionable one with an SSB, I’m thinking that Bobby2Swōl might just need to “lift” the handles as he descends on the SSB to keep his thoracic extended which keeps his mid abdomen from getting in the way of depth.

[bobmen10000]

@JohnHelton @Cody and everyone else, thanks for looking and your assessment.

@mgil I appreciate the suggestion on lifting the ssb handles. Not sure about the nickname however.