First week of using the Duffalo Bar, it threw me for a loop. Squatting from gear to raw is challenging - technique wise. From having support in your hips with gear, it allows you to sit back and have a wider stance. In the first few sets, my stance was wide similar to my gear stance, and my knees had no where to go but in. My quads were taking over because the bar was pitching me forward. I didn’t trust my hips enough to sit back and arch hard and overall fight against this bar. It was a cluster fuck.
Second week, technique was a lot smoother. Certain cues started to click thanks to Jabez. Explaining how external rotation should really look like (not just moving the knees out but flexing the quads and glutes) and how gripping the floor can sound deceiving. We think monkey toes. But, we have to look at the foot as a whole - your foundation. It needs to be completely flat gripping the floor with pressure on the heels.
My unrack is also 180. Learning to tighten the quads and glutes versus locking the knees out on the unrack. Arching harder to allow my chest to come up and head to go back, not up.
its just a matter of bringing it all together. This bar is humbling to say the least...
First week:
[youtube=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NkMCoM1hCZQ]
Second week:
[youtube=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XGYbUKfsIBY]