Hey if you ever need advice, form checks, or anything like that feel free to message me. I'm a competitive powerlifter (have two meets coming up before the end of the year) and would love to help anyone who's interested in the sport or just strength training in general.
Wow that is freaking awesome. Let me start off by saying good luck with those two meets. I actually had a quick question about squats ( I squat from the lower back position). I watch other people squat (people in much better shape than I) and they go down pretty far on their squats I'm just wondering if I can get lower with my squat by like stretching or is that a form issue? Anyway, I might take you up on that form check soon. Thanks.
I'm a low bar squatter as well so right on. I'm always going to recommend someone to squat to competition standards which is below parallel. Parallel being the crease of your hip dips below the top of your knee. Many people have issues hitting depth because of mobility. Best way to fix that is stretching your hip flexors, ankle flexibility helps as well. Also taking a wider stance with your toes pointed out (if you don't wear oly shoes) will help a ton. My favorite video to show off on how to squat correctly is Alan Thrall's video here. And thanks for the good luck, I'm hoping to take my states Junior 83kg records this year.
I want to add another video that Ed Coan (quite possibly the greatest of all time) did with the Super Training Crew. See it here. Major take away for me was to open up your taint. A lot of people will say push your knees out but this cue helped a lot more than any other I've tried.