need some help

im struggling on squating,it just doesnt come naturally to me like other workouts i need help raising my squat max can anyone help

Sounds like you need to lower the weight and work on your form.

current 5rm On the texas method
Squat:325
Deadlift:365
Bench:255
My lifting journal

http://strengthmill.net/forum/showthread.php?s=38c084ec0455b629ed0f09e4af40aeaf&t=2407&page=8

diffently need to make sure your form is good.  stick with the bar until it is spot on and go up slowly.
 
here are some quick key points to squatting:
 

1. keep your chest up elbows back with the bar resting on your traps.
   
2. keep your chin slightly tilted down.  like if you were to hold a tennis ball under your chin and chest.
   
3. feet about shoulder width apart pointed out at about 30 deg.
   
4. squat down with your hips.
   
5. keep your weight in the center of your foot.  don't let your knees extend to far infront of your knees.  you will know this happens by having to much weight on the balls of your feet.
   
6. make sure you knees are aligned with your feet.  you may have to focus on keeping your knees out or rotate your feet a little bit.  just keep your toes pointed out some.
   
7. squat down until you feel a stretch in your hamstring.  most of the time this will be just below parellel or maybe lower.  AT LEAST GO PARELLEL.
   
8. once you reach the bottom rise up with your hips.  let your knees follow you up.
   
9. have someone watch you and check some of these points.  even if they themselfs do not know how to squat properly they can tell if you are going parellel or you knees and feet dont line up or if you are leaning to far forward at the bottom.

 
start with the bar and work your way up.  doing 45lb deep squats is more beneficial than doing 135lb 1/2 squats in the long run and probably in the short too.

No the leg press is not the same as doing squats.

my friends when they just started off with me weren't very good or comfortable either. At first, it looked awkard and they weren't going down low enough, but with practice and consistency, it will become more usual and your flexibility will increase so you can go all the way down (parallel) as well.

Your goal should always be bellow parallel, thats FRoM.

Start with light weight and practice form, steadily going up. This is where mirrors in gyms can actually prove useful. watch yourself, you can tell how low your going. The more you do it properly the more your body will get used to it.

and your flexibilty will come, along with other stretches/exercises. One of the best stretch's to help is the squat itself.

Its just like anything else. If you play sports you constantly do things until they feel natural and easier to you. Same thing applies.

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my friends when they just started off with me weren't very good or comfortable either. At first, it looked awkard and they weren't going down low enough, but with practice and consistency, it will become more usual and your flexibility will increase so you can go all the way down (parallel) as well.

current 5rm On the texas method
Squat:325
Deadlift:365
Bench:255
My lifting journal

http://strengthmill.net/forum/showthread.php?s=38c084ec0455b629ed0f09e4af40aeaf&t=2407&page=8

agreed.  if it feels awkward, that means you're probably not used to it.

+ 3 or 4.. on the form issue.   drop the weight down below 100 pounds, and start focusing on your form.  add 2.5 pounds per side / day if you can.    when you see your form start to crumble, that means you need to lower the weight back down and work on that until you can excel upward in weight again without sacrificing form

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