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Those look good Raptor, and its not how far out in front your knees go, rather where the weight is centered. If you look at a really good squat, the weight of the lifter and the load is centered further away from the knee. Thats where the knee stress really come into play, when the center of mass goes forward with the knees.
What could you high bar squat prior to your low bar? Those looked easy, definitely not near maximal.
By the way - I think I'll milk this high bar 3x5 I'm doing right now and once I get stuck (after I reset by 10% and try again) I'll probably switch back to low bar and see if it improved after this high bar squat stint.
If I could front squat I'd definitely do low bar back squat + front squat and call it a day.
just dont keep with the higher bar position if it messes with your knees, otherwise its fine. Nothing was drastically wrong with your squat the way you were, so youre not going to get a magic carryover from a higher bar position if thats what youre expecting.
I wasnt saying you are not training, my original point was you keep changing the focus, when your goals indicate a much more simple approach. You could literally do two or three exercises for you lower body, but push the living FUCK out of those few, and do something like bounds and dunks, with a good diet and youd have a whole program that would get you on a linear path upwards rather than this circular one.
^that was what I meant about changing focus
Why do you think that "if I try to not gain weight I will spin my wheels"? Its bullshit, you MIGHT gain a little weight but you also might not, actively TRYING to gain weight is going to negatively affect your results if youre not already lean though. You can make massive gains in relative strength while gaining very little to no weight if you 1.) eat enough protein, and not trash and 2.) train correctly
