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Last year I wondered how I had injured my achilles doing almost nothing but lifts near end of winter.
Had couple runs, and long ride on odd warm/dry day, must mostly lifting.

Because looking at my ankle mobility, or lack thereof, from many sprains/strains as a youth, and really thought it had something to do with broken ankle side.

Discovered with feet flat on the ground, my thighs could never reach parallel unless I felt like a combo good/morning squat maneuver - which I didn't.
They just flat out couldn't do it, longer thighs didn't help the positioning either, but truly ankle could not bend enough.
I actually reach max ankle bend at correct squat down for deadlift - so never noticed.

So with weight on bar wondered what was happened, and left side had less bend, so whole body and weight was actually shifting to that side and going up off heel more, if not visibly, at least by weight, and causing bad strain on achilles that is already on the thinner calf side. Very bad combo with extra weight loaded on.
And that was attempting about as wide a squat stance with knees pointed out as I cared to attempt.

I'm sure if I'd had kept attempting to go higher weight, that issues would have transferred up to hips/back if the achilles didn't go first

I put 1/4" thick block of wood under the heels (left side already short leg and used shoe lift for all walking/running shoes, just not lifting shoes) took care of the problem, and allowed more natural toe/knee angle to emphasis quads more.

So even if you can't upload video here, really suggest analyzing that shifting weight and direction as you do some reps, may discover something.

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DopeItUp wrote: »

Hm, interesting. I'm not 100% sure what the issue is that I'm seeing, but it looks like you have a ton of a movement in your lower back at the bottom of the movement. Especially on the way up.

Back looks nice and flat on the way down and then...just odd, on the way up your low and mid back seem to move right to left in the video. Hard to tell but are you taking a big breath before your descent and bracing your core? Have you tried a belt? That may help give you something to brace against and increase intra-abdominal pressure, keeping your spine straighter/stable.

Paging SS.

GuitarJerry wrote: »

To me, it looks like coming out of the bottom, my back stays bent so I come up doing a good morning, almost.

I don't see anything like a good morning. Generally a good morning results when the hips come up and back out of the hole. I keep watching but can't put into words what I'm seeing and thinking. It's like your hips come forward and up, shoulders go back causing your back to arch. Bar path appears to be possibly moving back slightly near the top as you come up.

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