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Thank you!

Haha, ok, thank you :flushed: I can be rather perfectionistic at times, and it does sometimes get in my way. Will squat and enjoy it, and keep adding weight to the bar. Thanks for your feedback!

Thank you, that's good to hear. That's also what my thoughts were, it did feel like it was the hip drive causing it. I will keep an eye on it and keep training low bar. I can actually kind of enjoy squats now, it's amazing!

Thank you!! Actually, it felt much more natural than high bar - it was a bit of a light bulb moment. I will definitely stick with low bar for now. I also think it's easier to focus on how the squats feel without the mirror. The only thing I noticed from looking at the video was how my back sort of hyper extends (is that…

Health issues got in the way, but now I finally got around to try low bar. What do you think? https://www.instagram.com/p/BYBUoZLjxaP/ I am used to squatting with a mirror in front of me. This is probably better, I just have to get used to it.

Thank you! I'll try low bar tomorrow. Really interested in how they feel. If anyone saw a person squatting a music stand in a practicing room at a German music academy today.... That was me. Don't worry, I'm fine.

I think it looks better at a lower weight, but I still feel like I have to really work hard to keep upright, keep my chest up and my upper back tight, all while not hyperextending my lower back (I have an anteriorly tilted pelvis that I'm working on correcting, it has gotten better but still isn't great). Somehow, the…

Hahahahaha!!!! I didn't notice before. I guess it just comes naturally to me!

Thank you so much! I just feel like I lean forward too much for how high the bar is on my back. I would like to try low bar squats, but I think I would have to have someone help me. I'm thinking of going to a powerlifting workshop in my home country in a couple of months. I will try the "upper back backwards into bar" cue…

Squats annoy the heck out of me these days. My back loses tightness, and my weight goes forward. I apologize for the really crappy angle, but if anyone has suggestions for improvement, I would be very grateful. https://www.instagram.com/p/BXi9Pfij8Ym/

I have one small and one "tiny" tear in my right medial meniscus. In the beginning (three or four years ago) it would sometimes hurt to the point where I almost couldn't walk, but now I just get a bit of pain or discomfort once in a while. I actually went to my doctor some months ago to get a referral for surgery, but he…

Thank you!

Sorry! Just changed my profile to public, did it help?

I just started to squat and deadlift. My phone ran out of memory, but here are two reps of deadlift: https://instagram.com/p/BMeTHy4lGmWxOuQklOaUmzLRiu_5ogAVXj77Hk0/ I would really appreciate if someone could help me with my form. I hope that you can see the video - if not, i will change my privacy settings.

I get what you're saying, and I will ask him next time I see him. He told me that I would work my core more with the feet on the bench, and I did follow his advice for some time, but then the SI joint got more stable and I guess I wanted to see how it was with my feet on the floor. I strengthen my core in other ways. I'm…

I don't think I reach quite that level of arching ;)

Thank you, and will do!

Hah! :D o:) And thank you so much! I might try to make a video and post it in the form critique thread.

Wow, cool! I was actually really happy that my bench felt better and easier, so I was a bit bummed.

Actually, I did feel more wobbly when trying to arch less. A shoulder injury is one of my biggest fears, I'm a pianist :D

Thank you! Will definitely try that next time!

Much more stable, that is, until that guy made my try to do less of an arch. Then it got wobbly.

Thanks! I'm squeezing my shoulder blades together, imagining that I'm pressing the bench away from me to avoid lifting my shoulders, and keeping my feet flat on the floor. I feel like my back is assisting also. I know I'm not a pro, but I really feel like my bench press is much more stable and powerful since getting better…

Thank you, that explained leg drive very well.

Well... I don't see that many squats or deadlifts there. The guy telling my that I was doing it wrong was doing three different types of bicep curls.

I think I got it, thank you :)

Thank you all! I tried to argue with the guy, even showed him an article contradicting his statements, but I suppose his English wasn't so good (I'm in Germany), so he just looked at the photo and said "she will hurt her back some years from now!" Ok then. But since I'm not very advanced, and since I did have back…

Sorry... What? Could be that I'm just really tired, but didn't get any of that.

Thank you both :) I'm not trying to excessively arch my back, but I do have an anterior pelvic tilt, which I'm working to correct. Does that change anything?

Thank you for posting this. You look great! My mom used to lift heavy, and she has also told me that bench press made her breasts look bigger (she used to be as skinny and small chested as I am) when I have complained about my body. I can't afford a gym membership at the moment, but I have found that body weight and…