Originally Posted by
tfranc
You guys are so right, thank you so much. I tried this last session and it was amazing. I've squatted facing a mirror for the longest time, but I always thought I had trained myself well to ignore my reflection (yeah, right) and look at the reflection of the floor. You were totally right about information overload. I never realized how much I was paying attention to what my squat looked like and not enough to what it felt like. I always felt like I could never "find my groove" with the squat, but now I think it's because I've never let myself just learn the damn thing and instead paid attention to my reflection, never letting myself just get comfortable with a consistent movement - always making micro-adjustments.
I moved the hooks to the other side of the rack and all these issues I've been having recently - staying over the middle of the foot, keeping my head down, keeping my knees out, hitting a consistent depth, even chronic hip pain, all immediately went away and the videos showed it. I feel dumb for not just doing it sooner. To non-believers - If you can do all the other lifts without a mirror, then you can squat without one too. Not only can you, but you will be a better squatter.