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Thread: Eye Gaze Direction in the Squat | Mark Rippetoe

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    Default Eye Gaze Direction in the Squat | Mark Rippetoe

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    by Mark Rippetoe

    "For reasons I cannot understand, our recommended eye gaze direction for the squat – looking down at the floor in front of you – is controversial. This is odd, because looking up at the ceiling (apparently the Right Thing To Do) results in your neck being placed in extreme overextension..."

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    I used to have a bad habit of closing my eyes as I strained through the sticking point of the squat. The inside of the eyelids are not a useful reference point.

    A recent Barbell Logic podcast mentioned imagining two pressure sensors in each shoe, one at the heel and one at the ball of the foot and to maintain a 50:50 distribution of weight across them, I have used this and found it useful.

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