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    Hi, Brent. I’m more of a lurker on the forum, but have made a few posts. I take my form quite seriously and have recently found some flaws that I’d like to fix. Namely, moving my hips and back as a unit rather than independently.

    I found that now that the weight is getting heavy again after a deload due to lack of training, when I drive my hips, im getting forward of mid foot which is causing a good deal of strain to my low back. This generally occurs in my last rep or two of sets two and three.

    The question is, now that I now what’s going on, do I continue on the LP or deload again to train back to keep up with the hips? If better to deload, how far? I know my cue is chest up... there’s just nothing there deeper into the set.

    Thanks.
    Last edited by Brent Carter; 02-07-2018 at 05:32 PM.

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    Kinda depends on how bad it is. You would be amazed what can be fixed just by the correct application of your coach SHOUTING at you. I would say post your video up on the staff Q&A. If it is absolutely egregious a reset is likely. If it's just kinda bad focus on it and make it work on a light day or back off sets if necessary. Depends on where you are on your novice LP.

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    I was 14 weeks in and plateauing just before the holidays. Took 4 weeks off and reset back to 70% of where I was. Now back to about 90% of previous weight.

    Not terrible to where the weight is on my toes with heels lifted or anything like that. Since I now recognize the problem, I’ll try smaller jumps in weight and really focusing on it. I believe it’s straight up fatigue causing the issue.

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