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baronfebdasch
Just squatted today at 235x5. The past few workouts I've been noticing that my lower back starts killing after finishing a set. It seems like it's definitely a muscle pain and after some rest and Aleve it usually goes away.
I've been focusing on getting some hip drive with my squats; but somewhere in the process I think I'm ending up doing heavy set good mornings instead.
With each rep I've been focusing heavily on picking my ass up from the bottom of my squats. I don't have video but it feels like in driving with my hips, my hips raise faster than my chest or at the same rate. That results in my back still maintaining the same or similar angle as from the bottom of the squat when I come up, which then forces me to use my lower back muscles to complete the motion and stand up straight.
Where is the balance between hip drive and using your back to stand straight near the end of coming up on the squat?