Squat Form Check

[GreatEye]

Hi,

Back view:
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Side view:
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There are two things that bother me when squatting:

1. Asymmetry, when one side goes up faster than the other one, typically the left side before the right.

2. "Falling forward", when I find myself near the top of the lift having to finish it by "good morning-ing" the weight.

Read the book, thinking about knees out, hips up and all that. Any tips appreciated!

[Satch12879]

Where are you looking?

[AndrewLewis]

The back view is not zoomed back enough to be helpful.

You need to slow way down on the way down and control your knee position. Sit back at the bottom to hit depth.

[francesco.decaro]

Hi,

Back view:
Vimeo

Side view:
Vimeo

There are two things that bother me when squatting:

1. Asymmetry, when one side goes up faster than the other one, typically the left side before the right.

2. "Falling forward", when I find myself near the top of the lift having to finish it by "good morning-ing" the weight.

Read the book, thinking about knees out, hips up and all that. Any tips appreciated!

This is probably not that useful, but if you can, change your gym so that you don't have a mirror in front of you. You will look at it no matter how hard you try not to, and it will interfere with your technique.

[ChrisReis]

Gaze: Keep your eyes fixed where they start (down, about where the floor meets the wall). Avoid squatting in front of a mirror if possible. At least don't look into it.
Slow down your descent, a lot.
Aim to set your knees forward and out in the first half of the rep. Then, hold them there and sit your hips back. This will prevent shifting your weight into your toes. Consider a TUBOW.
Keep your chest down on the way up. ("nipples to the floor"). Fixing your gaze on the floor will help with this. It may feel like a good morning if you are used to a more vertical back angle. It is not.

[GreatEye]

Thanks Andrew and everyone!

I'll shoot another one from a better angle thinking about slower decent & fixed eye gaze tomorrow.

[AndrewLewis]

Good luck. Hopefully it went well.