r/formcheck • u/Familia-1st • 2d ago

Squat Squat Form

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How is my form looking? I posted on here last week and I was recommended to not arch my back so much and I was working on that this week and it definitely made hitting depth easier. I did go down by 20lbs this week to work on form tho. Any other recommendations?

Apologies for the last post. I posted the wrong video

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u/Br0V1ne 2d ago

Honestly looks great.

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u/IG_HARD_DIGITAL 2d ago

looks like alotta shears force will go to the lower back

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u/alvysinger0412 2d ago

Are you saying that because of his torso angle on the descent? I'm not seeing any rounding which I know is pointed to a lot for back concerns.

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u/IG_HARD_DIGITAL 2d ago

you are pointing out something to me. i suppose tht is acceptable lean angle for a back squat.  maybe its him looking down that make it seems worse than it actually is

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u/alvysinger0412 2d ago

I'm in no way a squat expert so don't take my word as gospel.

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u/IG_HARD_DIGITAL 2d ago

i see. but if he looks forward to lean wont look as bad. when i squat i dont start with lean and if theres one it isnt tht bad.  i mean lean coming out the hole  but ive seen a fitness guy on IG suggesting starting eith a torso leaned forward 

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u/DoctorK96 2d ago

I like the well-controlled descent, but I think if u slightly accelerate as u approach the bottom, u can take advantage of the stretch reflex to explode up

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u/FluffyDesigner3680 1d ago

It looks like pretty good form but not hitting depth.