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When I lean forward I end up getting low back ache/ fatigue which ends up being the limiting factor rather than my legs. My low back doesn't seem to like that isometric hold with a heavy loaded bar. What am I doing wrong? I want to increase my squat but keep being limited by my back. So frustrating! Thanks coach
rip the beard…
Train your quads and ankle flexibility to avoid these half squat half good morning abominations.
bad advice
Donnie says, Lead with the upper back.
The Starting Strength Squat form is Terrible Dangerous. It’s a Good Morning Squat which applies massive pressure to the lower back.
This is only the first coaching point – all those others: head position, foot position, bar position, toe angle, etc are still needed. Hips back, stable angle then down and up. The only issue is with driving your hips – I would say drive your shoulders up – that stops the novice from doing a good morning.
It's not clear if some or all of the folks squatting in the video are meant to be examples? I can see many of them when they start to come up out of the squat, the hips are coming up more rapidly than the upper body, so the shoulder start to dip down while moving body up. Good morning.
A struggle I have when coming back up, especially when I'm squatting heavy, is I struggle to come out of the lean. Meaning, my legs are more or less straightened out and I'm still trying to get my back to upright again. I have tweeked my back pretty badly before doing that, when is the correct time to start straitening my back?