I would say that you have poor flexibility and a weak core, verry common.
Stretch your hamstrings, hip flexors and glutes before and after workouts that will help with the flexibility.
Also do some front squats as well as back squats, this will improve your core no end.
And plates under your heels are fine.
Yeah, poor hip flexibility, and/or weak and tight glutes and hams. Because they're tight they draw the pelvis back, and/or because they're weak the quads take over, and to get mechanical advantage they knock your pelvis back.also kyle, i have tried ATG before (with light weight) but have found that my arse dips down which from what i have read is a BAD thing (means poor hip flexor flexibility i think..).
Apart from simply tripping over or something, and assuming no preexisting back, shoulder, knee etc conditions, the only real chance of injury is if the exercise is performed with poor form.plus, isn't there a greater chance of injury with ATG squats? is there really any benefit in doing ATG as opposed to say parallel?
Thanks for the feedback everyone
Katie: Nah, no chance, i don't have a video camera (or know how to post a video for that matter...)
Kyle: I checked out that first vid, i can't even do the goblin squat! (i think that is what he called it?). i cannot keep the weight on my heels and go all the way down, i fall backwards. i think my torso may be too short and heavy. i tried this for about 20 minutes, kept falling over. i'm going to try to do some BW ATG squats tonight, but to be honest, i don't think i will actually be ab able to do them without either falling backwards, or my knees coming a foot past my toes (and consequently having the weight on my toes)
Lazy: I am hopiing that i wont have to simply settle with quarter squats, but the reality of the matter may be that i have to. This is pretty much the point of this thread, to establish if there is anything i can do to achieve ATG squats, or at least parallel without folding excessively or shifting my weight forward
Josh: I'm actually not sure where you are coming from, i didn't mention groin pain?
1. Work on your flexibility. Stretch your hamstrings, glutes, hip flexors and calves before and after each session. This will help in preventing you falling forward and staying on your heels.
2. Do some front squats and heavy deadlifts. Your core is weak, hence why you keep falling over.
I just want to say that your height is not an issue
Stick with overhead squats and front squats till you strengthen your core.
Also, go for a long walk with 100kg on your back, like a squat.
I have seen and heard a lot of this stuff, and spoken plenty myself. Too tall to squat, too short to deadlift, too old to lift heavy, too inflexible to do this or that exercise, women shouldn't do weights, but I just want to tone up, strength doesn't give you size, but what about my back, but Madonna's trainer said, but this guy said if you go below parallel, etc.
There are definitely some genuine medical concerns, but that's up to the medical guys, not self-diagnosing from the internet. But aside from that, what most of it comes down to is that these sorts of things are fcking hard work.
Not at all, mate. What I was teasingly trying to say is that everyone has something that makes it hard for them. The supposedly "average" person who's built perfectly for all the basic lifts is actually really rare.Kyle, while i am sure you are not meaning to cause offense here, the implication of your post is that i am coming up with excuses in order to avoid doing the 'fcking hard work'.
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