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Wellness Wednesday for March 29, 2023

The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:

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I caught a cold last Thursday and am still unwell, so no gym for me. Bored sick at home, I decided to check my squat form, so I armed myself with a barbell broomstick and my phone's camera, and I am low-key sad now. Everyone says the bar path should be almost vertical, so its projection always crosses the arches of your feet, but I lean forward when I do the squat. I form-checked myself by squatting while facing a wall, and it looks like I'm not imagining things:

  • when I'm not careful, I give the wall a passionate smooch

  • when I'm careful, my back feels like it's being mauled by a bear chiropractor

Have any of you had to deal with leaning forward in a squat? What did you do to fix your form?

Do a front squat. Mind that it's easier to get a better form with some weight rather than just a broomstick, the weight helps to align things.

I used the stick to lock my upper body in the right position.