Comments on: A beginner’s guide to lifting, pt. 2: Technique https://didacticmind.com/2015/01/a-beginners-guide-to-lifting-pt-2.html Strategic Defence of the Mantle of Responsibility Sat, 29 Aug 2020 20:46:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Didact https://didacticmind.com/2015/01/a-beginners-guide-to-lifting-pt-2.html#comment-3844 Sat, 21 Feb 2015 10:29:15 +0000 #comment-3844 In reply to Spartan.

Yup. The only issue that I've found with it is that it tends to lead to the back "caving" and rounding at heavier weights. The solution to this, of course, is to focus on form at lower weights and build up slowly to prevent rounding and therefore injury.

]]> By: Spartan https://didacticmind.com/2015/01/a-beginners-guide-to-lifting-pt-2.html#comment-3843 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 01:43:45 +0000 #comment-3843 My quick and dirty hint to people for squats is "look up". Not look at the ceiling.

Stand up straight and raise your eyes without moving your head. The top of a door frame works well if you're about 8 feet away from it. Keep looking at this point throughout the entire movement.

Most of the people I see doing squats poorly are basically looking straight down at the ground, especially at the bottom, especially when they're tired. The result is sort of a straightening their legs followed by a Good Morning with a rounded back. Ack!

Looking up seems to solve that problem rather well.

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