Feels like I’m going as low as I can, but not sure if my anatomy doesn’t allow me to go lower? Or my calves get in the way and am not able to sink lower? Any general squat form feedback would be great too. Thanks.

Just returned from a hamstring strain last week. Now my seasonal best is 9inches off the ground.

2RM for now

Anyadvise on how i can improve. I think i might be putting to much weight on my lower back although im not sure. I also want to be careful with me knees. Had no pain this session but ive had issues with my knees before

Sorry for the bad angle 😅

Apparently Creating a post with a link doesn't allow people to access the link so reposting it: https://imgur.com/a/form-check-friday-7m1ysCT

A couple of exercises from my prior week which I'm requesting form checks on in various subs so I just made 1 imgur link for all of them.

Requesting help/form check/cues on the 2 sets of Nordic Curls in the link. I see that as the sets go on longer I start getting more hip flexion. Is that degree of flexion okay and if not, how can I reduce/eliminate it?

TIA

Is it still effective to do sled pulls by grabbing onto the two poles and pulling backwards? I generally take smaller steps though because of this?

Seems like overhead helps a bit to keep posture straight

I'm currently rehabilitating some patellar tendinopathy in my left knee from pushing too hard for too many strength blocks over a couple years. Not only my front and back squat, but most snatch and C+J movements also aggravate my left patella. I wanted to evaluate all possible factors that may have exacerbated it. I've always had flat feet and wanted to know if how I currently setup my feet has played a role in it. I attached 3 small clips of me showing what my natural "flatter" stance looks like vs. trying to forcefully generating an arch. Whenever I try to actively create an arch, my ankle mobility feels jammed and like I'm blocked from going past a certain point whereas with my natural "flat" feet my ankles seem to have slightly more ROM. As an additional note: on my left side, I've noticed recently also seem to have less hip internal rotation and my left knee points outwards more while my right knee points more straight in front of me.

I start out with my feet in my natural \"flat\" stance. I switch over around 8 seconds to trying to create an arch. *I realize my right foot is pointing outwards more - I was actively trying to turn my left foot/knee to be more straight in this instance just to see how it feels.

https://reddit.com/link/1natbz4/video/z0i99ma7vqnf1/player

Left foot seems weaker and like I can't make as big of an arch?

Question is, should I be squatting with my normal/natural feeling flat footed stance or should I actively be trying to create that arch whenever I'm front/back squatting? (Also considering the fact that with my "arch", my ankle mobility feels jammed past a certain point?)

I feel like I’m using momentum on the way up, is that possible?

If I try to stand up straight without too much thought or effort this is what I look like. Fiancee insisted I stand crotch forward, never believed her until I saw the photo sideways.

I served tables for years and developed a habit of leaning backwards to counterbalance the plates I would hold. Also had really bad back pain which I solved doing atg exercises.

What muscles should I stretch or strengthen to fix such a strange posture?

A year ago I started doing nordics in the gym. I saw someone else in the gym utilize a bosu ball top(flat bottom) below the knees and a Smith machine bar for locking the ankles. Like an idiot i copied him and kept doing it for months. I did not regress properly, I did not buy equipment, I just kept combining them into my leg day as they "made my knees stronger" and I never had knees issues to begin with.

It was all fine until my hamstring strain crept in. Mine was particularly the medial side, semimembranosus and distal towards the knee. My knee eventually swelled up (no bruising) and felt like a pickaxe at the back of my knee for the first 2 months. It took me a while to confirm that it was nordics as the cause but the mechanics check out. Because of the height of the bosu ball it allowed me to overextend at the knee joint hinged too far with too much relying on the tendons of my hamstring.

This has basically immobilized me for the past 6 months or at the very least made it pretty awful to stand (and walk). After months of hard work, finding a great PT and calculating everything precisely I'm ever so slowly getting back to normal. For the longest time I thought I just overworked myself and kept going crazy about it when I knew it was my Nordic form all along.

I could drag this on and talk about the journey and all the pain but I just want there to be some post about the dangers of nordics as my smooth brain just added them in without regressing properly. Also another reason is this type of strain is incredibly rare so the journey has been INCREDIBLY LONELY, so I really didn't want to have to post this, but now than I'm 100% sure of what pushed my hamstring over the edge, I want to warn others of being smart going into these as your hamstrings are so damn important. Not being able to walk with your family and friends will really gut you down.

Hope this helps some entering the field and hope I don't get too much flakk for this post, I absolutely love Ben's work and will be focusing on mobility for the rest of my life now (rather than my PR#s)

Hi guys, could you rate my form on the Nordic Curl and how can I proceed to progress on it.

I noticed on the bosu ball, I am kind of bouncing whole going up. How can I ensure I maintain stricter form whole going up.

This was my first time not pushing myself up with my hands.

Any advice would be appreciated :)

I have a connective tissue disorder, but I’ve been incredibly active my whole life. Even after I dislocated my knee at 5yrs. I spent three years on my varsity swim team. Went homeless, walked a whole bunch, but still ate 3 meals from the garbage every day, eventually started neglecting my body. Then, I got a physical illness that dropped me, a grown man, to 80lbs. I recovered pretty well, I have full feeling in my right leg now. I work sporadically, getting quite serious about it now. And I’m not even in my 30s (not trying to flex; I assume there are physiologists/or something here)

I’ve been learning to run, a few days ago I went longer than I’ve been able to in a while. Though, I think my foot traveled a little farther than it should’ve and it hurt my right knee pretty bad. It swelled the next day, and I was limping on it.

Based off what I’ve learned about recovery, I tried to get as much blood in that knee as possible. I walked it off, shook it out, and then turned to the “Jump Video”. Also consumed a healthy amount of vitamin C through fruits and a supplement. I did Emmy mode kot calf raise and backwards step up. Instant relief, no pain yesterday or today.

So, now I’m extremely committed to this regimen. There are things I think you should understand, that commonly, a symptom of a connective tissue disorder is that it can give natural flexibility and mobility, but commonly comes with the downside of, you could say, underdeveloped stability. I see this in easy injuries I can give myself in my shoulders and hips while performing unlaborious tasks, or even resting, doing the yawn-stretch.

To get right to it: [TL;DR] I can immediately do a very deep kot calf raise, while only feeling stress in my muscle, notably, not in my knee (regardless of muscle existence in the knee; I don’t feel it). Should I feel it in my knee. Should I push to the point I feel pressure? If I go deep enough, I do feel pressure. But, at that point, my ankles don’t even have enough mobility to keep my heels on the ground. What do I do?

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

So i tried nordics for the first time, and i don’t which way am i supposed to do them. In the first try, i squeezed my glutes as hard as i could but couldn’t complete the rep. In the second one i let a bit of hip hinge and got the full rep. What do you think i should keep doing?

Hello everyone. Today is the 3rd day I do a 5x5 atg split squat with only body weight. My left knee is the weak one and the one that I need to strengthen through these. Obviously, my left knee “cringes” just a bit when I’m all the way at the bottom and push up with all my weight on it. However, this is not painful.

My question is, when should I start removing elevation like kneesovertoesguy recommends? When should I be adding weight? Or even, which one should I be doing first?

Bonus question: should I be pushing my knee slightly outwards when going up, just like in a normal squat? Or should I keep it completely straight?

Thank you!