Help with my squats

[Poorp-226]

I think my form is pretty good and have asked a few people at the gym who have really good form to check mine. However, I always get a slight sensation that I am falling forward. I feel pressure on the front of my feet versus the heels.

My guess is that I don't hold the bar far enough on my back. My other guess is that I am wearing shoes that aren't tied and my feet can move around in them so it gives me a mildly unstable base.

I try to look up slightly when I squat so that I keep my spine straight as I go down and push back up so I don't think it is this but it might be.

Any advice on if this is indeed wrong like I think it is and if so how can I fix it?

[JB12182]

Looking up doesn't help. Stare at your neck in the mirror and that should keep you good. As far as placemnt on the back, rest it on your traps not your neck. Keep the weight back on your heels.

[ironwill2008]

Post a vid. Can't help with a form problem without seeing the form.

Why are you attempting to squat with untied shoes?

[Poorp-226]

Post a vid. Can't help with a form problem without seeing the form.

Why are you attempting to squat with untied shoes?

Mm, no good answer hah. I just always wear untied shoes. In the gym it has never really been a problem, they still stay on my feet.

I try to put the weight on the back of my feet but probably 3 out of the 6 reps I feel like I am going to fall forward and need to put a real effort into balancing back.

Edit: on the video part I can try to get one but I don't think anyone will be able to diagnose it from that.

[ironwill2008]

....and my feet can move around in them so it gives me a mildly unstable base.

^^^^ It doesn't make sense to deliberately cause stability problems with an exercise that allows you to lift a lot of weight/injure yourself.

Edit: on the video part I can try to get one but I don't think anyone will be able to diagnose it from that.

Whatever you think. There's no way to correct a form problem without getting a look at the problem.

[chazzy1864]

Whatever you think. There's no way to correct a form problem without getting a look at the problem.

Brah, what could you possibly witness in a video, that you can't get from a couple sentence fragments on an internet forum?

[Poorp-226]

You guys are funny and all with your sarcastic posts about videos. However, I figured out of the thousands of people that look at this forum each day there must have been a few who have had this problem and corrected it. Now if I am wrong and not one of you has felt a forward pressure when squatting then I will go get a video and we can all deconstruct exactly where the problem is coming from.

On a side note, Iron. I will wear different shoes next week and tie them and hopefully see a difference. Thanks for the help.

[ironwill2008]

You don't have to post the vid here, if you don't want to. Use it to self-critique.
Take the vid from the side, at a camers height that will allow you to see the bar, and your feet, at all times. Watch the bar path while you squat. It should be vertical, so that the bar remains directly over the center of your feet. My guess is, the bar is veering forward.

[chazzy1864]

You guys are funny and all with your sarcastic posts about videos. However, I figured out of the thousands of people that look at this forum each day there must have been a few who have had this problem and corrected it. Now if I am wrong and not one of you has felt a forward pressure when squatting then I will go get a video and we can all deconstruct exactly where the problem is coming from.

On a side note, Iron. I will wear different shoes next week and tie them and hopefully see a difference. Thanks for the help.

Many of us have felt a forward lean. But it oculd come from any number of issues.

Shoes, ankle tightness, hip tightness, hamstring tightness, bar placement, back arch, drop down style, etc.

Anything we say will just be spitting into the wind.

Also your post sucks. For instance

My guess is that I don't hold the bar far enough on my back.

WTF does that mean? How far back can you hold it on your back? Probably about as far back as the rest of us do....in contact with our back.

You could perhaps be doing a high bar or a low bar position. You could also be completely screwed up with placement. We don't know.

[Poorp-226]

Many of us have felt a forward lean. But it oculd come from any number of issues.

Shoes, ankle tightness, hip tightness, hamstring tightness, bar placement, back arch, drop down style, etc.

Anything we say will just be spitting into the wind.

Also your post sucks. For instance

WTF does that mean? How far back can you hold it on your back? Probably about as far back as the rest of us do....in contact with our back.

You could perhaps be doing a high bar or a low bar position. You could also be completely screwed up with placement. We don't know.

Ok, I understand. I'll try to get a video. Thanks for help from both you and Iron, even though you sound like someone pissed in your whey mixed cereal.

[ironwill2008]

Thanks for help from both you and Iron, even though you sound like someone pissed in your whey mixed cereal.

You'll need a thicker skin on this site. That being said, chazzy has never posted a bad piece of advice, at least not as long as I've been here.

[chazzy1864]

Ok, I understand. I'll try to get a video. Thanks for help from both you and Iron, even though you sound like someone pissed in your whey mixed cereal.

dealing with legions of presumptuous newbs is tiring, draining, and annoying.

[chazzy1864]

You'll need a thicker skin on this site. That being said, chazzy has never posted a bad piece of advice, at least not as long as I've been here.

oh now i bet you just haven't looked hard enough.

[Poorp-226]

dealing with legions of presumptuous newbs is tiring, draining, and annoying.

haha for sure. The skin is plenty thick, just making an observation. Reps to both of you.

[ironwill2008]

oh now i bet you just haven't looked hard enough.

You might be right!