Hip Flexors and Squatting

[farmerswalk]

Im getting back into lifting. (tore my calf in may and didnt work anything out)
While stretching and doing some unweighted squats on saturday, someone told me i probably bend forward too much because of tight hip flexors.

has anyone experienced something similar? or can anyone validate this? also, how thoroughly should one stretch before lifting?

thanks.

[Drew23]

It's possible. Especially right in the hole as your hip flexors want to shoot up. This is a good thing though. What you need to work on is lower back and ab strength to keep your upper body upright, and take advantage of tighter hip flexors.

There are a lot of opinions on stretching. Personally, unless I have a specific injury, I do no static stretching prior to lifting.