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Originally Posted by karky
My femurs are very long so my hips get put far back when I squat. I put my hands and free leg out for counter balance, but I find it a LOT easier to do them nicely if I bent by back more forward too. I figured since I don't use any load, it won't be injured. However, I don't know if the back bending can have any other bad effects...
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I'm assuming you mean rounding forward, not just tilting. The rounding forward isn't just about loading the spine; it's also about the relationship of tension between lower back and hips. I wouldn't get in that habit, although a
little rounding forward is almost always found in pistols.
Have you tried holding db's in your out-stretched hands? At first this sounds like it'll make it more dfficult, but you may find that the counter-balance will actually let you stay more upright.
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Originally Posted by karky
Also, I actually notice that when I squat with my left leg and hold my right leg in front of me, I get a weird pain in the very top of the quad (feels like the quad.. could be a hip flexor?) as if it's about to contract and then stay contracted (if you know what I mean?) it's only a problem with the right leg free though.. Any ideas what this is? weak hip flexor?
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Sounds like an impingement in the hip flexor. Tightness/weakness in that side of the hip? Are you right-handed? Pretty common to see that kind of pain/weakness in the dominant-side hip. I'd ask in the Injury/Rehab section to get some really good feedback on it.
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Originally Posted by karky
I'm currently doing pistol box squats with a pretty high box and will try to progress lower and lower. I find that I have no problem sitting on the box and squatting up, but I can't do a free squat from the top and stop at the box height (without the box being there, of course). Is this because the "turning" of a movement from eccentric to concentric is harder than to just start with the concentric?
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There's a lot more stabilization going on in the eccentric portion. With the concentric, you can use your powerful, taught quads to throw yourself up... on the lowering portion of a single-leg movement, glutes and hams have to stabilize and decelerate your body. It's almost always more difficult. Sounds like you are normal!
