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Originally Posted by citymouse
The hardest exercise for me is squats. My squat weight is so much less than my deadlifts and other leg exercises.
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Me too! I have pretty good flexibility in my back - I can do a bridge up - But I have a really hard time getting low in squats without dropping my torso as I get lower. Deadlifts make me feel powerful - I just did 95# in 6B the other day and felt tough and balanced, but my squats are at 60# and I feel pained on each rep.
When doing squats, I'm trying to envision that a soccer ball may come propelling at me at any given moment, so I'd better have my chest out and open to receive it - that's helping me focus on my posture and keeping my torso up and butt down.
In rereading the book, I notice a whole section on quad/glute imbalance in women, and I think that I'm actually a lot stronger in my back and butt - my upper back is another story - but I need to focus a lot more attention on building my quads.