[image] Hi, Absolute beginner know. Are my knees here way too far or is this still acceptable? I am 6’3". Any other issues (I see knees moving, heels lifting up , bar not necessarily over middle of the foot, bad grip with awkward wrist position, not sure about back position). [ - YouTube…

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Nothing wrong with knees, your stance looks pretty good for a beginner. Work on your arms though, keep them under the bar for more upper back tightness. No need to be flaring them so far behind you.

It seems to me you are trying to do a high bar squat with the bar in the low bar position. Your knee is sticking out so far because you are all legs and your stance is not wide enough. Watch what your knees are doing when you fatigue, they collapse in a bit. Also, minor thing but your feet are not …

I think Ben Bruno said that your knees travelling over your toes is not the big issue (when you have long thighs it may be inevitable) but going up on your toes is - which is what you’re doing. for a low bar squat, you’re waaay too much forward. I agree with tsantos on this. My advice would be to us…

Widen your stance just a bit, lower bar down on your back a bout a inch or so, break at the hips, push knees out, screw the floor problem solved , problem staying solved.

Looks good. I agree with above post - keep arms underneath the bar (its not really clamping or holding the bar against your back. It should just kinda stick without force.) Your hands then keep it from sliding down. Think of pointing elbows down not back and bar resting between palm. The one thing a…

This is not good at all. This is one of those squats that looks much better than it is. If you are getting depth like that with your knees coming forward there is one of two things happening. Your an olympic lifter. And a damn good one. OR your body is faking it and doing a deep squat with very…

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[quote]Reed wrote: Widen your stance just a bit, lower bar down on your back a bout a inch or so, break at the hips, push knees out, screw the floor problem solved , problem staying solved.[/quote] All of this.

[quote]Massthetics wrote: Nothing wrong with knees, your stance looks pretty good for a beginner. Work on your arms though, keep them under the bar for more upper back tightness. No need to be flaring them so far behind you.[/quote] Less of this

Squat Form Check - Knees Way Too Far?

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jjackkrash September 13, 2014, 12:12am 15

OP, if you get conflicting advice and some of it comes from Reed, listen to Reed. He has a track record here.

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