Hey people,
I have recently encountered the issue that the bar tilts to the left when I squat.
You can clearly see the issue here:
Do you guys have any tips on how to fix this? I appreciate any help.
(BTW, I know my knees cave in a little. That’s an issue I already fixed)
I have a similar problem with my squat. It looks to me like your right tibia is longer than your left. One of your femurs might even be shorter. There appears to be some slight twisting in your hips as you approach the bottom. Do you use an even stance? I personally use a slight stagger to compensate for mine because I have a slightly shorter femur in my right leg, but the tibia is longer than my left so I end up with even legs overall when standing straight up. It’s only at the bottom that my right side dips down. The other thing is to focus on is keeping your hips centered throughout the entire rep and not lean into one leg or the other.
I’ve never seen a coach so I’d be curious to see what more experienced people would say… Jordan recently questioned in one of his videos about the need to make compensations for leg length discrepancies so I’m not sure what their recommendation would be. I’m still playing around with just how much I stagger because it feels uneven to me in my hips at the bottom, no matter what I do and I tend to lean into my right leg. You might consider posting this video in the facebook group.
I’ve had this problem too. I fixed it by moving the bar up my back a little bit more, and carrying the bar on my back better in general.
I really like to make sure the bar is squeezed between my traps and shoulders.
Had similar issues and it caused me so much frustration when I started. It was much worse than yours, my hips would shoot all over the place and I would twist when I did anything heavy in the squat.
My right leg is shorter so I started using a shim, which made things a little bit better (but probably some placebo going on too) but it didn’t magically fix everything. But the the shim, in combination with getting my upper back tight and to use a thumb-around grip seems to fix most shifting and bar tilt for me at least.
The cues I use is 1) to pin my elbows to the side, 2) squeeze my shoulder blades together.