Been experiencing a lot of anterior hip pain after squatting. Usually goes away after ~1 day. These work sets I pointed my toes more forward (15-20degrees) than I had been (35-40). Still having pain.
I’m 37, 5’11” 225lbs, doing SSNLP, and these are my 3 work sets of 5 @ 225.
1st set:
2nd set:
3rd set:
Thanks for your time!
If it goes away after 1 day, I would worry too much.
Have you tried experimenting with stance width? Width was a bigger factor for me than toe angle.
Your form looks fine to me. Very small points, but your toes are coming up out of the hole a tiny amount (might be on the heels a bit too much) and it’s tough to tell from this angle, but you appear to be going a bit too low on some reps (with a bit of relaxing to get there maybe.) Think UP on the way down helps me to stay tight.
Just my 2cents.
Phonics, did narrower or wider help you?
Your stance is pretty narrow now so your toes should be pointed forward a little more. You could try playing with a wider stance or play around with low bar and see if anything changes. If the pain goes away within a day I wouldn’t worry about it though if it were me.
I think I would agree with Phonics that your big toe at least is coming up on your ascent. Either you are pushing out with your knees a bit too much (imagine jumping off your pinky toe, it’s not your strongest position) or you are in your heels a bit too much in general. I can’t tell from this angle. Also, I question whether you are bracing your abs enough. On low bar, if I don’t brace my abs enough on heavy weight, I get pain in my hip.
For me, a slightly wider than normal stance helped (hair’s width more than shoulders for me). The toe angle I found that worked best was just enough outward rotation to feel that the weight was balanced over mid foot. 25-30 degrees or so. As implied above, a wider stance puts the legs into more external rotation naturally, so the toes will be wider than in a narrower stance.
I’d also echo the other posters that you should not be concerned with a day’s worth of pain. If it’s persistent due to a narrow stance, it’s worth this small change, but sometimes “perfect” form can still cause discomfort in my experience.