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good to get clarification, at least within this thread.

after watching more film of me, I see I was shifting weight to the front of my feet. Bad bad bad. Knees were just slightly over toes. Depth ok, but a tendency to favor the left leg and buckle the right knee.

I'm going down about 50 lbs and increasing the frequency and volume of "heavy" squats. In my focus on puting more weight on the bar, there have been compromises. I need to feel good about droppnig the weight though, and not be beating myself up because I may be "scared of the heavier weights"...

great link Mark.

AFAICT using a wide stance, the adductors are used much more. Rip teaches to push the knees as far out as possible for this and other reasons: it minimizes the chance of rounding the back as the femur can clear the hip more easily, in this article (PDF) he calls it "hip impingement" and "active hip", but the same matter is discussed in Starting Strength. Also using more muscles in synergy should help move more weight.



I was reading just yesterday Wikipedia about bench shirts, found this part nothing short of impressive:





I think some amount of shift is acceptable..? when the load is challenging I can feel a good part of the weight on the balls of my feet, regardless of the habit of keeping my toes curled up all the time.

edit: forgotten link to Rip's article

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"Pulled" adductor muscles could be what caused my groin strain.



That suit indeed did a lot.... I didn't bother to check the link but maybe he's using multiple suits?

overheard...

(Jim and Bill watching their favorite sports talk show)

Jim: "Has Betty gained a lot of weight"
Bill: "You know the camera adds about 10 lbs"
Jim: "Well, there must be about 6 cameras on her then."