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@borisv No, I think those are just my bad shoes (spongy ). I felt stable with good tension through my heels and toes. If I look forward that's where the mirror is, and I start over-analizying everything about the movement and feel imbalanced / lose focus.

@just4paulok Whenever I try looking forward I feel like I'm losing balance for some reason - it doesn't actually happen, but it feels that way. To improve my lower back strength & posture in general, I've been doing good mornings for a few months - it's definitely getting better and I highly...

@h0peful4change We all have our preferences, I guess. I don't see reasons in keep doing something you don't particularly like doing. Flat BB feels good. DB flat bench, nope. Incline BB hurts. Incline DB feels great. Overhead extensions are awkward - skull crushers feel great. I've given all...

@estherrising I understand where you're coming from. I also have a couple exercises I've dropped because they either don't feel good for me (incline BB press, BB OHP, leg extensions, ...) or I can't seem to develop a good mind muscle connection with (dips, close grip bench press, overhead...

@noelcraddock I received a powerful shot when playing football. Had my hand close to my ribcage, knuckles went in there, smashed something. Now I can't do shit in the gym as any kind of brace is painful. Fun times.

@dananglingson Thanks! That's my suspicion as well - I either failed to brace properly or slightly overextended my back, or both. I'll do combination of better/lower reps warmup + more focus on bracing and stacking and hopefully this won't happen again..

@gtorre I’d go with overkill rather than another injury every day of the week 😄

@gtorre Hmm, I never followed this approach. I am increasing the weight and decreasing the reps, but not to this degree. I do 65lbs for 15, 90lbs for 12, 155lbs for 10 and then go into 180lbs for 8. But what you’re saying makes sense. Thanks!

@gtorre I warm up pretty good - leg swings, hip circles, rotating knees (no idea what these are called), dynamic stretches. Then I do 2-3 warmup sets (15/12/10 reps), increasing the weight with each set. No divebombing, 10lb might be too much - the reason I went with it is because I my...

@jely Could very well be. There are times when I feel my bracing is indestructible like I could lift a zillion lbs, and times in which I feel it slightly off - asking myself “was that a good one? i kind of felt this one more in my chest than belly”. I know the theory behind bracing properly, I’m...

I'm sick and tired of injuring my back. I've been lifting for couple of years and squatting always gets me injured at some point. “well, do something else!” you might say. Thing is…I love squatting. 🙃 Anyway. More context. I've been getting injured on and off for years, and at some point I...