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Looking up during squats forces your lower back into an arch and limits how deep you can go. Instead, lean forward slightly and fix your gaze on the ground ahead to keep your spine neutral and reduce strain.
Looking up during squats forces your lower back into an arch and limits how deep you can go. Instead, lean forward slightly and fix your gaze on the ground ahead to keep your spine neutral and reduce strain.
Make this one form correction to fix your squats instantly. You were probably taught to look up and keep your chest up when you do a squat. This couldn't be more wrong, and here's why. When you try to keep your chest up and look up, you end up arching your lower back. And this is why your lower back probably hurts when you're doing squats. So instead, what I want you to do is when you go down, you should be slightly leaning your torso forward. And then picking a spot on the ground in front of you to look at the entire time during your squat. This way, when you go down, you're actually keeping your spine neutral, and you'll find you're able to get a lower range of motion as well. Try it out in your next workout, and I hope this helps.
