Quote (Braxton11 @ Oct 14 2016 04:14pm)
If you're squatting to a bench, you're not going through the full range of the motion. If you can't get through the whole range of motion without pain, you really need to become more flexible.
When you squat down your heel should be on the ground and your knee should be a few inches in front of your toes. If you can't do that right now without any weight on your back, your form isn't correct and you need to work on flexibility.
There's no pain during the motion, it was uncomfortable for about an hour after the lift. The bench I'm squatting to is probably 14 inches off the ground, that just about breaks 90 degrees on me.
My issue before was that I was rolling on my toes and going forward before with a shoulder width stance. I've been working on my form while sacrificing weight until I get it down.. I figured box squats would help by placing a target goal on deepness of the squat. The only other alternative I could think of, other than body weight squats which I do every day among other stretches, was use a smith rack.
Any suggestions on gaining flexibility? I've dropped weight and basically made it so that my exercise revolves around practicing form for now and I stretch, both before and after my workout.