u/the_invisible_hand76

TLDR: how to get better balance stop good morning my squats up.

Helpful comments only,I appreciate no comments stating this isn't starting strength program blah blah, wear heeled shoes only, please read for my reasoning below.

I was a big starting strength advocate in my novice days but I've moved on to more powerlifting specific programs since I felt like I couldn't grow on the program anymore. I was also a big advocate for wearing heeled weightlifting shoes with squats up until I had quad/hip stain injury. I used to get a lot of pain in my left quad and since I've moved to a flat shoe I don't have any pain in my quad any more when I squat. Go figure since you'll put more emphasis on your quads in a weight lifting shoe. Retraining with a flat shoe as a girl with long femurs has been a challenge but I also felt like this made me work on my weak hips more. I have scoliosis as well so I always had a hip shift and will end up favoring one leg sometimes. I used to have a really bad knee cave as well but I found some squat university videos that helped. Band squats and certain stretches that help warm up the hips. My knee cav has gotten considerably better which I also think added to the injury. And I think switching to flat shoes forced me to work on my weak hips as well.

But sometimes I still struggle with balancing over midfoot which is the issue here. I'm not sure if I need to cure something more to help with the loss of balance. A common problem I have is I tend to good morning my squat up. My hips shoot up first and I have to really actively cue chest up but I feel like I get paralysis of analysis when I squat due. It could be a mental block due to past back injuries happening on the squat as well.

Since everyone hated my form the last time I posted. I dropped the weight and started the movement from the rack so I could focus the start of the movement at the top.

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I've worked hard this past year to work on my knee cave. I do warmup exercises I got from squat university mostly doing heavy circle band squats to prep my hips. My knee cave has gotten better but on max loads some caving still happens. The sticking point is about halfway up, not directly out of the hole. Is this happening because my knee cave is so bad or weak back and glutes?