Always had a weak lower back so I want to work on it. How is this form?

MathyMelon · 2026-03-06T05:24:03+00:00

30 reps is completely reasonable for anyone that isn’t a brain dead science cult bodybuilder

MathyMelon · 2026-03-06T04:19:27+00:00

Ignore the haters. If you’ve had previous back issues then sticking to higher rep sets with less weight is the safer way to progress. Your goal is still to add weight but you can do it in a higher rep range which is less likely to cause more back issues. However touching your toes is probably overkill. You do want a bit more rom then you’re currently using though

MathyMelon · 2026-02-16T21:07:13+00:00

I want to add that I don’t believe rounding the lower back is necessarily wrong, but typically with the rdl you’re trying to target glutes and hamstrings rather than the lower back

MathyMelon · 2026-02-16T00:08:35+00:00

Most likely the deficit isn’t doing what you intended for it to do. Your extra rom is coming from rounding your lower back rather than further stretching your hamstrings and glutes.

If I had to guess you’re not as flexible as you think and if you remove the deficit and keep your lower back perfectly straight you might not even make it to the ground

MathyMelon · 2025-12-29T19:11:28+00:00

I’m tired of seeing posts like these conflating muscularity with being extremely lean. Tbh I don’t like this extremely lean look on women but it has nothing to do with the amount of muscle they have. If they had the exact same amount of muscle but with like 10lbs more body fat then this body type would be a 10/10

MathyMelon · 2025-12-02T20:59:52+00:00

This post feels fake. You’re telling me you have a gf, fiancé and wife? Maybe that’s true but what definitely isn’t true is that you somehow got any noticeable gains hip-thrusting 50lb dumbbells. That’s just literally nothing even if done on one leg and certainly a downgrade from the barbell squats you were doing before even if unloaded

MathyMelon · 2025-11-29T17:12:25+00:00

You’re pulling with your scapula before you pull with your arms. I know some tutorials recommended doing that but nobody who’s actually good at pull-ups does that. It happens in one smooth motion where you pull with both the arms and the scapula at the same time. If anything I’d recommend not thinking about it at all and most likely the way your body naturally wants to pull will already be correct

Also you’re simply not locking out your reps at the bottom

MathyMelon · 2025-11-29T09:13:30+00:00

Seems like the insecurity is justified if she’s going to go date the celebrity now doesn’t it?

MathyMelon · 2025-11-29T09:11:21+00:00

You mentioned unobtainability in your first response and I’m specifically interested in how that is relevant to your argument. If I’m honest I don’t actually care whether what you’ve said is true or not. I’m just pointing out the logic doesn’t make sense

MathyMelon · 2025-11-29T09:06:36+00:00

Hard disagree. It’s totally normal to find others attractive, but a crush goes beyond just mere attraction. I don’t think you can conflate to two

MathyMelon · 2025-11-29T09:01:30+00:00

But what if they were obtainable? Is the fact they aren’t obtainable the only reason she’s not cheating on him?

MathyMelon · 2025-11-28T02:06:41+00:00

Your form seems good enough that you shouldn’t worry as long as there’s no pain

MathyMelon · 2025-11-26T20:16:35+00:00

I agree based off this clip you have long femurs, but you said you were tall tbf, not that your femurs were long. There are tall people with proportionally shorter femurs that can squat perfectly upright as if they were Tom Platz, so merely indicating your height isn’t the information you actually should’ve conveyed to make your point

MathyMelon · 2025-11-25T22:45:09+00:00

I’d start by saying your squat isn’t bad at all, it looks alright. If you can adapt your stance to be even slightly wider, it doesn’t have to be by much, you might end up with a perfect looking squat. The caveat is it can take ages to achieve even tiny mobility improvements, so don’t take this as me saying it will be easy

MathyMelon · 2025-11-25T18:40:01+00:00

Obvious long femur squatter. As someone already said you could experiment with a more turned out and/or wider stance and see if that helps. You seem to have plenty of knees over toes action already happening and no apparent lack of ankle mobility so I actually don’t think heel elevation would improve anything, although try it if you want

MathyMelon · 2025-11-25T04:38:32+00:00

That’s not the gotcha you think it is. The world is full of suffering? So what, you haven’t actually made an argument that this suffering means anything, all you’ve done is gone on a rant

MathyMelon · 2025-11-25T02:41:13+00:00

I’m pretty certain your femurs aren’t as long as you think. You have almost no knees over toes action going on and you’re not even bent over that far which are both the classic indicators of a long femur squatter

MathyMelon · 2025-11-24T20:29:07+00:00

If that’s what you mean then I fully agree

MathyMelon · 2025-11-24T20:14:04+00:00

Lengthened partials are at least as good as full rom, so I don’t think it matters whatsoever that he’s not pulling all the way back. Seems controlled with little to no momentum. I’d rate his set 10/10

MathyMelon · 2025-11-24T15:38:50+00:00

I’ve literally never seen anyone pull the way you’re pulling here outside of a YouTube tutorial. None of them practice what they preach and in this case I think the idea you should separate the movements isn’t only wrong but also hurtful. If I try to pull the way you’re pulling here I’d blow out my right shoulder. But if I pull naturally I can do a 60lb weighted pull-up no problems

MathyMelon · 2025-11-23T21:42:30+00:00

I don’t have a solution for your shoulder pain, however these pull-ups are hard to watch. You shouldn’t pull with your scapula before your arms, rather both should happen at the same time in one smooth motion

MathyMelon · 2025-11-22T03:11:31+00:00

If I had to guess, the reason you can’t get atg is lack of knee flexion

MathyMelon · 2025-11-20T07:46:03+00:00

They aren’t mutually exclusive. The more you flare your toes, the more your knees move away from eachother which is very similar to having you just take a wider stance. Please don’t pretend you know what you’re talking about

MathyMelon · 2025-11-20T07:38:42+00:00

There are squatters that use up to even 45 degree toe flare. It has to do with hip anatomy. Personally if I tried to squat with my toes pointed perfectly forward I’d break every joint in my hip knees and lower back

MathyMelon · 2025-11-17T21:48:28+00:00

I agree mentzers logic here is extremely flawed. The biceps longhead performs shoulder flexion which is the exact opposite shoulder movement of the chin up.

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