Squat biomechanics and the effects on your spine

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I need some clarification on the hip and spine alignment during a squat.

In some of the weightlifting books they have explained that you start

your drop with your hips and when you get in the bottom (close or just

below parallel) your tailbone is actually pushed back, right? The other

day a strength coach was explaining a " russian squat " to a person next

to me and explained he needed to keep his back as upright as possible

while pulling in his hip, or glutes, which contradicts what I had

previously understood. Maybe I've been doing it wrong which would

explain my back issues.

Thanks,

Matt Kahl

Kenosha, WI