If your making gains and not getting injured then keep doing what your doing. Unless this trainer has paid his dues (years) in the gym I would dismiss his advice.
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I'm in that same boat so I know exactly what you MEAN to say but, let's qualify that statement. You do NOT want to lean forward. You want to make sure you keep the weight on your heels. Getting sloppy with my form and letting the weight get too far onto my toes is how I torm my Patellar tendon so many years ago and will never be able squat as heavy as I used to because of it.
Forget about where your knees are in relation to your toes, that means nothing. What matters is where the weight is. Keep in on your heels and you'll get a great quad/ham workout.
Maybe it's just me, but if you're squatting with free weights, it's virtually impossible to squat and let your knees pass your toes without falling on your face. Now a Smith machine, that's something different..
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i tend to think of body mechanics too.. ex.. when I do say incline dumbell presses, I push from my "elbows" and it is just a pivot joint at the elbow and try to think of my triceps just keeping the weight (elbows) purpendicular to the floor (holding it in place not pressing so much) and let the weight press up from elbows, (chest muscles)
in squats, i think of the lower back like a tricep. let the weight go down using your legs and any bending over by back is just to maintain balance. using the 2 x 4 helps alot in keeping the weight over heels, (CENTER OF GRAVITY), I bend over TOO much when I dont use one,
(I hope that didnt sound retarded)... but I do the same with lat pulldowns too, pull down from elbows and I have been able to almost keep biceps limp for the first few reps cuz it is all from elbows or machine presses for shoulders, I dont think of straightening arms, I think of the arc movement elbow makes and I use less tris. (sorry if I digressed)
in squats, i think of the lower back like a tricep. let the weight go down using your legs and any bending over by back is just to maintain balance. using the 2 x 4 helps alot in keeping the weight over heels, (CENTER OF GRAVITY), I bend over TOO much when I dont use one,
(I hope that didnt sound retarded)... but I do the same with lat pulldowns too, pull down from elbows and I have been able to almost keep biceps limp for the first few reps cuz it is all from elbows or machine presses for shoulders, I dont think of straightening arms, I think of the arc movement elbow makes and I use less tris. (sorry if I digressed)
