Is my squat form right?
Good squat form usually means your hip crease reaches about knee height or lower, your knees travel in line with your toes, and the bar stays over the middle of your foot from top to bottom. The most common faults are cutting depth short, knees caving in on the way up, and the bar drifting forward as the chest drops. Filming one set from slightly in front of your side is the quickest way to see which one you have.
Upload one set of squats and see the one thing to fix before your next set: depth, knees, and where the bar travels.
Check my squat freeNo signup. Your video stays on your phone; only a few frames are analyzed.
Common squat faults it can point out
- 1DepthWhether your hip crease reaches knee height at the bottom.
- 2Knees caving inWhether your knees drift inside your feet, usually coming out of the bottom.
- 3Bar driftWhether the bar stays over mid-foot or wanders forward.
The check picks what matters in your set, which may be none of these. Each thing it reports comes back as looks right, adjust, or can't judge. Never a score, and never a number nothing measured. You get the one thing to change on your next set.
How to film it
- 1Any angle works. If you have a choice, slightly in front of your side shows depth and bar path best.
- 2Whole body and the bar in frame, from the floor to above your head.
- 3Film the whole set. 5 to 30 seconds is plenty. Whatever an angle hides, the result marks as can't judge rather than guessing.
Form checks help you move more safely. They are not a medical assessment. If something hurts, see a doctor.