Is this all in my head?

[Pam]

When I'm doing my squats during this new workout I'm doing I have found that if I lean forward more it places more emphasis on my quads and if I lean back it moves to my hams. So what I've been doing is changing my position during my squats so that I give some relief to the muscles I was working more. Does this sound like its possible or is it all in my head? Whatever it is it sure makes a difference in how many squats I can do before I have to start slowing down

[RyanA]

I think it is legit.

When I place my feet closer together (narrow stance), I can do MANY more faster reps.

[fish]

Oh, my, Pam, that sounds bad to me.

Of course one recruits different muscles when one does a deadlift rather than a squat. It seems to me that as you move the vertical gravity line of the weight forward or backward you are doing the same thing.

And it seems logical that if one can recruit different, "fresh" muscles to make the same move. there might be some newfound strength.

But to change your line in the same session, much less the same set, goes against everything I have ever read about avoiding injury. I thought the object was to get the groove and hold it.

Of course, you are not losing the groove because of fatigue, but changing it to involve different muscles. And I admit that I do some dynamic exercises of that nature with very very light weight.

But the idea of changing my line in the middle of a set of squats or deadlifts, well, pas moi.

Be safe,

fish