This is nothing new if you have bad back, like me. Pain can be a good teacher when it comes to proper form. As a bonus, I have a runner's knee, so my wall-facin

This is nothing new if you have bad back, like me. Pain can be a good teacher when it comes to proper form. As a bonus, I have a runner's knee, so my wall-facing squats are damn near perfect. I'm perfecting my technique, and nowadays I'm doing my squats by ear. I know my squats are perfect when I don't hear any creaking in my left knee. As for why we, westerners bend this bad way by default ? It may have something to do with chairs. Sitting on a chair makes you used to bending over at your hips, because a chair makes any other bending impossible.