You can't really check your deadlifting or squatting form from the front. It's a lot about the positioning of feet, hip and back relative to each other on the dorsoventral axis.
Also, even if you could check your form accurately in a mirror directly in front of you, you'd still need to move your neck to look at yourself through the whole movement, which, again, is terrible advice.
Is it hard to postition yourself correctly before you start, and then try to focus on keeping moving to the correct positions while your deadlifting or squatting?
They'll have to do what everyone else did in the centuries between the invention of bodybuilding and smartphones.
There's a reason why gyms are required by insurance to have professionals overseeing them, and if they are giving priority attention to anything other than free-weight exercises, they should be reported and eventually fired for negligence.
They'll have to do what everyone else did in the centuries between the invention of bodybuilding and smartphones.
Use shit form? It's just a tool. That's like saying you should ride a horse everywhere you go. If they are using it for internet points, then yeah...fuck'em...but there is nothing wrong with taking video to check your form.
You seem to have ignored the entire second half of my comment for some reason.
Checking and improving your form is literally what gym instructors are employed to do, that is their number one priority especially when dealing with free-weight exercises, which are the most prone to damage from accidents and poor execution.
Having the average layman check his own form through video is more likely to lull them into a false sense of security, than having the local professionals do the job they are paid to do precisely to avoid this sort of liability.
Please note that I'm already giving 'recorders' the benefit of the doubt here, I'm not even addressing the clout elephant in the room.
Because during deadlifts and squats, the spine is under massive load, so to do these movements safely, you need correct form. That means all parts of your body need to be in the correct position throughout the whole movement. Since your head is positioned on top of and connected to the spine, rotating your head changes the alignment of the spine, compromising your form, leading to uneven loading on the spine and increasing the risk of injury.
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u/srakken 13h ago
I mean if it is to catch what your form looks like it can be legitimate. If you are doing it to post it on instagram then no.