: Rounding of the lower back while doing squats I've been working with Starting Strength for a while now and although I've been taking lots of notes on form and watching videos wherever I can I can't stop rounding my back.

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@Andreas tips are great; also, look to the ceiling while doing the exercise.

I'm guessing that your lower back is the one that curves. That happens because its weak. You can strengthen it by doing dead lifts and/or lower back raises.

If you started to train recently, just do the lower back raises; start with 3 sets of 15 reps twice a week. I would do this for a whole month.

I've been training for a long time, years, but after a break of about 6 months; I had the same problem. What I did was:

3x15 lower back raises

Did this 3 days a week for 2 weeks.

Then I added the dead lifts, like this:

3x5 dead lifts
3x15 lower back raises

Did this 3 days a week for 2 weeks.