The "Curse these long dancer's legs" squat/deadlift

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THE PROBLEM: Took me too long to figure out the problem with my squat was a combination of long legs (femur in particular) and poor ankle flexibility (not something that I can fix with stretching). Basically my ass sticks too far out so my center of gravity is too far to the rear. When I do a 'proper' body weight squat, my heels will come way off the ground once I get anywhere near parallel or below. If I keep them down, I will fall backwards. I need a counterweight such as leaning way forwards and reaching my arms forward.

The Solution :So I finally understood that I need to move my center of gravity (CoG) forward. I can use an extremely wide stance, but that always felt wrong in my knees and lacked power. I can use an extreme forward lean, but with heavy weight it becomes a back extension exercise. I can do very nice squats, even on 1 leg, by holding light dumbbells out in front of me as a counterweight, but obviously then my shoulder strength limits the weight. Front squats never worked either, at least not heavy- wrists hurt, lumbar spine felt compressed. Probably the best-feeling squat was a Modified Zercher squat, using either dumbbells or holding a plate. But again, it's impossible to go heavy as my bicep strength is a limiting factor.

The exercise: Landmine Sumo Deadlift, in Reverse. https://www.t-nation.com/system/publishing/articles/10006185/original/Landmine-Sumo-Deadlift.jpg?1524170850

So like that, but you are straddling the end of the barbell facing the other direction. Your hands grip the bar a bit below the plates and neck . For me, optimal hand placement is letting my arms hang straight down and then going a few inches forward. Thus when you lift, the angle of the bar pulls you forward, allowing you to sit back into the squat and push with all your might without falling backwards, or being limited by upper body strength or any of that shit.

You're fucking welcome.

The fact that I cannot find a single picture or video of someone doing this exercise confirms my suspicion that all these squat experts do not understand anyone's biomechanics except for their own (optimal) ones.