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What you want is specifically for your center of mass to stay balanced above the mid foot. This is not the same as having the barbell directly over the mid foot, although as the weight of the barbell becomes large compared to your bodyweight then that becomes a better and better approximation. Since you're just using a broomstick you will have to lean forwards to counterweight your hips moving backwards.
Do you still feel balanced over a constant spot on the mid foot even as you "smooch the wall"?
Ah, that makes sense.
But if my own weight is balanced above the mid foot when I squat bodyweight and the barbell is balanced above the mid foot when I put it on my traps, why should our centers of mass diverge? If anything, as the barbell gets heavier and I lean forward to squat, I should be using my hips more and more as a counterweight.UPD: I played around with http://mysquatmechanics.com/ and I think I got it. Poor ankle flexion forces your squat to be hip-heavy, causing you to lean. The better the flexion, the more you can share the load between your quads and your hips. So it's either my ankles are too stiff (easy to check), or my quads are too weak.
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