Position: Forward-Back

Not Quite Right

Here are some problems that may appear if the front-back position of your body or the bench is not quite right, and some likely solutions:

• You have to slide forward, stretch too much, or lean back to balance or to reach the expression pedals. Slide the bench or your body forward.
• You feel unsupported under your legs. Slide the bench forward or your body back.
• Your feet feel “pinned in” when they try to pass by each other. Slide the bench or your body back.
• You have to stretch too much to reach the highest or lowest pedal keys. Slide forward.
• The toes fall more than an inch behind the pedal sharps or into the sharps when the lower legs are dangling freely at the knee--at about a 90-degree angle. Slide forward.