So, for the longest, I've been doing squats and when I learned to do them, I believe I was told to keep feet flat, my heels down, toes slightly outward, feet about shoulder-width apart, and....
....absolutely do NOT let your knees pass your toes.
(Put a pin in that for a second)
I've been doing it that day for years, deep below parallel even, and my form's been pretty decent up until the past few years when I've gone up in weight. (275, 315 for sets of 10-12, but never wanted to go beyond and I always work out solo).
Lately, my stance has started to become slightly staggered with my right leg inching forward and I've been paying for it with a bit of hip pain. I obviously noticed and, of course, I figured it was because I'd become lax with the form and overcompensated for the extra weight.
Did some reading up and heard that some (established) guys stagger a bit, but it still didn't feel right.
Last night, I'm squatting and this guy comes up and asks to work in. "Of course".
Dude starts pulling out his knee wraps and he's got the Romaleos on, so I'm watching like
I figured if there was ever a person I could ask to critique my form, it'd be this cat. I chat with him and dude seems like a squat junkie, so he helps me out a bit when I'm in motion, letting me know if my foot's come back, when I'm going too wide, and if I'm angling. It's a solid experience. I get the form that I want, even though it feels off now.
So, I'm heading out after the workout and I'm talking to the front desk guy about what happened and how I'm trying to fix my squat. At some point, I mention that I might be overcompensating for weight AND trying to be strict to the "no knees over the toe" thing...
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He goes, "Oh...yeah, man...you know? Turns out that's a myth. Check it out. Look up Julian Smith on Instagram."
I check it out and the guy on there's doing all sorts of squat variations with good amounts of weight and basically keeping his feet down but at some points, he's doing his squats with both legs in, shoulder-width, sumo, sissy, you name it.
I get home and do my googles. Turns out that EVERY place is saying it's a myth. Same with lunges.
I'm going to try it out. Of course, I'm not about to get all crazy with form. I keep my pause & full control
, but I'm going to try to tear quads up this summer. I've never been able to shred them.
What are your thoughts?
....absolutely do NOT let your knees pass your toes.
(Put a pin in that for a second)
I've been doing it that day for years, deep below parallel even, and my form's been pretty decent up until the past few years when I've gone up in weight. (275, 315 for sets of 10-12, but never wanted to go beyond and I always work out solo).
Lately, my stance has started to become slightly staggered with my right leg inching forward and I've been paying for it with a bit of hip pain. I obviously noticed and, of course, I figured it was because I'd become lax with the form and overcompensated for the extra weight.
Did some reading up and heard that some (established) guys stagger a bit, but it still didn't feel right.
Last night, I'm squatting and this guy comes up and asks to work in. "Of course".
Dude starts pulling out his knee wraps and he's got the Romaleos on, so I'm watching like
I figured if there was ever a person I could ask to critique my form, it'd be this cat. I chat with him and dude seems like a squat junkie, so he helps me out a bit when I'm in motion, letting me know if my foot's come back, when I'm going too wide, and if I'm angling. It's a solid experience. I get the form that I want, even though it feels off now.
So, I'm heading out after the workout and I'm talking to the front desk guy about what happened and how I'm trying to fix my squat. At some point, I mention that I might be overcompensating for weight AND trying to be strict to the "no knees over the toe" thing...
(Unpin it now)
He goes, "Oh...yeah, man...you know? Turns out that's a myth. Check it out. Look up Julian Smith on Instagram."
I check it out and the guy on there's doing all sorts of squat variations with good amounts of weight and basically keeping his feet down but at some points, he's doing his squats with both legs in, shoulder-width, sumo, sissy, you name it.
I get home and do my googles. Turns out that EVERY place is saying it's a myth. Same with lunges.
I'm going to try it out. Of course, I'm not about to get all crazy with form. I keep my pause & full control
, but I'm going to try to tear quads up this summer. I've never been able to shred them. What are your thoughts?
I initiate the squat by pushing my hips back then start to drop it low and bend my knees
