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You know that in order to get better results from your squats that you need to squat low, or at least deeper than you squat right now. We always think that we don’t squat low enough. Sometimes this happens because we don’t have adequate quad strength and sometimes it is due to flexibility or mobility issues. In this video, I show you how to squat lower and how to go deeper into your squats with two quick tips.
In fact, you can incorporate the squat tips I show you here into your very next leg workout.
The proper squat depth is needed to help put the focus on the legs and not on the back or knees. Learning how to squat deeper though is about much more than technique and strength (as you’ll see in this video). The squat exercise requires equal parts mobility, flexibility and strength. One without the other is not enough to execute proper squat form let alone to start banging out ass to grass squats.
People will often ask, how low should I squat. My answer is always, as low as you can squat without compromising your other joints. Well, now you should be able to start to do low squats and improve your squat with just a little bit of practice.
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40 comments
Is the mobility exercises with the band a permanent solution or does it only work for to squat that comes after. Can your bones change position over time, so you can eventually do it without that mobility exercise?
what if your issue is posterior pelvic tilt just before the femur is parallel to the ground? tight hamstrings?
SUPERHERO!!!
Great video Jeff. Thank you for some fantastic advice
Always with this "you're doing it wrong." I can't stand this guy's videos. Why can't he just show something and not create this fear and whatnot?
I would like a video on bar position for squats with consideration to torso vs leg length, tall vs short, high bar vs low bar. Thanks!
Thanks Jeff,
Since I was a child I was had a problem with proper walking, I always walked/runned on my toes. My parents were always correcting me on this. Now I'm 24 years old, my calves have fully been grown short in tightness. I have never been able to bend my feet like others and I know nobody with this issue. Also internet didn't helped me much and the family doctor also couldn't help.
I started following you're channel since working out again. Love the channel and because you are also a physical therapist I know you would have a video for my problem! So I searched on your channel and found this video!
I wonder if I will ever be able to proper squat by going deep without a plate below my feet, but I will try these tips!
Tried to do this and I can't. My ankles are so stiff I can't reach the weights at the bottom with my hands.
He's a Gollum because he wears the three stripes of Adidas and squats on full heels
I found that when I cut sugar out of my diet completely I squat with no pain
Super interesting and great ideas
My problem is less flexibility… ii is a mental problem and fear of an accident. I lift very light for this reason.
5:00 subliminal messaging hahahah
Hoping this will help me feel it in my glutes better than hamstrings. I'm very out of shape though
Jeff picks up the 135 lbs like it's made of helium.
Show 👏👏👏👏🤜🤛😎show!!
2019 anyone?
It's pretty amazing how he took that 135 barbell like it had barely any weight on it and threw it on his back lol
Wow, you are so sharp! Thanks!
was this about WWE NXT? i know he has some wwe wrestlers on his channel
5:56 those shoes are awesome!
Looking to improve my squat depth. Finds a 5 year old Jeff C video! Jackpot!
Could you not spread your legs wider? Or is that a bad idea?
Really really need this one
I was literally wondering about this today while doing squats. Fookin YouTube spies.
More videos on this topic pls
I honestly can’t express how helpful this video is for me. Thank you so so much for curative content like this!!
he had much bigger arms back in the days
Holding the bar in partial squat and then turning to your right could set you up for injury. Beware of that dance. (The twist)
Looked this up for my workout buddy who has this issue. Will try that today!
I can’t even move my butt 1 inch down when I step on the weight. Zero mobility I guess I just can’t do squats at all
You are a godsend Jeff. 🙏🙏🙏
I can't go far down, but it's my hips that won't go down. I have plenty more ankle dorsalflexion than I need to go down deeper, but the hips won't go down.
This GUY DID NOT AGE AT ALL LMFAO
I will try these drills. I used to sprain my ankle a lot few years ago and now is difficult to lunge and squat properly
I couldn’t squat at all without my heels coming off the ground. Doing the mobility drill with a rubber band before the exercise instantly fixed it! My feet are planted and knees don’t go far beyond the toes. Can’t believe it worked so well.
1:40 what a freaky subliminal
1:41 5:00 NXT DECEMBER 2 scared me
Did anyone else see that subliminal advertisement at 4:59
Really great stuff, thanks much