+1. I’ve been trying to do a low bar squat for about a month now and kept on wondering how to drive the knees out. Also, I’ve never pulled sumo, so it’s understandable. 🤷🏻♂️
@@Artaxerxes. , I’ve got extremely poor ankle mobility due to having really dominant calves, so I’ve been trying heavy squats since recently. I also do 300kg for 20 reps standing machine calf raises at 79kg bw. Do you?
This advice is gold. I start every squat rep this way as a part of my bracing. It's a fantastic way to simplify and stabilize the movement by preloading the movers.
I can report that ive been a very tight hipped poor squatter for a life time. This was the first mental key that made sense to me and boom. Low controlled squat. Awesome. Ive been working on my knees hips n toes for a year now thanks to your video and book
@@marabunta1980 good actually. Funny topic. But yes Ive been in different shoes and find myself stretching my hips knees ankles n toes throughout the day. Im pretty convinced theres whole new layers of strength balance and coordination along the path. Side note, I think theres even emotional and spiritual things shifting as I clear things out.
Maaaan, that is such a simple cue. I've been so focused on my knees turning out properly and completely not think about my hips coming into play. Thank you!
The squat becomes a hip movement when you do this, taking tension off quads. Try it but try and make sure you’re always feeling that pressure in the quads
@@willostrand6555 The squat is a compound lift that works all the leg muscles, from your glutes down to the muscles in your feet. It’s impossible for a squat to “take the tension off your quads” since they’re required to get you low and back up again; especially a squat done with proper form like this. Going ass to grass gives you a fuller range of motion and has all your leg muscles more time under tension. Performing a squat any other way is just doing half, or 3/4, reps. Watch any clip of Tom Platz doing a squat, then come back here and tell us again how this isn’t the optimal way to do a squat…
I have been suffering from a grinding knee for almost 4 weeks now and have avoided squatting because it’s grinds every time. I follow thèse tips and no knee grinding at all.
@@dannyrios2004 don’t think so? Just did some self examinations for it and I experience none of the symptom pain. I think it’s from tight hip flexors and weak glutes pulling the knee and compensating. I have never felt the flute activation like this video showed before in a squat
Maybe knee tracking issue. I was able to pop my knee back into place and later on squat again. I did think i was losing cartilage or or tore something. Obviously not.
@@jackmeehov8917 you named a few guys that are heavy benchers but not deadlift/squat, and Coan has higher total scores despite weighing significantly less. Coan is my pick.
That works for femur that locate in hips like that. But if yours locate differently... Hip movements include flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, circumduction, and hip rotation. We're actually all different!!!
Greatest powerlifter of all time. His 2400+ numbers at 220 is epic. That was practically raw. He did it back when gear was ace bandages and stretchy squat suits and shirts. Oh no, will I be banned by the WADA for watching this video? Rock on Ed.
Hugely embarrassing to see people not realising that this is essentially the perfect human physique for strength. Time to step away from IG people smfh
Come on guys, this is getting silly now; all the sycophancy combined with insisting that being a fat ba*tard is an ideal. I get it, people think this guy is some kind-of God, and he's probably strong (like lots of normal overweight guys are without being powerlifting deities), but if I saw him in my local gym and he tried to advise me, I would likely ignore him. Like the *vast majority* of gym-goers, I'm not striving to look like that quite frankly, and I rarely have to lift a car off someone and require superhuman strength, so I shall stick with trying to look more aesthetic thanks, even if I'm not 'bodybuilding' as such. I don't think it is in any way embarassing to not want to carry around so much fat.
do they call him that because hes the same height as a goat? this dudes so short he doesnt have to bend any body parts to do a squat. GOAT of leverage.
