How To Do The Perfect Squat, And Why You Should Do It Every Day 

I’ve had 13 years of brutal chronic pain. Over the last five years I’ve been slowly regaining my life. I’m 57 now. I’ve only recently been able to do light exercises without triggering chronic pain. After three days of doing these squats I feel it will be a life changing trajectory. It’s amazing g how good it feels. It’s activating aspects of the spine and pelvis long dormant. And I also feel it is having a positive affect on the meninges.

Why would you name a video: "How to do the perfect squat" and then talk about it instead of showing it?

squat is every day life for eastern european or asian

Respect to a man having intellect and courage to share an uncommon truth with others )

Thank you for the enlightment!! I have learned something even after all my years of doing it wrong!

I grew up in Asia and the funny thing is I haven’t done this since I was little. Yet the other day I did it for five minutes with no problem, no aches, and no straining. Heels flat on the floor. It’s almost genetic. And I also got straight up without needing to hold on to something.

I started doing this at the gym with TRX bands. Works great. Thanks for sharing.

Rodg, my man! I remember you showing me this at Anjuna Open Air! Love it!

Thanks for sharing, now I can squat the correct way. 👍🏿

In Africa, especially in villages, that's the way women squat, no chairs,no boosters. I watched my mom doing that,and I was amazed how comfortable she was. I am 52,I can't do it.

I believe in the idea of walking on barefoot. But only when the ground is in its natural form like soil and sand. With hard surfaces everywhere now, it is better to have the shoes on

THIS MAN IS A GENIUS You makes me hungry of to live

Thank you for reminding!

We Asians do it everyday while attending to call of nature :P

The resistance I feel when trying the squat is not in mostly my ankles but mostly in my hips.

I need this for sitting down on an euc.

Nice! What about grabbing on to something to hold the position? Like, if I hold on to a rack or something, I can stay the position with my heels on the ground without falling backward. If I let go I'm falling

I'm Asian.. this is a no brainer.

Simple yet really well done. Great stuff! I'm reconnecting with my physical body via natural movement, etc., and the idea of reconnection to the Human animal,. Using my body the way it was intended. The Human animal is actually pretty amazing.

Anything on learning to walk correctly, just something to do while going around the daily day?

Great video Rogerl! I'd add an extra hack (taken from yoga) to your tip at 1:12. I use it with my clients and we see progress INSANELY quickly: After you sit on a yoga block or a pile of books, bring the elbows to the inner knees, and press them against each other - use this not only to open your hips, but also as leverage to grow your spine taller. Breathe deeply and gradually sink deeper into the squat. (It's also quite meditative and grounding.) Hope it's useful 👍/ Kat

Hi Roger . Thank you for this vid and interesting tips. It's v encouraging. I am 74 , never been a sport-loving person , but do rezlise the huge importance of physical fitness and strength and flexibilty. I have always believed in healthy diet , and, I think , bc of that, I am pretty at ease- no pain anywhere apart from the occasional tweak- can never remember where Also noticed an on and off pain in my hips at about 37 yrs old , and xrays shiwed artvritis , tho not sever.e I am now on the quest of staying as strong , fit and flexible as poss and recently discovered the imortance and benefits of the Asian/primal squats . So I have become a bit obssessed haha . Have been using under my heels some balancing pods which are idéal for me . I am only at a minute per squat and gradually enlongating the time . I find it hurts only in my knees , so hope that'll improve their strength and suppleness, that the pain will subside . That is one thing I forgot to mention - my knees hurt if kneelling and sitting on my ankles in certain yoga positions . Apologies for the length . Thanks again , Roger . Will be watching other vidéos of yours.

I used the sauna for 20 minutes and then squatted in the hot spa. I then sat on a different step on the spa until I could squat on the top step.

👍👍👍 *Thanks!!*

I'm working on getting there .I can't believe I can drop it low no more..

When does he show us how to do it

1:55 reminds me of something 🤔

Is it better when i do it longer than 10min or is That risky for my Body? I can do 30min🤔

I haven't "squatted" in 15 years. I'd like to see if I can get back to it, afraid my knees will rip apart. How do we work our way back to it? Thank you!

That's a piece of cake for me as I deficate in that position

I have bad balance and start swaying if I do it. Will this help with that?

Is there furniture that's designed for use while squatting

I'm western yet that is my resting position, because for some reason I've always been sitting like that sjnce I was a child. When I realised that many can't comfortably sit like that i was kinda surprised

To get the most health benefits, does it matter if you sqaut narrow with your legs pointing more forward, or is it better to be more wide with the legs pointing more to the side?

Can it also have an effect on your achilles? I'm 56 and started to squat train but feel a slight pain at the back of my heel and not ankles.

You didnt talk about it but defecating in this position is much easier for those who have chronic constipation. Squat toilets are going "out of fashion" in Malaysia, which is a shame because they are healthier.

i have this problem of not able to squat due to ankle mobility and also i had my left ankle sprain so whenever i try to squat im only able to go halfway down and if i go beyond that my left ankle gets lifted up and my right ankle too gives up... so any advice on how to increase my mobility will be greatly appreciated

when i was in hospital with popliteal anurism, ( thats the artery behind the knee; ballooned up) the vascular surgeon said that he had no idea why people did sqauts & said that when you do a sqaut, you have no idea how much damage you do to the artery behind the knee, he said imagine a hosepipe & you compleatly bend it in the middle, that bend will stop the water in the hosepipe, then he said.. Thats what your acculy doing when you do sqauts. Your cutting the blood supply off from the knees down, he managed to save my leg by using an artificial artery or man made artery.. Cos my own was beyond repair, i very nearly lost my leg, but i have nerve damage problems & fluid build up problems, because of my leg having to be opened up right the way down to access the artery, so now i never kneel down or sit with legs crossed & i definatly wont do any sqauts.

We're designed. Exactly.

I can get flat to my heels no problem but after a couple of minutes my lower legs start to ache. I know you said ten minutes to practise getting it back but how long should we ideally be able to do it and not be uncomfortable (end goal?)

After i got my squat can i be in this position all day for hours????

I watched the entire video waiting for him to tell me why I should do this, but he never did.

People always ask me why they should pay me after that i get into this position and they stop asking

I can squat but not with my feet facing forwards, I just fall over ! I also can’t get back up

i´m just getting into it! started doing them 2 days ago. Struggled to do 10secs. I did manage to get up to 1 minute. But now i´m comfortable at 40secs. My knees are making it difficult. Hopefully i´ll get better at it soon.

Okay handsome dude, I guess we are an animal.

I carry I heavy back to increase weigh

Should I get a track suit?

I've been squatting all my life. As a matter of fact I was squatting while watching this video. My wife would always tell me that I am damaging myself by doing this then she came across a TikTok showing how squatting has benefits. I then jumped on RU-vid to further look into this and found out that many more people including this dude here also believe squatting has its benefits. Guess my wife can get off my ass when she sees me squatting now lol.

Ii attempted to like the video 4 times 😂

Why does my body sometimes get tired before my legs

I swear I thought you were sage northcutt

Johnny Bravo forgot his shade.

„Why you should do them everyday“ Me who did 9 sets squats to failure 💀

Think about where to place the subtitles when you think about showing your feet.

Before you say get up and do a squat I can't do proper form

I cannot touch my toes when I bend down with my legs straight. But squatting is not an issue. Is the first scenario I mentioned of concern ?

i realized that perfect squat is useful for my health.

I ma 53,will i be able to squat if practice?

It is common in the majority of southeast and east Asians

Wt are its benefits?

How is your neck so big

We pop like that back home

What's a SQUA? And what is innerminen fassing?

My legs hurt doing that😩

I squat for 8 minutes and my back hurts like hell

The internet saying it's excercise when It's clearly a resting position.

I squat when I wear pull ups.

Thank you for making it baby-simple :)

maybe the real squat is the friends we made along the way

My 57 year old friend can squat and stand up without using his hands. I am practicing to get to that point.

Malaysians do this like its nothing

I do 1-rep of the Squat & Crap per day. Maybe 2-reps if I'm eating Mexican.

Thank you. Just basic living and basic training. Marvelous. Valerie ❤️🥀🦋

I always prefer to sit on the floor, either cross legged or legs to the side, and sometimes in a squat. I was like this since being a kid. When I sit on a sofa or soft chair I find it really uncomfortable. People sometimes thing I was strange when I went to their house and when they all sat on the sofa I always sat on the floor. Even a hard tiled floor is fine. When I moved to live in Asia, its normal for people to sit on the floor when relaxing at home, so I felt right at home lol.

I poop in that position in my house but if im in my friend's / cousin's house i just sit lol

I must have missed the bit where he explained why you should do it every day. Misleading title.

Strange in India n Pakistan toilets are designed in a way of Squads...which most of us find so difficult to use.

If we spend atleast 10 minutes a day then in how many days can we get back to a normal squat ?

I am 73 have knee arthritis and 330lbs, any chance I can get looser and able to do any of this? I have exercised of sorts seated daily for years.

Some people pooping in that position

Why only 74 comments and 800 like

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Now there is a guy who never gas a bad hair day!!!

So on the border of Eastern and Western Europe people do half squats???

You almost got it down....2 tricks...1st. Buy shoes called Inov8......2nd. Line you feet with your shoulders with your face toward the wall (with your big toe touching the wall) then drop that booty down slowly, it'll train your body to support on your heels. Proper squat is when your knees don't go past your feet. Proper squat = legs creating 90 angle or if you bout that life bucket squats.

I’m a small Asian I can fold on half 💀 I didn’t know people couldn’t do this

I potty like squat position

You are teaching this but unfortunately 99% of westerners can't squat.Im proud being an Asian we can squat and relax wherever we go!

As an asian. We squat every time we poop.

Me squating while watching

Asians could do that easily. We only use shoes outside of home thus we have more foot/ankle/heel mobility from walking barefoot at home

My wife regularly squats on my face, as I said to her "practice makes perfect."

If we are meant to always walk barefoot why do we get plantar fasciitis from not wearing supportive footwear.

Squatting slav

I also observed Haitian s squatting at bus stops in Fort Lauderdale for hours, it amazed me when I first saw this behavior 😮😮😮😮😮

*Will sitting in squat position shape my butt?*

Indians have been doing this since ages. The thing is that the west is waking up to what we already have in our roots.

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Why do you say it’s all about ankles? That’s one part that can be key for people, however, there is a lot more to it. For example, your hip mobility, body proportions, core and hip strength, personal genetics and so on. On the one hand, I am not saying these things make it impossible to squat or anything like that, on the other hand, it can make it harder for someone to squat and that it’s also not as straight forward as adjusting your ankles. Lastly, squats can in some sense do wonders for people, however, I believe it is more about working on what contributes to a resting squat in your particular body.