Perfect Squat Depth - Bret Contreras 

Awesome video/recommendation dude, very insightful

Excellent video, Bret Contreras is the man! Great choice in bringing him on your channel Brandon.

Love what you're doing with the channel. I remember watching vids of you working out in what looked like a carpeted hotel lol. Watching your progression in the gym and seeing you put the spotlight on other guys who deserve recognition, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't mirin. Keep doing what you're doing!

Squats have always been my weak point but wow this information is definitely gonna help a lot... Cant wait to hit the squat rack. Great job Brandon, always giving out informative videos.

Really awesome and helpful video! Definitely cleared some things up, thanks for the info!

Best part? His channel. A treasure trove of glute exercises - his admitted specialty! A notorious weak point for runners. What a great find. Great job on this one. Immediate subbage.

Almost didn't watch - a mike Chang ad popped up

This video is so freaking awesome! Thanks for posting this Brandon!

Great information on squat form and depth. Keep the vids coming!

Great video. Very value added. Thanks guys.

This video basically sums up everything I have been trying to get information on for months and months!! Brilliant

Heck yes the answer to my questions on this video thank you for always putting out great content

Very good video!!! Thanks for posting!!

Absolutely loved this Video, Saved to my Favs. I have been desperately working on my squats and dead lifts, This really helped. Thanks !

Excellent instructional video , thanks for sharing.

Very insightful and helpful! Thanks guys!

This video was very informative, I remember seeing the one that he put up, but this one was even better!

Genuinely very informative. Definitely learnt something new today

This is one of the best videos about squating depth.

great video.. very informative.. thank you!! love bret

Thanks answered all the of the questions I had yesterday.

Excellent video. No bullshit, just information. Subbed to Bret.

Great video. Even learned a couple things!

Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! I commented earlier on Richard the Ant's Deadlift instructional video about how he obviously knew what he was doing, but couldn't articulate his ideas well. This guy, Bret Contreras, actually knows some of the science behind what is happening and was able to get his ideas across MUCH better. Great video!

I had so many "aha!" moments in this video....great video, Brandon/Bret!

Never had problem with hitting squat depth, but it's good to see something I could recommend to others.

Great video!! I have learned a lot and going to put it in to practice tomorrow :-)

Good informational video. I added to to my favs. Nice to know why I can go further down than everybody else lol.ATG

Good stuff my man!!! This is the problem I've been having and this video helped a ton. It's not easy squatting and being a tall drink of water.

Glad you pointed out Bret, he has written some great stuff on T-nation as well as through the NSCA

This is really an awesome video. Thanks!

Oh dang nice! I been feeling hip issues from going all the way down and trying to achieve PRs, good info...

Catching up on vids. Definitely will be sharing this one! So many of my friends who are starting can't get proper depth due to mobility/flexibility. Instead of Smith Machine I usually recommend just practicing bodyweight squats, using a chair if necessary, and working on mobility/flexibility. I like how Bret shows proper mechanics in this

quality video, a must watch. thanks bret + brandon

Good content. Mad props.

Great video !!!

This was an awesome video. At first I thought it was a bit shotty, but he knows his stuff. Played football last week and the next day my hips/hip flexors were really sore, and I kept thinking that the decrease in depth I was experiencing in my squat was because of that, but I hurt my ankles whilst playing, and I wasn't even thinking about how that injury was affecting my squat, and my deadlift.

Really good video, Bret's awesome.Coming from an Olympic lifting background this is what I use for my lifters with their squat...

Very informative. Good video

great as always Brandon, mirin that you still reply to comments!!

Crazy video Brandon! I do the 3rd mobility drill i.e. use the squat rack for support and sort of bounce around and stretch my groin, ankle dorsi flexion etc. I'm a very inflexible guy and this always helps me not only squat deeper but reduce injury. Plus it's a great warm up.

Always love seeing this kinda knowledge being spread! I dream of the day that people will all squat correct depth and kids will stop half-repping 405 with knee wraps.. People these days look at you funny when you actually hit low correct depth, it's hilarious. But I won't get tired of that any time soon! Thanks for the video and spreading such great knowledge on your channel!

Great info!

This was very informative.

Thank you for the video. thumbs up.

Solid info defo subscribed

Very informative video. Never would've thought dorsiflexion in the ankles could've limited depth in my squat

Awesome info.

Great video, never thought Skeletor would help me Squat better...

Awesome video. Would like to see more videos informative such as this one. (Y)

very useful video :) will do this when i squat next

Thanks for this!

Great video

Good stuff mate.

This was helpful, thanks

very helpful video

This video finally made me solve a chronic problem with my squat depth. I've been always obsessed it's not deep enough. When I decided to go as deep as I can, often - especially in last reps in last sets - my back arched. Filmed my self from the side too much times, & the depth that I felt ideal, my thigh as a whole was parallel to the ground, or very slightly deeper than parallel, it wasn't so similar to the "official" squat depth (hip crease below top of the knee). It may be that "official" but not obvious because I'm overweight I was doing squats above parallel till I reached 122.5 KG then I started over from 112.5 to 132.5 KG after "fixing" depth, which was also above parallel, and started over again with real depth & I'm squatting 130 now. I hope I solved this goddamn "squat complex"

Great knowledgeable video

Going to give this a go, solid content here. Any recommendations about when it is best done? Presumably on off days.

really good video

Good info. Need to start working on my flexibility again, stretching's the most tedious thing to do, more than cardio, but everyone goes on about how important a good squat is so I guess it's worth doing.

Very informative

really helpful vid! oh and what kind of impact(s) have your adipowers made on your squatting? thinking of getting a pair

very informative video

So damn helpful i just hit squats this morning and I'm always trying to find ways to get better depth. My spotter told me he notices me rotate to the right on heavier squats, any tips on that?

Good stuff. Hey would you say its best to avoid oly shoes? And work on ankle mobility? Unless one really can't work on it due to injury or something.

An interesting video for beginners, with a comprehensive set of information. The challenge I'm faced with is that my left knee tends to cave inward as I'm lifting the weight and the stress becomes greater on my left leg. Gotta remember to do some active stretching of my hips before I lift next time and hopefully I can fix this, huh?

I feel super educated I need to watch this again!~

great vid

Good video.

This video helped my squats out today; no more tracking knees...

it took me 7 years to learn these things and now its all in a 10 min video, damnit bren dino

i have really good hip mobility and ankle mobility depth wise, like i was squat a2g no probs but when the weight gets heavy, my hips start to hurt alot and i feel a lot of pain there. i use a lacrosse ball to try and loosen them up but its an ongoing issue. is there something i should do for my hips? physio??

So if I can maintain the squat position with my hips not rising at all, am I doing it wrong, or do I have good hip mobility? My calves are always the limiting factor or my depth, something I am fixing, not my hips.

Subbed, excellent video

i have an equinos foot as a result of it being very pes cavus so i cant even get to 90 degrees (bent or straight leg) never mind any dorsiflexion but i cant still get good depth. obviously it is impossible to improve mobility because of this. should i invest in some oly shoes?

informative video !

Squats 550lbs and still features other youtubers on his channel to give as much knowledge to his viewers. Brandon is one humble/cool dude. Very good video thank you for sharing man.

Thanks man

Great vid! Me being 6'3" mobility has always been an issue for me, even if i worked on my mobility! I think its years of basketball and boxing along with just having bad genetics! Now i just go an inch below parallel and i strictly do box squats as well as touch and go!

Great video. Bret is very knowledgeable. Authority on glutes.

Hey I was wondering what tips you can give someone like myself who is looking forward in competing in my first powerlifting meet 6 months from now.

Real good vid boss.

I was sold when he brought out skelly.

Great info! My issue is dorsi flexion of my right ankle. That's the one that is affected by cerebral palsy (slight case). With no weight, I cannot squat down to 90 degrees without my right heel lifting. The wider my stance, the further depth I get without the heel lift. Under heavy load, I can artificially get it to stay flat, but that doesn't seem to help with depth. I've tried with a small plate under my right heel, but since it's only the one foot, it feels so awkward and at times unstable.

Jonnie Candito's latest tube suggests close grip overhead squat for mobility. I just don't think that an close grip overhead squat is possible for everyone and that seems to be what Bret says. Any opinions? Brandon?

good video form over depth anyday

Hahahaha Just saw your "Guessing" add right before the start of this video!

Yeah the Glute guy is pretty good, a man of science. Love it when he brings out skelly.

I have no problem squatting below parallel. But my feet are flat and tend to roll in during really heavy maxs.. I already wear lifting shoes. Should I wear orthotics?

good info

My hip flexibility seems to vary from day to day. Before I warm up I cannot get to parallel but once I get to my working sets I can usually get 1" below parallel and on some lucky days my hips will let me reach 3.5" below parallel. I don't get why this varies so much (same stance, same form).

nice video, very informative. my mobility is maybe 100-110 degree.

well i did atg squats and i was going to low and the mobility got in the way and on the bottom of the squat i would round my back and it was just awful and on top of that because my back was rounding i got stuck with the same weight so i decided to switch to low bar and i feel better and progressing nicely on lowbar so i suggest if you do not have the proper mobility do not start with atg squats it can lead to an injury just work on that mobility and then try to fit atg squats

***** couldn't reply to you directly b/c of your privacy settings, but I might be able to do that.

Thanks B very helpful! And where can I a skeleton like that?

good shit

my right Achilles tendon hurts if I lean into it and my solous is overdeloped on that same leg it's tight

I can't hit parallel with rounding my lower back. If I stop before parallel will this ruin my knees?

Well good thing that my squat is at least below parallel... still gotta increase my flexibility Thnx forb the video