Squatting Wrong For 20 Years? Jujimufu 

Hi

*NO AND THEN!*

Juji & Tom U should do a video with Martyn Ford ,Eddie Hall ,Athlean X.

Ask him about deadlifts, this guy is a wealth of knowledge. My knees have hurt for years and this actually feels good.

@@chickensguys fr. Stan has so much knowledge in lifting and nutrition he's honestly one of the smartest lifters out there

Yesterday was leg day, so no...

Don't worry A burrito and milkshake fixed this for me.

Yes, immediately!

@@Sluggernaut well that means tomorrow is leg day again!

I had to stop and watch the video while squatting

Julian E i had to watch it again to notice hahha

I had a little chuckle at that myself 😆

Thats passion causing deafness lol!!

Every stan I know has hearing problems

ha, yeah i caught that too

Not sure about his "Get Vertical" logo though. Looks like some erection meme XD.

@@gtamike_TSGK Or it looks like it could interest someone who wants to dunk.

And I bet he could convince a shark to invest in said cooler in a cooler.

Cooler within a cooler is the cooler for coolers

Well, he selled steroids for his entire life, he knows this stuff.

Vaughn Santiago lol the girl got her Abb wheel and said later fellows

i instantly scrolled into the comments xD

dkd0m Same

all that did was put a smile in my face.

OH! I thought you meant she dropped an F-bomb lol (just the mouth movement or something). That would have been pretty funny.

That's why people like this, while they hate the same technique when taught by Mark rippetoe

Haha well everything IS an OPTION. What matters is can you lift it? If it's a contest you don't want some sneaky stuff and want a control so you place rules, and you sign up for those rules. It's civil, and everyone is great. From a physics stand point, I enjoy why he promotes it. This I find is great for people that just want the exercise regardless for amount. If it gets them working out, its a great tip! (I literally tried both ways and I enjoy this way, from a physics standpoint I enjoy this a lot.

@@Mosababumarzouk Yeah I hate how Rippetoe says olympic athletes should ONLY do low bar squat because it carrys over to the first pull. By that logic why not high bar squat because it carrys over to the front squat and second pull? It's fucking stupid. Why not program both on different days?

@@ambatukoom he's unbelievably stubborn, I've followed him for like 10 years + but his tunnel vision is almost impossible to watch now. I've trained in many a different way over the last 15 years and what i have found is that the starting strength method of training is not as useful or functional as he believes. Not even close in my opinion!

@@jesmondo5785 I completely agree. I think starting strength and the texas method are awesome for establishing a base of strength and size, but linear periodization only goes so far.

Amen

So it shall be written. So it shall be done

Seek not to be a smart ass but to be smart about asses.

I would follow this man anywhere with knowledge like that

That's what most Hispanics, South Europeans, and Africans have been saying for centuries. Finally the rest of our bretheren have come to accept the most holy of knowledge! Amen.

Very hands on like a youth pastor too.

Then his daughter walk in the room at the wrong time and he says FUck... Considering how this guy is it was pretty funny.

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Who cares!

Well, yeah one must be strong to beat your slave, as it says in the bible.

@@scRUAM that shit made me scream looks like a fuckin dark entity lmao

You can see why some people say squats are bad for you after watching that Lebron clip 🤦‍♂️

Yeah that squat was horrible. I get that basketball players can actually benefit from squatting without actually getting full depth, as that simulates loading up a shot, but JEEZ!

I'm sure his trainer is not an idiot. There might be a reason he's doing that specific movement.

@@g4matic Yeah he is training for a twerking contest

Seriously, I've tried to help people who desperately needed it. They didn't want to hear it at all

Facts

I don't know about you but a lot of people who gives advice at the gym has no idea of what they are talking about.

Prove vs Improve mindset.

you should always be willingly to listen and have an opinion of the matter. If it works or not for you doesnt really matter, as long as your mind is open to new things :) People could benefit from listening to others :P

Tyler Bill same here

I was squatting high bar decently with up to 350-375lb but certainly wasn’t fun. I’m at the gym right now after watching this and I’m so excited to blow past 400lb squats with this new movement. Feels 100x better. Ditto; thanks bald friend and Mark R

SAME

@Barney Fife those are coaching cues for high bar and aren't exactly wrong. This video displays the differences between high and low bar squats by highlighting their pros and cons. There are a TON of broscience references you could have used to demonstrate the misinformation that was created to manipulate large swaths of the population for $$$ that are actually legit examples, lol.

I have a weak lower back.. the wobble at the top of high bar kills me. I am super stoked to try this tonight. I miss squatting heavy. Been years since I went above 400.

I didn't even notice the swearing. I had to go back and re-watch, but then again I swear a lot.

lol wut!? Judging from the rest of the video I don’t think Stan cares

The other kid getting in the way and climbing all over the rack was way more annoying and potentially dangerous.

I tried it I have more control on the bar.

The wizard

So smart

My favorite fitness youtuber

Sounds smart when he speaks. Actually nothing but word salads and nonsense. Good salesman.

@@flabio7074 tell me where it hurts im here to listen

Or in the street

@@hippo6billion811 bruh that ain't it

@Juji&Tom should do a collab with Avatar!!!!

Tom is acc my fave RU-vidr he’s just wholesome and loveable

Kinda like the Paul Harrell of weightlifting. Even the mannerisms are similar.

@@Outland9000 Holy cow - you're right!!!

@@Outland9000 I have Paul's M17 video open in another tab for when this is finished

Yeah but, it was in Russian , so she wouldn’t understand.

@@denariusshekels ahhh your right

It's the accent.

I mean Stan even says he's doing it exactly how Ripp says to do it. I need to try this because I hate high-bar as it's just really uncomfortable for me. Unfortunately I've been working out at home with only dumbbells for the last year or so.

For someone of Stan's caliber to say that he has changed the way he squats because of Rip is a huge deal.

@@joshuatate5671 Right?

You're always gonna have your naysayers but Mark has a huge following and people that use his techniques. It's not like he was widely shunned or anything

I think a video of them standing from a chair would prove them wrong, just as they did in this video.

Most useful part of the video right there!

Man, I went straight to the comments to see if I was the only one! Powerful stuff.

Right? Natural movement is always the healthiest, and safest.

You wanna see something that'll really blow your mind? Look at the position a little kid like a toddler will take when they squat. Look up "toddler squat form" and you'll see exactly what I mean. On instinct their bodies just know what the most mechanically advantageous position to take is. Also, try to just bodyweight squat in the high bar and low bar positions, and see which one you can stay comfortably in the bottom position for longer.

Or you can mimic sitting down and getting up from the chair. You can also put weight on your back and experiment with body mechanics that make squats feel super easy that's will be your proper mechanics

👆🏻

Moved the bar vertically. 💡

I thought exactly the same

Jack Nagy I was just being a smartass. 🍻

JackgarPrime “get vertical” is a diet that Stan help make popular. Vertical dieting. Stan is very knowledgeable.

@@brianadam5657 Yes, I know what the Vertical Diet is. I'm just commenting on the irony of having a shirt that says that when teaching a horizontal low bar squat form, where you want to not get too vertical.

Samuel Lapierre I was thinking how perfect the timing was.. she walked in on Stan dropping the f bomb 😂 Edit: @ 0:27

Lebron's squat looks like what a skinny freshman does his first time in a gym haha

Il let him off cos he 6’8

It's an intentional squat variation

@@JakeJacobs_ ha

@@MegaMrsuperawesome dont do this

I think we still are unable to fully appreciate what Tom did for us. He really stitched together SO many fitness dimensions together through this channel! I think this is a truly historic time both for the real and virtual segments of athletics!

Praise be Tom boyden!, seriously though he does an awesome job

Is Tom, Thanos?

@@gwansama9765 ...so after all he and Thor (Juji) ended up being best buddies. :)

I was thinking the same!

reigh dela cruz I was the opposite. Was squatting 350 5x5. Wanted to go higher, watched some bad tips and hurt my back. For some don’t fix what’s not broken I guess. Too many “experts” on yt lol.

@@danielvelkovski3156 or maybe you implemented the advice wrong/imprudently and didn't practice first at lower weights, and so weren't physiologically prepared for that movement with that weight yet. Don't rush to conclusions

Daniel Velkovski uh homie did you see this dudes creds? He knows what he’s doing

Yes! I super agree!

That's what's awesome about juji he goes with the flow and obsorbs all the knowledge

Juji and Toms channel is just so good. They're always so open minded and willing to learn from every type of athlete, and allowing us as viewers to tag along and watch has really created such a massive collection of knowledge and tips

Same bro. deterioration of the miniscus, coupled with minor arthritis in my knees, scared me away from doing squats.

You should really try it. It has helped me a lot. I also feel like my dead lifts got stronger because of this technique too. One more thing is that by having a more horizontal back your hamstrings will lengthen with the momevent and you are able to use the stretch reflex of your hamstrings. Its really powerful

moris salas low bar is a similar movement to the deadlift so that makes sense. So much more comfortable than high bar in my experience.

Read starting strength.

I started low bar after I watched Mark Bell talk about squating with Ed Chon, great advise was to open up the guch not knees. I also like to do banded face pulls to help warm up my shoulders, less pain and lower on the back.

lmaoooo

Rip.

I once had a guy come up to me saying I had shit form and then pretty much just showed me him doing this form and repping 315 for 10 but not telling how to change my form and what to do and he wanted to be a personal trainer. This was probably 3-4 years ago. If he properly taught me I probably could of been much stronger.

wot

Well it’s a good thing you learned now

Hip drahve, fahves and a gallon o' milk, the Starting Str trinity :)

And nipples pointing to the ground 😂

hwhy

shooove ya asss up outta the hole

@@clayjohnson233 is he some sort of pervert?

Has squatting helped _your_ micropenis too?

😂😂

Is it hole or hull?

Yeah and your screen name goes right with the comment sir lmao 🤣

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Jim Garnett Me 2. I go super low though like Martins does

84jamesp same brother. I wish I would have prioritized squatting before I turned 30 haha- I’ve got to swallow my pride before heading to the gym each time but I love really going after that range of motion.

This is how I've always squat. I also never never if it was good or not. It just always felt more comfortable.

ironmike southern delta male!

ironmike southern .... which means your a douche

For me the natural use of the form dawned on me when someone showed me a picture of how toddlers squat, and it made perfect sense why this form feels so natural and stable.

@@JackgarPrime for me it was Chinese people. No joke. I saw video on RU-vid named "the Chinese squat" or something and it made sense. They weren't talking about weightlifting, but I saw the connection. Ever since Ive sounded racist when I try to explain my squat form

yeah the talking about how standing up from a chair is natural "low bar" doesnt make any sence because the 'chair' itself isnt natural at all...you just squat a the way down and up

+Bristle what has depth got to do with whether the torso is upright or not?! I don't think it does.

well your brain is telling you bullshit

BRISTLE & BOSS PAINTING agreed...I started doing it this way feeling like I was rock bottom. Then I videoed my squat and I wasn’t going deep instead my upper body was just folding downward and my legs never came close to breaking parallel. Back to drawing board for me

Stiff calves? Get them fixed.

You're right he has to go just a bit lower but the concept is good, so I would say just focus more on going just a bit lower.

If you squat everyday you get wizard powers.

Only from high bar squats though

Its changed my life

Clarence watching the advice in this video: Shoot me

danehb89 Yeah, but Clarence is a weightlifter. If you aren’t trying to be a weightlifter I don’t really see the benefit of forcing a high bar squat.

SS is like the bible of lifting

Most people at the gym don't know shit!

And everyone will tell you you’ll hurt your back doing it like this. Including the trainers.

Have a look at what it takes to be a qualified personal trainer. Then have a look at what it takes to be a moderately successful one. Notice how *really* knowing what you are talking about is not a requirement.

What's the name of the exercise?

Dude same. I have issues with low back when doing any sort of squat or deadlift. This definitely gives me more insight into modifying form to fit function.

@@germandan5 I tried it and I felt much stronger, still felt a bit off (gonna record myself next time to check the form) but the low bar with the pinky under (Got bad wrists) felt soo much nicer then I've been doing before. A lot less pressure on my lower back until I decided to go heavier then a slight pain started creeping in. Gonna keep at it tho this vid helped loads

Not a good idea. This form is better for knee pain but worse for back pain. You are leaning forward more than a high bar squat causing more pressure to be put on your lower back. That's why it hurt when you added weight. It may be a more powerful position, but its definitely worse for your back.

@GW M Care to explain why?

You should probably incorporate reverse hypers and glute ham raises to strengthen the lower back. I'd almost guarantee it's a strength issue

I'm poopin'

Александр Саминин wow

stan isn't that great of a role model...is he?

@@TVTruther Man it's just words. If his daughter ever asks what it means I'm sure he will educate her properly about it. If that is his daughter.

@@CJHan --just words is what many a german child learned from Hitler...you really need to educate yourself on the dynamics of how society learns and does..

@@TVTruther Comparing this to fucking Hitler lmao oooooook bud.

probably true. However, my takeaway is that it will take stress off the knees and load muscles (glutes), not joints. That to me would be the greatest benefit, and reduce pain.

@@gjkMN realistically when done right with adequate flexibility squats shouldnt put stress on your knees to the extent most people feel it. Also stopping at parallel or just below actually stresses the knees more than going all the into the ass to grass position. That mid position is one of the weakest positions for the knees. So when high barring its safer to go all the way down to save your knees. The low bar position just allows you to stop at parallel with less knee stress than a high bar squat would but on the flip side a low bar squat is a lot harder to bottom out on and almost forces you to stop parallel.

Strong backs only

You can still ass to grass with low bar I do it all the time. You just need to widen your stance.

Yeah my lower back definitely feels the strain the next day by using this method. But I'd take back soreness over knee pain any day

Cody Page who was that?

Cody Page lol I remember the ripper trying to fix his deadlift

The ammonia and deadlift

@@codypage2457 remembered cos of the ammonia

That One Guy you mean the embodiment of the zoomer meme?

He's a master of fitness and he knows a lot about nutrition too but he's also a climate change denier sooooo

@@thammar1990 Wow it seems that he did some work and searched about the subject from people in the field of climatology and not on headlines.

@@stefangoerke2692 have to the love the "Denier" label as well. As tho it's the ultimate truth and anyone who doesn't believe is a heretic.

Eric not a heretic but definitely ignorant

My favorite was the video he did on the Art of Manliness channel, where he's really going ham with "DRAAAAAHVE, BRET, DRAAAAAHVE! HIPS!"

NotSoFastDriver lmao

NotSoFastDriver seriously that’s what I thought. I at least would’ve thought he could’ve done a quick youtube search and solve his problem.

well he has been using low bar squat for the last year he said .. he just wasn't engaging it with hip drive.

Well, Stan himself said he squatted wrong and made world records and only changed his technique very recently. So I am sure we can forgive Juji for changing his form at a much younger age.

Probably because he's so big and strong, nobody ever figured it was something he needed to be corrected on. "Well this guy's huge, so he must be doing something right!" is the effect that goes in there, even with other fitness folks.

You can do it man!! I remember the first time I squatted 3 plates it felt so mentally relieving.. trying a different form helped tremendously, but it is definitely a huge mental hurdle. I was squatting 285 as a PR and it felt super heavy until one day I tried 315 confidently believing I could and I did. GOODLUCK man!

I was thinking the exact same thing. I thought he was rounding his back until I realized, oh SHIT, that's muscle

Because there is no one size fits all squat.

Brayden Wilson there are many types of way to squat that are right, depends on what works best for you

He’s referring to LeBron James. Has access to the world’s best trainers (or maybe not) yet has one hell of a shitty squat!

J. L. Good things he’s paid to shoot hoops then!

Just make sure to dial back the weight a bit the first time you do it! It's a different motion than the high-bar, so your neurological system may need some time to adjust before you will see the full strength benefits. Your knees will thank you, though. As will your glutes!

Can't even sweat right!

I was thinking the same, right at the wrong time

@@scrums4748 Or wrong at the right time.

oh no this little girl entire life is ruined... american dont mind bombing other country and killing children but oh god dont you dare saying fuck in front of a child. : D

Worst timing.

Very solid input!

Yeah, it might feel better but his body isnt used to it

Great point.

Yeah that's the risk when you're changing form on exercises, ESPECIALLY something like the squat. It IS generally a stronger form, BUT your neuromuscular system hasn't been trained to perform it properly and consistently yet. It can be a bit of a bummer if you've been lifting a while, switch to this, and then suddenly not be able to lift what you used to, but once you give it some time, and a proper build-up, you're be golden.

Me knees feel great now and I’m managing 10-20 lb increases per week with only minor soreness. I figure I’ll be back to 300 lb squats and beyond within the next 6-8 weeks. In the mean time I’m able to push higher with Deadlifts while I rebuild my squat numbers. Being 48 and having only started squats and deadlifts 4 months ago I don’t want to rush it and get an injury.

Does it put stress on your lower back cause I wanna try it to take stress off of mine

You look like a fucking iced gem

kyews

Sreekanth Pillai Legit looks like a buff Johnny Sins

That’s why he looks familiar lmao

Stan looks nothing like Rich Piana. Not even remotely. And I've seen both in person.

Brandon Whitfield ok buddy

@@McDanMan84 It's okay to be wrong. Just let it happen.