You mean to tell me I've been living a lie when it comes to squats?

[Serious]

I quarter squat so I don't have these issues

 

[luckyse7enz]

Squat form might be the most personal lift in the gym.......

Hopefully that make sense

Facts.

I'm truly right now because I've been so hesitant about changing my form for fear of damaging my knees. I've been wanting to get more definition in my quads for a while, and this whole time, I could have just been mixing it up by using a more quad-dominant form for squats.

I haven't even reached my final form.

 

[puppetmaster]

Facts.

I'm truly right now because I've been so hesitant about changing my form for fear of damaging my knees. I've been wanting to get more definition in my quads for a while, and this whole time, I could have just been mixing it up by using a more quad-dominant form for squats.

I haven't even reached my final form.

Make friends with the Stairmaster too. It'll carve your quad sweeps up right nice

 

[Killigraphy]

The point is to get the muscles working without snapping your shyt.....doesn't matter how your toes are pointing or if you go all the way down, sumo's have known this for decades.So long as you squat plenty, you're doing fine.

 

[street heat]

i have bad knees so i just dont fukk with squats. if i do them its with light weight as a superset with something else. no matter what form ive tried it just never feels right when i add a plate or more. i am also tall at 6'4 . i just stick to safer leg exercises .

 

[Entropy Fan]

i have bad knees so i just dont fukk with squats. if i do them its with light weight as a superset with something else. no matter what form ive tried it just never feels right when i add a plate or more. i am also tall at 6'4 . i just stick to safer leg exercises .

You probably have long femurs which make u bend too far forward when u get low.

 

[DaddyFresh]

i have bad knees so i just dont fukk with squats. if i do them its with light weight as a superset with something else. no matter what form ive tried it just never feels right when i add a plate or more. i am also tall at 6'4 . i just stick to safer leg exercises .

unless you a athlete their pointless. and all that heavy squatting comes with long term health risk to your knees, joints and spine. Just do some leg presses and hamstring raises and you good.

 

[AndYouKnowTHIS]

Yeah, my knees have been hurting for the longest. Sometimes I warm up and the pain ain't bad, other times it just sucks and I gotta fight through it. Idk what i'm doing wrong. Since I have bad ankle flexibility I put some small weights on the floor and put my heels on those, it definitely helps. That said it still feels like I'm putting a lot of pressure on my knees

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

unless you a athlete their pointless. and all that heavy squatting comes with long term health risk to your knees, joints and spine. Just do some leg presses and hamstring raises and you good.

High key, I can't even disagree. I just built my wife a leg sled, and I'm debating beginning to use it myself. The muscles don't care, and this is a long term game

 

[That1guy]

Problem is having to give general rules for everyone. The average person doesn't have the strength to maintain form under load... the general rules help to compensate... when you get strong enough, you can experiment and do what works for you.

Just don't end up at snap city