Going to parallel causes me pain , dont know why but ass to grass is more comfortable for me

@insane46

5 жыл бұрын

Im also comfortable with deep squat

@donatobarsi7506

3 жыл бұрын

ME TOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Boriqua76

3 жыл бұрын

Tight quads

@autisticSurvivalist

Күн бұрын

Same lol its painful to stay at 90 dégree all thé Time

This video including the scientific articles should be mandatory for aspiring physical therapists. Stumbled across too many pt's who adviced me to squat to parallel and not any lower (at least here in The Netherlands). Stopped going after they said that of course. Actually squatting to parallel gives me knee pain where as squatting deep doesn't and is sort of therapeutic for my knees. Great video!

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

@santiagosteven6105

2 жыл бұрын

From my anecdotes and research Id rather go parallel or less. Too much stress on the knees when pushing up low is bad but it all depends on you.

Great history and validating points !

I just ordered your book "Squat bible". Forward to the new transition to not just the improvement of squat, but the knowledge.

Great info. Just subbed. Will definitely share this!

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

I like that your videos because you either show us with a demonstration like the squat shoe thoracic extension video or provide us with facts to make measure your findings. Great videos please continue to share your knowledge.

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate it! Im glad you like both sides of the content!

Love it! Going to have to share this around for the potentially millions of people that are misinformed on this subject.

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

This is quality content, amazing!

Thanks for clearing that up Aaron 👍

Incredible video !! Good job men

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

how about deep-squatting (maybe just bodyweight-squat) or resting in the squat-position, if you have a (degenerative) meniscus-tear, which you are unwilling to get surgery for ?

Thank you Dr. Aaron!

Really great video.

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks James!

Thanks a lot for this video

Great video, doc! I'd love to hear your thoughts on neoprene knee sleeves. More specifically on the benefits they provide for proprioception.

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And ill be sure to touch on that topic soon - in the mean time, here's a blog article I wrote recently on that topic: squatuniversity.com/2017/04/20/knee-wraps-vs-knee-sleeves/

Just what i needed man

Amazing video 👌

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hi Aaron, what about squat depth for patients with cartilage damage at the petellofemoral joint? Patella compression could be at it’s highest between 90-130 degrees. That might make the deep squat an exercise to avoid. Would you recommend to stop squatting at all I or what variation (or depth, stance width, feet rotation,) would you recommend? Eager to hear your thoughts. Thanks

Tips and exercises to improve shoulder flexibility and mobility specially for those having trouble keeping the bar on spine of scapula. Like some people can't place the empty bar on spine of scapula but when they start adding weights on the bar it starts slipping down from upper trapezius to spine of scapula or close to that

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

I'll see what I can put together!

Hi Aaron, I have a couple of questions: I have had part of my lateral meniscus removed in my right knee. Is it still okay for me to squat deep with the compression force of a loaded barbell? I have a slight loss of retro patellar cartilage but no damage to the knees otherwise. Another question: what is the implication of doing banded squats (ie where the bands are in front of you and pulling your calves forwards) on shear forces -- could this potentially be problematic?

I’ve thanked you as a recent DPT grad before but this tops everything. I cannot stand when people think it’s unnatural to squat below parallel. As far as I know, parallel was established as an objective point for competition squats. Look at people in Eastern countries, deep squatting is a position of rest for many of them.

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Glad you liked the show today!

so what's the right amount of volume, frequency, and intensity of exercise for a torn meniscus?

Great video's man. I got a question: when im going to hang on a pull up bar after a heavy set of front squatting, i feel a massive tension through my back. Is this because my form is not correct or is this because the pressure on my spine? I hope you will answer this!

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Hard to say - I'd have to see you squat for sure first. Its possible you're using your erectors a crazy amount to create stability in your body and that tension is still "turned on" afterwords.

Can you recover from damaged meniscus?

Hi Aaron. Thumbs up as usual! I'm actually fell my knees even more relaxed at some point when deep squat compare to 90 degrees squat.

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate it Jay.

Awesome video Aaron! I totally agree, I've been powerlifting for a couple years and weightlifting for about 4 months, and my knees are perfectly strong. But what about people who have a reconstructed ACL? Is that tension that the deep squat put us through in our ACL too dangerous for a reconstructed ACL?

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And it really depends what part of the healing process. I've worked with HUNDREDS of patients with a reconstructed ACL, and most can reach a full depth squat by 20 weeks post-op completely pain free at the latest. If there is anything that is limiting that up until then - its not the ACL, but usually other tissues/scar tissue/swelling that are causing irritation rather than issues with the ligament itself.

@MatiasStrengthCoach

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm a strength coach and I have a new client starting next week, and since I mainly train Weightlifting or Powerlifting deep squats are a must have in the training program, for hypertrophy even. I'll slowly progress with him into a safe deep squat, taking care of mobility and structural issues. Thanks man!

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! When you live and train by the mantra 'move well 1st and then lift heavy' good things happen

How much does doing jumps like box squats(ie without ground landing) stress the knees, relative to say a normal air squat? Also, in movements like one leg squats, can we move forward enough in the bottom while keeping heels on floor to stress the knees? I think it might happen if we round the back a lot and disengage glutes Thanks for the interesting vid btw, it's interesting how this is spread all over the world today

Hi there! I have mild pain in the back and outer side of my knee after a wall ball workout in a cf session. My mri is clean but after 1.5 months i still have pain whenever i put my weight on my right knee or when i perform very deep squat. You got any idea how can i get over it? Thank you squat university

great video

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I don't understand why I have knee pain in the bottom of a squat. I have textbook form, no valgus or anything, and I believe all of what you just said, but I still have pain in my right knee during squats

Thnx man this helped me a lot!!!

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to help! Thanks for checking out the video!

@chrisofhearts22

6 жыл бұрын

Hey I'm new to your channel and I subscribed of course 1)because this video was super helpful and 2)because squats is my top exercise. Just so I get to learn some stuff about this channel and you, what exactly are you a bodybuilder a powerlifter a coach?

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for subscribing! I'm a doctor of physical therapy with a background in strength and conditioning and weightlifting. I've competed in the sport of weightlifting since 2005.

@chrisofhearts22

6 жыл бұрын

Very Good man thank you!

As you mention in the video, as long as person is physically ok, has good technique and programming is sustainable, deep squats should be safe and beneficial. Some questions thinking of specific performance in different sports; are there any situations you can argue or recommend squatting more shallow despite all mentioned above is present? Or will you always recommend squatting deep? :)

*Okay so i grew up playing basketball, tore my ACL my senior year and after that kinda laid off from serious leg workouts. I'm 25 now legs been fine for years now even dunking and all that good stuff when it comes to sports and got back into taking my workouts seriously some time last year and have been steadily getting back into leg workouts like squats, dead-lifts etc. Moral of my post i have really good flexibility (I'm 6'5 weigh 236-240 give or take with a decent athletic built) i can go ATG no weights and even 185lb without any issues of course im not doing any heavy ATG squats yet, but was wondering is it good for me to go deep on squats considering my history?* I know this a old video but you or anybody can give me some advice on this i would appreciate it.

@OmnKPaladinMinecraftMore

5 жыл бұрын

As long as you do it properly nothing should be a problem

over the years i did partial squats on the smith machine and leg press and have knee pain. i'm hell bent on learning a proper squat (starting w/ no weight) my right knee hurts inner and outer. should i work through a bit of pain?

@Litely1

3 жыл бұрын

Search up kneesovertoesguy on Instagram

But what about the effect it has on arthritic knees? My osteo doc said I should stop doing squat cleans because of some arthritis in one of my knees.

Any idea why I get crunchnig noises in my right knee with deep squats?

@autisticSurvivalist

Күн бұрын

Longer legs is compressés more to even out the bump

I had a click or what felt like tendon movement behind inner right knee at the top of squat all of a sudden. Now I feel popping at the right lateral of same knee cap as soon as I break parallel?? My knee felt somewhat unstable and hurt a few times after squatting and I wonder if it will ever go back to normal? I’ve been doing pigeon stretching and it feels a lot more stable, it doesn’t crack when I just flex my leg but does if I squat down but not as loud as it was at first.

@Luke-do1ek

4 жыл бұрын

Jonah Moore same thing happens to me on both knees I’m only 17 too sucks

Pls. Tell me that I have partial acl tear approx. 20% n lateral meniscus. Dr. Embalanced my lateral meniscus bt still partial acl. What kind of exercise I should do.

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Did the surgeon send you to a physical therapist after?

Great post my friend !!! What about ostearthritis and squat depth ? Im in Pt school too and teachers says deep squat bad for your knees. The same question applies to total knee and hip arthroplasty

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And same applies, it's only bad if you use bad technique, poor programming and don't listen to your body and push through pain. Now after a total knee and total hip things will be different - many times there will be range of motion restrictions that don't even allow for a full depth squat after

So as you state on your book, a bigger problem for the knees is when we compromise stability due to poor squatting technique and not to how deep we squat

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly

Thx bro

Thank you for this fantastic video! What about deep squats and risk of OA for those who have patellofemoral syndrome or chondromalacia patella?

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! And yes so OA with the patellofemoral joint would be similar to the risk of tibiofemoral joint OA - it all comes down to training programming and technique. There is a very high amount of patllofemoral compression at the bottom of a deep squat - especially those with a very forward knee position, so if training is excessive and pain is something pushed through, OA could most definitely develop

@madmax252

6 жыл бұрын

Squat University You are so awesome and knowledgeable!! Thank you so much for your reply and keep up the great work on your channel!

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! thank you so much for the support!

@henrytongotongo6079

6 жыл бұрын

Squat University so in this case would it be wise to keep deep squatting or would it be more beneficial to go low bar parallel?

please help me sir i am suffering from cracking noises coming out from my knees..due to this i have stopped gym..6 months have passed i left gym..but still my right knee has this sounds coming out even if i am climbing on stairs..may b ur 1 reply help me and i join gym cuz i cant live without gum as i m so skinny and gym makes me look good..thank u sir

@jeltef3190

3 жыл бұрын

Cracking noises are normal and if it doesn't hurt you its most likely fine. It releases tension by cracking which are due to the exersizing. It could also be some that the stuff between the bones(forgot the namr) is degrading ( or there just is less naturaly)there which results in more cracking.

What about if you’re extremely tall

Another myth is that you will get shorter doing squats

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Very true

@emiliodiaz3927

5 жыл бұрын

Bigger legs does make you look shorter 🙄🙄🙄

@francecruz5157

4 жыл бұрын

People who often tell me that are shorter than me and never do legday except light sets on legpress

@tarbybahbell4086

3 жыл бұрын

There was a guy once told me soccer player are shorter because their legs like eraser, the more they run, the shorter they are 😆

@santiagosteven6105

Жыл бұрын

@@SquatUniversity Disagree that it is a fully myth. It's all about the individual and assessing whether they have injury, pain, as well as how well mind-body is focused on. It's about how a person's body responds to it. Typically a regular healthy person could do deep squat and have extra benefits but again it's all how the body responds to the forces, movement, weight, etc.

Is there a difference between initiating with knees out and knees slightly front and out. I've noticed there is a change is pelvic positioning between both. Could you please talk about this ? Thanks for the great content.

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

I'll see what I can put together!

Idk about other people, but I injured my knees by doing full squats and had to recover for 3 years. Never felt the same after. My doctor told me to never do full squats agin and after that I had no problems.

@tola1526

2 жыл бұрын

What kind of injury did you have?

In oriental culture especially in South Korea, there are a lot of female patients over 50 years old with medial meniscus posterior horn root tear. I think that it is because of 1) repetitive trauma while kneeling down and standing up from the floor with the deep squatting motion, 2)reduced elasticity of cartilage and meniscus and 3)weakness of the surrounding muscles of the knee joint and following loss of the precise control of the knee joint. Until the trainee has enough strength to control the knee precisely, it(deep squat) would damage the meniscus over its elasticity and healing potential. So, in old age over 40, it would not be beneficial for the knee except only for someone who has fully enough muscle strength to control the knee precisely.

Hello, after healing patellar tendonite I have a terrible pain inside kneecap, when I loaded knee...could you tell me how can I fix this problem?? What kind of squat I need? ?

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Check out this blog post: squatuniversity.com/2017/05/14/what-kind-of-knee-pain-do-you-have/

Great video. I did Close Stance Barefoot RAW Ultra ATG High Bar Squat 130kg 5x5 yesterday and I have zero knee problems. Video proof on my channel.

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

Nice work! Thanks for checking out my video today

How come no one talks about catchers in baseball having to have knee surgeries all the time because they are doing deep squats without weight all the time during the game. It is most definitely bad for you knees if your form is not perfectly correct and your knees buckle. It is not a risk free exercise, you have to have perfect form without being at risk for a knee injury or a back injury for a deep squat.

@stuckupcurlyguy

3 жыл бұрын

I tend to agree with this. Many people jump straight into deep heavy squats with terrible form and snap their shit up

Go find video of Vasily Alekseyev in his later years. If you don't know who he was look him up. Same with Paul Anderson. Ronnie Coleman can't walk across the room unassisted. Go ahead, do those deep squats.

There's a few factors to consider 1. How wide is your squat? The wider your squat is, the more help your quads have in the lift... and therefore, your tendons are given a more stable load 2. How much dorsal flexion do you have? Dorsal flexion is how much can you raise your toes (or move your knees forward over your toe) before you can't anymore (It's very often limited by bone spurs. Unless you have been on a suitable regiment since a young age, you've probably got bone spurs limiting your dorsal flexion at least a bit). Your body, as you might have noticed, has a way of working around it's limits. When that limit is your dorsal flexion... and you are doing squats... almost everyone turns their feet outward. People with bad dorsal flexion turn their feet outward more. If you have a combination of a narrow squat and limited dorsal flexion, your feet flaring outward may be pretty severe... and if this is the case, you are putting your meniscus and mcl in danger. Under normal lifting, you should be fine, but if you should have any kind of incident in that position... any kind of jerky movement, your MCL is seriously in danger. 3. How much are you lifting? Evolution dictates that our bodies evolve to be better suited to certain tasks. Lifting large objects is one of those tasks for primates, and the deadlift is the way we would lift objects heavier than ourselves in nature. Squatting larger loads than our bodies on the other hand... both is and isn't natural. We don't actually lift larger things than ourselves from a full deep squat often, but we do jump and use explosive movements often from the deep squat position (more often from the deep lunge position. As a result, tendons aren't really built to be under a lot of strain in the full deep squat position. Matter of fact, if you know anything about torque... the lift per degree of extension is higher in the deep squat... which means that it requires more torque to lift your body from that position... so not only are you making it harder on yourself... you are limiting your lift with the weakest part of your stroke... therefore, you aren't actually training the most practical part of your stroke. CONCLUSION: 1. Widen your squat 2. Check your dorsal Flexion 3. Don't deep squat more than your weight... probably not even that. Go super deep when you do plyometric exercizes though 4. Lift more, never go lower than you would go in a running vertical jump. Also, if you can get your hands on one, use a "safety squat" bar. The reason... it lets you go past fatigue without a spotter, and allows you to protect yourself. The handles out front are for you to hold on to... but if you are fatiguing and you aren't sure you are going to make the rep (or your back is losing form), you can let go of the handles, put your hands on your knees, and use your arms to spot yourself. Gym rats might be snobby and sneer at the "safety squat" bar, but it's superior to the traditional bar. Unless you are training specifically as a compeditive weight lifter, use the safety squat.

Deep squat ruined my knee 50 years ago

It’s only bad for your knees if you explode immediately at the bottom with weight your bot use too

Not really a squat lift but lifting in general concerning kids/youth and the effects on them

@SquatUniversity

6 жыл бұрын

I'll be sure to talk about that soon!

Deep squats are devastating to the knee joint for about 90% of the population.

@yoloswagginz1020

6 жыл бұрын

chuddrick 90% of the people who squat in gyms dont have the mobility or technique to perform deep squats

@chuddrick

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, if 90% of a population can not do something safely, then it is insane to say the activity is generally safe

@yoloswagginz1020

6 жыл бұрын

chuddrick but that kind of logic is stupid. It's like saying if 90% of people think 2+2 = 5, it's 5. It's stupid to do something you can't do but it's not unsafe if you have the mobility and form required Deep squats have and always will be the paleo chair and are commonly performed safely in third world countries and in children the squat isn't responsible it's the people performing them.

@chuddrick

6 жыл бұрын

Yolo Swagginz that reply is too dumb to argue against

@DrRhyhm

4 жыл бұрын

We live in a "sitting culture" sitting all day long in front of computers, cars' wheel, desk cause us to decrease in mobility and flexibility when is not correct can cause harm while performing deep squat for example. But is it bad? No it is a natural movement by evolution. If you everwatch a baby it deep squats without problem, until he is thrown into the classroom and the "teachings" begin. In short: on an avarage person today, you have to correct mobility issues in the hips before trying to go for deep squat.

Deep squatting is bad......try and prove that to clarence kennedy.

id add this though.perhaps the solution is a bit more intuitive. in asian, african and south american cultures squatting while hunting, waiting for the bus, eating, taking a shit, and son, is completely normal for some REALLY old people to do comfortably. so fear of squatting low is an american boogieman. and we all know how much americans like our boogiemen.

Hmm. Sounds credible. Though seeing a word squat 4 times in the picture gives me some scepticism.

i came @ 8:45

No, deep squats are actually good for your knee.

8:25 that study is bs. Everyone knows cardio will have you done tired so of course you’ll temporarily have less stability in your knees. Imagine playing basketball for a whole hour and then testing your knees for stabile when you’re so tired

Every one knows that deep squats are only bad if you can’t deep squat…

Answer this question when you are over 50. See how your knees feel.

Slav

an empirical example would be better; talks are boring

Please don't listen to this liar. Deep squats without weights are fine and everybody should be able to do them. Deep squats with a loaded barbell are not safe. Axially loading your spine with 100s of pounds and squatting is not normal. You should only barbell squat to a depth that you find is comfortable. If you are thinking Olympic weightlifters go ATG on heavy barbell squats, then ask yourself whether you are an Olympic weightlifter or are in training to become one? Weightlifters train those movement patterns to get stronger in the clean and jerk and the snatch, not for quad hypertrophy or to set a squatting record. There is no squat contest in Olympic weightlifting. And their mobility comes from years of practice from a young age, not from some BS dynamic stretching and foam roller work that squat university teaches. It's like saying doing the splits is a great stretch or doing an iron cross is a great pec exercise. Can you do to them without any pain or do them at all? Don't compare yourself to a weightlifter the same way you wouldn't to a gymnast. Just squat to a comfortable depth with a manageable amount of weight. You can program the barbell squat by making small increments in the weight or volume. You don't need to go ATG with your spine loaded. Not that you need to compare but most elite level athletes and bodybuilders who are not weightlifters don't squat ATG, with great results, so you really are not missing anything. Secondly some studies have shown that high squatting can increase your vertical jump. Please don't listen to squatU. He's a nocebo hack. P.S most ppl in the comments and forums who claim they squat ATG, don't. I've seen a lot of ppl who claim they go ATG bro!, but when they do it they either 1. Barely break parallel but think they are going ATG or 2. Go ATG with a collapsed spine at the bottom, which is even more dangerous.