I don't take roids or anything, nor do I have a certification in anything, but you can toss out all this influencer stuff, because it's just rehash nonsense. It has nothing to do with mobility, either, and there's zero need to elevate heels. Look, just get under a bar, stand with feet shoulder width, toes pointed out like 30 degrees. Now the important part- rotate heels out until feet are pointed straight. Squat down. If it feels weird, just use a slightly wider stance, but those feet gotta be kept straight. All this other stuff is recycled, unnecessary fluff. Try it.

@Kernowbeef

Жыл бұрын

6 words in and you know the rest is going to be bullshit

@mutchumbo

Жыл бұрын

I became stupider after reading this.

@DOMDZ90911

Жыл бұрын

Tried it your way. Felt weird while doing it. Almost like there's a mobility issue preventing me from doing it. Huh...

@markymarcdunks

Жыл бұрын

This guy is not as bad as you think. At least he came to the right channel and watch the video so there’s hope for him yet 👍

@MiaRBeauty

Жыл бұрын

Stop spreading misinformation just because you built big quads from carrying around your oversized ego all day.

As someone with longer legs and shorter torso, for very long time, I thought that me not being upright while squatting was because my technique was bad. I can't tell you how much I cursed myself for it. It was before quite some time that I learnt this. Wish I knew that before. Anyways, thanks for addressing this issue, Eugene ❤️. This will save many people a lot of terrible heartache.

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏 glad it helps

@yodapapu8752

2 жыл бұрын

Can you tellme what variation you do? I'm a long legs and shorter torso guy too and I feel more tension on my lower back than on my legs everytime squat 🙁

@MahirParekh

2 жыл бұрын

@@yodapapu8752 Front squats for the win! My leg day consists of: 1. Barbell front squats 2. Dumbbell Bulgarian split squats/ Heel elevated dumbbell goblet squats 3. Leg extensions/Landmine squats I find that people with longer femurs benefit immensely from heel elevation. As far as training the posterior chain is concerned, there are innumerable options for us. My favourite is the RDL.

@MahirParekh

2 жыл бұрын

@@yodapapu8752 another benefit of front squats is that when you fail, you can very easily get out of them. Just drop the bar on the safety pins.

@iampavle3153

2 жыл бұрын

@@MahirParekh Front squats feel so much better for me but my problem with them is that my shoulders and arms and upper back tend to fail before the legs. My legs can handle more weight then I can hold.

I remember my professor telling me that people often consume and take in a lot of knowledge and information but in a superficial and surface level to appear intellectually good but he pointed out that there will be a disparity between your knowledge and your action.

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

That's really well put!

@shawnkim8542

Жыл бұрын

@@coacheugeneteo I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God. He is the way, the truth, the life. In Jesus Christ name. Amen. I am becoming more powerful and more perfect. My name is KingGod Shawn Sang Ik Kim. Thanks

@ourclarioncall

Жыл бұрын

Basically what he Bible says - be doers of the word , not hearers only. Knowledge profits little without application. The word of God is also likened to seed and the human heart like different types of soil. The seed can be stolen by birds or it can be fully received and produce much fruit.

@ourclarioncall

Жыл бұрын

@@boobee2511 greetings from Scotland. I’m sorry, I’m not quite understanding your question

I started doing heel elevated squats and it eliminated my lower back pain and I can squat deeper. I never knew femur length had anything to do with this! Thanks Eugene! Also I found the Zercher squat to be a good alternative to front squats.

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Zerchers are great too

@tatache5971

Жыл бұрын

Yes zercher are very good, I began with them as they did not require as much mobility than front and back squats. It was a great idea!

@62crazylegs

10 ай бұрын

I have long legs and great ankle mobility but that lowe back pain/tightness has always been my issue. Im gonna take your advice and try the heel elevation regularly.

I’m 6’4 and I never understood why I could never get a deep squat without falling over or folding. Thank you for this information.

@KayButtonJay

14 күн бұрын

6’8” here. I feel ya. Taking a wider stance helps me a lot

As someone with extremely long femurs, I was able to squat much deeper after playing around with my stance width and pointing my toes out more. This allowed me to squat much deeper and more upright.

@FxUznilo

2 жыл бұрын

As a fellow long legged dude I found the same

@nitolinilo9034

Жыл бұрын

What tremendously helped me get those good atg squats - front squats, a bit wider stance and toes pointed out. If you haven’t tried front squats I definitely reccomend them, just makes your squats “squattier” lol

@romeosmith4102

Жыл бұрын

Depth is a concern to a degree, but something to consider with wider stances is are you moving away from intended muscle target to different areas of your body. Just something to think on

This was insanely informational and bloody damn useful! Could you do smth like this on the deadlift?

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Sure!

@kgill2811

Жыл бұрын

Yes please, that would be so helpful!!!!

@karinazavidova9287

Жыл бұрын

Yes please, would love a video on deadlift! Also, talking about individual differences...I am a female with very small hands and when I deadlift I am almost dropping the barbell, not because I can't handle the weight but because I am losing the grip. If you could talk about this, I would love to hear your ideas on how to work with this issue 🙏

I really appreciate someone speaking about this. I was always frustrated because the traditional squat method never really worked for me, and I had similar back pain all the time. I found out that front squats work best for me, but it's really frustrating that it took me so long to learn why things weren't working for me when they worked for everyone else.

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

This is brilliant. I am a 5'11" female and have always had to lean quite far forward in order to squat and keep my knees in a proper position. For the longest time I have watched all sorts of people doing squats. Shorter people always make squats look effortless. I get a lot of strain on my lower back when I squat, and feel like I never can get to the point where my legs are engaged as much as they could be. I have elevated my heels before and it makes a HUGE difference in my form, but I always felt guilty for "cheating". Even my husband who is 6'4" can squat with a more upright position than myself. Even though he is taller than me, we are proportioned different. I have a shorter torso compared to the length of my legs, and my husband is pretty evenly split between the two. This video put my mind at ease. I'm going to try elevating my heels from now on and see if I can get more gains in my legs and less strain on my back!!

Reaffirms how great my PT was. Recognizing my forward lean was due to my way above average height for a woman and tighter hip/hamstrings postpartum. Immediately we worked on elevating the heel and front squat variations along with hip/hamstring strength/mobility and yeah I've seen a lot of improvement. On my bodyweight and warm up set I can hit full range of motion in a back squat. I still have to elevate my heels once I add significant weight but after almost 2 years it has improved a lot.

@ourclarioncall

Жыл бұрын

Well done 🙂

For me this has been such a great video. I’m tall and lanky and always felt awkward when comparing myself to other smaller people who seem to squat perfectly. This helps me understand that I’m doing ok after all. Thanks man.

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it 🙏🙏

I love squatting with heel elevation, it lets me go ass too grass with zero lower back pain. I hated squats because I couldn't get my quads to reach failure, but with heel elevation I'm beginning to like squatting more than leg pressing (my previous favorite).

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!

@kylehanes5702

2 жыл бұрын

This has worked for me too I’m 6’2 with most of my height in my femurs squatting has always been uncomfortable for me but I’ve found recently that’s heels elevated squats or wall squats work good for my quads and my hip

Incredibly great advice! The heel elevation fixed the strain on my lower back immediately. I spent so much time trying to force my back to be straight. Little did I know that understanding my personal structure was the key to better form.

I am SOOOOO glad you explained this! Seems like an ongoing discussion whether or not you're doing these right yet people don't think about body structure. This was perfect 👌

Thank you so much Eugene! I can always count on your content to bring reassurance and an open-minded approach. After playing around with my stance width and squatting in a more agreeable position for my long femur body type, my lower back feels A LOT less fatigued

I always appreciate any advice improving my squats! 👍

Thank you! This is the most in depth information I’ve ever come across. I look forward to exploring your channel as a new subscriber. 😊

I have long femurs and a short torso and after years of thinking it was my technique that was wrong (or that I simply wasnt strong enough) this finally answers all my questions!! Thank you so much! No one ever seems to talk about this when talking squat technique!

The lifting straps on the front squat is genius! Thank you! I have watched your previous squat mechanics video, along with others, and appreciate the materials that you put out. Thanks again!

@coacheugeneteo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

I love not only the great information, but also the calm and relaxing demeanour.

Thank you Eugene! My squat form as a long femured person has gone through a lottt of improvement and about half that improvement has come from your past videos! I started out barely even half repping, then working on my ankle mobility and getting better. Then fixing my stance (wider and toes out). Then working on hip mobility. Now I can squat to parallel and the only thing was the leaning forward thing, which Im now ok with thanks to this video. Thank you ♥️ squat university + this channel are >>>>

Just swapped to the elevated back loaded squats and doing the kneesovertoes guy stuff too. Finally able to go super deep, feel everything in the lift, etc. Highly recommend!

Uncle Eugene. I love you. I love that the education and messages you send about fitness come across in a way that’s clear, concise and from a place of passion and love. Thank you! ❤️🧠

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

This is one of the greatest if not THE greatest video I've seen on how to properly perform a squat based off of body structure. Thank you so much for this information. I will definitely have to start applying some of the techniques demonstrated in this video. Well done!

Ok this is the best explanation i have seen so far on the internet. Kudos Eugene & Crew.

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Love the content and all the effort you put into making it! Ganbaru!

Omg this! I’ve trained and researched long enough to know that the worst thing you can do is critique and train others to use the same form. Very detrimental I’ve found, which has driven why I don’t copy others much at the gym. Thanks!!!

Such a great video. My lower back gets so pumped up when I do squats, and my form is solid. I always thought it was just because my lower back was weak. I understand now.. thanks for the informative videos

Outstanding information! This is a huge shift in how I see my squats now, as a guy with relatively long legs.

Best video on squats I’ve ever seen, thank you 😊

What a simple, genuine lesson🙌🏻🙏🏻💗

You’re absolutely amazing! So glad I found your page! So educational and interesting, not boring and not overly excitable. Perfect ✨

@coacheugeneteo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

This is excellent! Everyone should see this video before beginning to do barbell squats! I am 68 years old and continue to learn valuable tips from your videos. Thank you seems hardly adequate!

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Really informative and bringing new things to the discussion. Good work as always.

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Dude. Thank you for real information that is easy to understand, and truly informative. 👌

Heel elevation has really helped my squat. I also took your advice from another video related to form checks to fix my squat technique. Slowing down the eccentric part of the movement feels so much better.

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent

Thank you for delving into body mechanics. Most people tend to use one size fits all thinking. I for one, appreciate your deeper thought process.

@coacheugeneteo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Great video! Clears up a lot of the reasons why I've never been able to do Back Squats with correct form.

Excellent video. I'm glad you're covering the importance of human levers when it comes to any movement.

I just love you... Thank you for being you. And thanks for the pep talk at the end...

I have really long legs and a short torso, and have always struggled with back squats. This is really helpful. Thanks u!

Lucid times one million. Excellent. My structure is similar to Katrina's. Buying a wedge has helped me. I get about a 1 inch raise under my heels and my back fatigue (and hip fatigue, too) has eased. Also, I feel it in my quads much more the next day or two (used to be just a vague 'spread-around' fatigue; now it is definitely quad-centered). Before buying the wedge, I also spent a year learning to do a good front squat. Those are great, too.

Finally here it comes! It's a wonderful video 👍

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Amazing video... This one really resonates with me! Love all the info, this is why I stay subbed!!

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Great video, Eugene. I struggled with my squats for YEARS because all basic tips very completly useless. My angle mobility was bad but that wasnt the only problem. I had to find the right stance and learn how my body can perform the exercise in the best way. I recommend anyone to keep working on the squat technique. It is so much more important than the weight you can squat. If you can squat very well, the weight you can move will blow up. Learning to squat in a better way is always worth it and information about how different people with different bodies can improve their squat is highly appreciated.

EXCELLENT VIDEO! I have super long femurs and now I finally understand why squatting has been so difficult. Working on ankle mobility has helped significantly! Thanks...

after 5 + years of lifting, I never thought something was off until I started hitting actually heavy squats and the lower back pain came out of nowhere. I started losing hope because It seemed like everything else was not painful but the barbell squats after a certain weight, and obviously getting painful way before I felt my legs tiring out. thank you soooooo much for this great content!!! therapists just told me to lower my weight or stop squatting lol!

Again, you nailed the explanation, Eugene! Keep up!

WOW, as a beginner (5 months of lifting) this is the kind of advice I always needed to hear. Started doing back squat for quads and always suffered from lower back pain since I have an extremely short torso, always felt disappointed for not being able to improve without hurting my lower back. I had to ditch the exercice completely since I didn't want to waste time learning how to squat. I don't want to do program hopping right now so I'll wait a little bit before going back to barbell squats. I am saving your video for futur reference, thx a lot.

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck mate! Glad this helped you 😄🙏

@Hoppitot

2 жыл бұрын

You dont need to completely change program. You could just swap an excerise or so

@yacineacheroufkebir5658

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hoppitot I feel like I am still progressing in the leg press, and I am still fresh from my lower back injury, RDL is enough of a stress already, if I swap for squats I'll need to maybe change the deadlift form too. I just want to keep my options as available as possible

@Hoppitot

2 жыл бұрын

@@yacineacheroufkebir5658 well if you're injured its a completely different story.

Thanks for making a video for us short torso'd long femur'd folks! I definitely struggle with squats for the reasons mentioned. I also found that I get adductor strains and super bad DOMs even though I didn't really push myself. Front squats or goblet squats really helped me avoid some of that.

This is gold!! I need to watch this one like 2o times🤙🏾🙏🏾👏🏾

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Fantastic Video Eugene. Thanks for all the effort🙏

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

you are a man who is good at his job.

I'm currently in love with using heel elevations for my front squats. I never knew before how much I was incorporating my back and core to move the weight instead of fully utilizing my quads.

I've been applying the heel elevation method for my trainees it's a game changer 🙌 thanks coach

Excellent video. Very informative. Kind of reinforced why I'm doing squats with heel elevation. They feel a lot better and also I'm very prone to achilles tendonitis so for me it is probably even more important reason than keeping upright.

Thanks man, I do like your content, I'll give this a try

Thank you for this! So helpful! 🙏🏽

Excellent video! Love this! You can also adjust the squat by widening the feet and turning the feet out. This allows a more upright position as well. Good work in this video. More people need this information.

omfg thank you for this. for the longest time I couldn't understand why I had to lean so far forward!

Loved this video. Us grasshopper-legged lifters get told on the regular that it's our fault for not feeling good in our squats. It's nice having the science broken down.

THX for your content, uncle eugene, its always so great!

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

That's really good advice. I never saw that until you pointed it out. Great work with all your videos.

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

As a taller lifter with long legs and tight hamstrings, I have found that the best quad and glute focused squat for me is the Bulgarian split squat, which you highlighted in another video. I use a wide powerlifter style back squat as a back and hamstring exercise that gives me a little quad activity as a bonus. Can't say enough good things about the balance benefits of single leg exercises. Lunges can also be great

Could also try squatting low bar with a wider stance that’s what helped me

Thank you thank you. I have really long thighs, and almost no torso. And these tips are a lifesaver.

Amazing content as always I also love the added part to the video ✨☺️

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 😁

A very overlooked and under discussed factor and topic. Thanks Eugene.

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

wow what a great approach!!

Thank you for all the tips.

This is why oly lifters have been a game changer for me. Using close to 1 inch elevation allows me to stay more upright and fully utilize my quads rather than my lower back and glutes trying to fight to do most of the work.

Very useful information. Now I feel less frustrated when doing barbell squat and more comprehensible when seeing anyone doing that excerscise. Can't wait for leg day to try the advises given in here . Much appreciated

oh my god it all makes sense now. Thank you so much!!

LOL - I love that glass "tripod!" You should see how I jury rig stuff here. One does what one must! Always good content. Thanks, Eugene!

This is super helpful thanks you guys!

Very helpful. Thank you!

Bless you for this brother

Thank you so much Eugene this was absolutely informative.

@coacheugeneteo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Great video, thanks Eugene. Now I know why I favour the front squat more with my longer legs. Cheers dude.

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏

thanks for making a video about me and the story of my life

you have GOT to be kidding me! this was such an informative video, I can't wait to share with my friends.

@coacheugeneteo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

When I started lifting way back when, the less than helpful gym owner told me I squatted like an old man. I would fall over if keeping my back straight. Flaring my knees out seems to help get a deeper squat and somehow my ankle mobility has increased 35 years later. Your videos have really helped me. Thanks!

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

Thank you. Very helpful.

Best video that I ever saw about the matter.

@coacheugeneteo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Thanks for educating!!! not a lot of people know about this. I have a short torso and longer femur, so I tend to bend forward and don't have that mobility in my squat until I elevate my heels! And people in my gym think i have a terrible form and try to correct me to have an upright posture every time! but it wasn't humanly possible for me unless i had a really wide stance or heel elevation or a front squat(and it discouraged me cause I was constantly told I was doing it wrong).

Ok, I'm like Katrina! Great quality content, to the point, thanks a lot Eugene! Now I want to go measure my body segments, and learn how to deal with myself :)

Thank you! especially important to be safe if you get to lifting heavier as you progress. I have a long femur and definitely doubted myself and almost gave up squats altogether, until doing some research.

Just a side note: your voice is incredibly relaxing in this, especially with this mic. Like, it's bordering on ASMR.

Superb video 👍🏽🙏🏽😍

Loving the consistency. New subscriber, maybe you’ve always been this consistent. Either way, 🔥

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome!!

Great video topic. I feel like a lot of people just yell, “Stay upright, toes more forward!” Without giving anyone help on how to accomplish the goal. Alan Thrall and Quinn Hennoch had similar videos, but most others don’t give any helpful how-to’s. At this point I can squat several inches below parallel, but when I do, my hamstrings don’t rest on my calves like Lu Xiaojun. I can get well below parallel, but my proportions won’t allow me to get a true ATG squat.

High quality info subscribed!!

@coacheugeneteo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏😄

I have longer femur too and were taught with back squats to place the bar lower down on to my upper back as opposed to higher up on my traps, to alter my centre of gravity and reduce bending forward

Wonderful information 👍🏻

Thanks Eugene 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I always thought I was just really shit at back squats , I will have to try around with front squats

Omg! Thank you!!

The time spent on this video was definitely worth it Coach 💯

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Dude you speak with clarity and precision.

@coacheugeneteo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Very informative and interesting.

Love the Analysis paralysis PSA. I Definitely gotta keep that in mind scrolling fitness channels.