***TIMESTAMPS*** This is a longer video, but I hope y'all find the detail helpful and refer back to this to help your technique! 04:00 - Buttwink & Why Your Lower Back Takes Over On Squats 06:00 - The Biggest Mistake People Make - Stretching & Mobility Warm Ups 07:37 - Mistake Demonstration - Lower Back Dominance 09:07 - How to Fix the Mistake - 2 Useful Cues for Breathing & Spine 12:05 - Powerlifter Low Bar Squat vs High Bar Squat & Front Squat 12:45 - My Squat Checklist - Stance Width 13:35 - Should You Elevate Your Heels in a Squat? 15:33 - How to Engage Your Back Muscles in a Squat

@stedyedy23

3 жыл бұрын

Why did you stop doing back squats?

@axp8598

3 жыл бұрын

3:50 please buy an anatomy book

@FFTuk

3 жыл бұрын

@@axp8598 the ole hamstring abductor

@klauslcruz

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video eugene! "I'm gonna put this barbell down so I don't die" LOL !!! Keep up the amazing content

@bumndrass

3 жыл бұрын

Strongman comps also occasionally have squat events where you'll need to break parallel for the rep to count.

This guy looks like a mortal Kombat character

@ThePokefreak98

3 жыл бұрын

Im screaming

@lyhthegreat

3 жыл бұрын

liu kang?

@kieronshepherd4445

3 жыл бұрын

Bro! I literally was about to comment “Nightwolf Wins” and then I scrolled and saw your comment 😂

@SealAngel

3 жыл бұрын

Shang Tsung specifically. Your soul is mine.

@kaykaykaliseo2702

3 жыл бұрын

Omg yes, he looks like Liu Kang 😂

This guy is a beast with majestic hair. I would gladly follow him into battle

@_Wai_Wai_

3 жыл бұрын

Haa!

@thomasking1149

2 жыл бұрын

Simp

@theomega24th37

2 жыл бұрын

@Thomas King wtf

@angel.2717

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same, all he needs is he's Horse 🐎

@jesumeneduraney797

2 жыл бұрын

Facts💯💯💯

If being half-naked indicates that Eugene is going to discuss important stuff, just imagine how important the topic would be if Eugene were full-on naked.

@beastxcore1721

3 жыл бұрын

i dont wanna learn whatever lesson he is teaching when that happens

@SurlyJason1

2 жыл бұрын

BUT THERE'S NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT... VAPOR LOCK. IT'S THE THIRD MOST COMMON CAUSE OF CAR STALLINGS.

@Meowblivion

2 жыл бұрын

@@beastxcore1721 I'd want to be there

@marioanthony8787

2 жыл бұрын

Yooooooooow! You just made my night David 🤣🤣🤣🤣 hahahaah I'm just now finding this instructor and I wish I had found his video earlier. I did a full.body 2hr session today and Im anxious to experiment with his advice and Information.

@austin4855

2 жыл бұрын

I'd pay good money to learn THAT lesson :)

You really produce high quality videos, both in content and presentation. This separate you from the rest of bodybuilding youtubers. Showing the squat movement from two different perspectives was a great!

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

"I'm half naked today which means we are going to talk bout some really important stuffs" 😂😂😂😂😂

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😫

@DV-zv4ox

3 жыл бұрын

I love your self-awareness, Eugene. Modesty is hard to come by in the KZread fitness industry.

@brokebrolife792

3 жыл бұрын

its how i talk to my gf

@Flippi037

3 жыл бұрын

@@coacheugeneteo Like Butwink, haha lol :-)

@emileriksen2481

3 жыл бұрын

@@coacheugeneteo Though, isnt the lower back dominance fine if you are lowbar squatting?

This guy looks badass and sounds like he has big brain. Thank you KZread recommendations.

@karthik8244

3 жыл бұрын

He's pretty smart,I think he has a degree for it.Not sure though.

YO Uncle Eugene! Yesterday I did squats for the first time in a while. Guess what? It felt amazing because I didn't arch my back. I still took a deep breath but in order to tighten my abs whilst performing the movement. The result? Once I focused on keeping my abs tight AKA keep my ribcage stacked over my pelvis, my body naturally knew how to squat. I didn't hold my breath, in fact, I was constantly breathing normally. No pain, no overstretching in the hamstrings, quads. Pure bliss, thank you!

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!

his voice his way of explaning things are top notch

Absolutely terrific presentation. I have never done this right, so I always avoid it. I will now try!

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Good luck

@smidgens1

3 жыл бұрын

It takes a lot of practice don't give up! GL!

What perfect timing. Just getting back into the gym after a year of inactivity and sitting and my squat mobility is SHOT

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

I just can’t stop looking at those perfect tear drop medial quads

WOOOOOAHHHH! I think my biggest take away was "not thinking about it" and letting my body do what it naturally wants to do when doing a squatting movement. When I was just getting into powerlifting, I was bombarded with cues from my coaches, peers, and internet gurus, and my lower back just kept on hurting. I really appreciate your video and you definitely earned this sub, thank you so much!

The shoving your hip back before squatting was my main mistake which caused me a lot of lower back pain. After watching a video from Jordan Syatt who explained the very concept Eugene explains here, I fixed my squat almost immediately. No more lower back pain after squatting and during the movement, I really felt the right muscles in my legs activating. Thanks for putting out all this extremely valuable information Eugene! I've tried working out throughout my young adulthood multiple times, but with channels like this one, Jordan Syatt's, Barbell Medicin, Alan Thrall, I feel like this time I'm progressing more than my whole life combined.

@shawnrobidoux

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been having the same issue with my lower back taking over and spinal erectors being aggravated with both squats and deadlifts. Can’t wait to try this out!

Can totally attest to your tip about elevating the heel a bit. For years, I couldn't figure out how to squat, it always just felt awkward, like I was falling down. Squatting shoes were a huge help for me, and last year I was able to hit my personal best, a 405 squat for 1.

I'm a tall guy at 6'4" who's been only able to hit parrallel (not but under knee) depth for the longest time but that shifting weight onto your toes slightly tip was just the thing that I needed to get my desired depth. Thanks a ton for that!

The amount of videos I’ve gone through to find something like this ... thank god . This is so informative

Wow, Eugene your ability to articulate detail within context is superb. The way you describe and demo the butt-wink, directing the viewers attention to importance of the “top of the movement” all while in the context of what our goal is, is delivered with great clarity. This is a signature approach to have. Thanks for the vid!

Teo gives an ASMR vibe which, along with my learning of important cues for my own training, I also watch his videos for the relaxing properties. Two birds with one stone.

Damn man! This brother’s got the knowledge on point. Im thinking about my squat like all day now.

This video helped me out massively, always struggled to get depth on my squats and it never occurred to me about the long femur and short torso. That literally resolved my issue. Whenever I’ve asked people in the past not once did they pick up on that!

I literally tried this today after watching this video and wow, it does make it seemingly easier throughout the entire lift. Still gotta work on forming this habit, but so far good stuff.

Everyone needs to see this. If I had this info 10yrs ago I would’ve saved my knees. Thanks again for the great tips. Just like the RDL video. These explanations are golden👌🏼🙏🏻

Thanks, Eugene! Great content and presentation and you always invest a lot in your videos. The biggest takeaway I had from this was keeping everything “stacked”, while letting the body dictate how you move through the squat. This helped immensely. Keep up the great work!

Im so grateful, you helped me a lot with doing squats, I have a lot of back problems so I have been skipping squats for about a year now. After this video I tried squatting again with your tips and I have been doing squats with no back pain for several weeks now! Thanks alot!

First time seeing your channel, this was such a great and helpful guide! I love that you talked so much about finding what works for every individual, so important! Definitely got yourself a new subscriber, thank you for the video and keep up the good work! :)

Eugene, I've been training roughly as long as you have and have been left a little jaded by fitness in general. But I'm super stoked to hear that someone else knows these things. The variety of your influences has obviously paid off. Keep up the good work, dude. 👍

Valuable information - thanks for sharing!

I used some of his tips: breathing in and out through the nose, not pushing your chest out, etc. and it worked! I lifted more than i expected and i didnt feel like i was going to pass out

This is one of the best videos I've ever seen on squat form, bravo!

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Love how you have the video broken down into segments and identify them in the video details. Great content. You just earned a subscriber!

Another great video. Always a pleasure to watch your content Eugene.

Everybody gangsta until Coach Teo starts callin they ass out... literally

I love this guy the way he explains everything so that you can understand properly ....thank you for this Mr teo

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

@krishanramsammy4349

2 жыл бұрын

@@coacheugeneteo you are most welcome ,can you please do a lesson on the trapezoids or suggest me an exercise that can focus on them specifically

Extremely helpful. Thanks Eugene

Really well articulated thanks!

Why in the hell am I barely finding this channel? Wth. God tier

Thank you Eugene! Watching your deadlift and this squad video made me realise why I always suffer from alot of lower back pain. I don't stack my pelvis! Yesterday I was able to squat with decent weight and Without ANY backpain!! Hopefully I am able to stack with deadlift as well. Seems more difficult :)

One of the most helpful and informative training video's I've watched. There's clearly an effort to be technical and objective. This dude is awesome.

Super clear thorough & well thought out. Thank you for putting this together! As a beginner to the squat, im chuffed i found this before i caused any injury. Cheers!

The other cue that I see people get wrong so often is the "upper back tightness" cue. They start off bringing their hands super close together in an effort to gain this idealised degree of tightness when in fact their shoulders are nowhere near able to accomodate that degree of closeness in their hands. At this point they go into some pretty agressive internal rotation and as soon as they start to descend into the squat, the upper body tips forward, weight distributes onto the front foot and you are screwed. They then get told that they don't have enough ankle flexibility. This also combines with the ''chest up'' problem which over extends the back because the only way they can seemingly counter the tipping forward problem is to try and push the sternum forwards and lift the chest in an effort to try and get their shoulders back to try and get the bar back over their knees etc etc. It's virtually impossible to brace properly in this position because you are only able to breathe high and you will see people get completely gassed in like 3 reps. It's really interesting to see how what you are doing in your upper body can transfer into your lower body and visa versa.

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

Man this was fucking amazing. I've been trying to back in to squats for years and couldn't because of a L4 bulging disc. You technique of rib cage over the pelvis completely removed the hyper extension of the spine. Thank you, I feel more confident about building back my lower posterior chain.

100% agree with the assessment and tips in order to squat properly with correct posture and getting the depth. I must admit one of the best videos I’ve seen in terms of teaching points, able to cross the scientific terms to more generic terms and showing it. Great stuff looking forward to see more videos

Thats awesome advices, thank you!

Stopped doing barbell back squats as well. Ganbaru has been saving my body for the future while making me stronger💪🏻🦘 keep up the work!

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!! 🙏🙏

@siimkask14

3 жыл бұрын

Literal heresy

@MuckNoya

3 жыл бұрын

What is Ganbaru?

After watching this amazing video i've decided to add squats back into my program, and i honestly believe this is the best "how to squat" video i've ever seen! these are some super important information, and it is explained in a great way! this will finally fix my squatting that i've had trouble with for all 8 years of working out! i give you 10 stars!!

@coacheugeneteo

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

This video is so good. Im glad i found this channel 💪💪💪

Probably the best squatting technique video I've seen. Thank you for this!

I have struggled with buttwink (until I stopped going that low), hitting depth [without having buttwink], and lower back fatigue... so this was a perfect primer for me! Thank you!

yay coach is back, hello :)

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

🥳🥳

Thank you dude. Watching this after dealing with some lower back pains after squatting. Fixed things in my technique I didn't know I was doing wrong

This video really resonated with me. I don't feel like anyone I've watched has ever explained squats like this and I've watched many squat videos.

Man I never knew shang tsung had a KZread channel , but god damn i can only thank the algorithm for recommending this !

Wow imagine getting quality workout advice from Shang Tsung himself. I love KZread

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

This is AMAZING content! Really love the presentation and the information. Very articulate. Keep it coming!

It is greatly appreciated to see you sharing your knowledge with a large amount care and respect for your viewers. I am relatively new to the scene so I would like to say I am very greatful to have come across your channel. You are the perfect kind of person to respectfully receive knowledge from. Much love and thank you for your insights ❤

@coacheugeneteo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Subscribers skyrocketing 🚀 🔥

This guy’s build is amazing

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Nice, Thanks for taking the time and doing an in-depth demo.

Thank you so much for this great demonstration sir!

Thanks Eugene, im not a natural squatter. Im exactly as you described short torso and really long femurs. Im going to try your tips as I do all the things you mentioned to compensate for lack of depth. The chest up tip was a great one , thanks

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

Hope this helps! 🙏

@IWantToStayAtYourHouse

2 жыл бұрын

Squatting is a natural motion tho. Thats how we are supposed to poop

There is even a song in South African, stomach in chest out, which coincidentally is also bro-science

You have provided the best, and most comprehensive tutorial on squatting I have ever heard. Thank you.

Eugene you a incredible...I appreciate the way you break down these exercises and illustrate each movement incrementally...you've earned yourself a new subscriber

I’m about to go to the gym for legs. This is mana from heaven. I hurt my back years ago doing hack squats and Romanian deadlifts (wrong). I just started barbell squats a month ago. Slowly progressing & trying to focus on form

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

Hope this helps save your back!

Good to see Herman Li still keeping tip top shape... Best built guitarist in the world..

You have by far the best and most articulate advises on gym exercises that I have seen on youtube! Really enjoying your videos

Eugene, this video is amazing. I am in my first year of PT school and I am learning a lot and one of the things we talk about is scapulohumeral rhythm. As a former power lifter I ended up with many shoulder injuries. One of them being impingement. I believe this was due to tightness in my upper traps from focusing so hard on trying glue my upper back to the bench! Thank you for posting this!

Try doing a DB goblet squat. Stacking the hips and ribs really clicked with me after warming up with 50lb dumbbell. Great video, thanks Eugene. I'm going to try out the puppet master cue.

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

Nice!

Dude. I was literally looking for something like this. First you know i’m on the toilet now you know i was thinking about this. It’s the hair, i’m telling ya

This was a solid video. Thank you.

Really informative and helpful. Thank you.

Amazing content as always! I got 2 questions though ... 1. Any thoughts on paused squats? 2. Do you have any cues for the "squat bounce" weightlifters use in their squat movement?

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

They're useful as a tool, I used them a lot when o was focusing on squat strength. The "bounce" you refer to can also be an intelligently applied tool to increase explosive power for weightlifting

Sub Count increasing nicely ! Most underrated channel.

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

thanks man for the tips !!

Very informative, thank you! Subbed

Squat day today. Perfect that this came out. Thanks Eugene👍🏻

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy!

Barbel squats every week! I’ve been struggling with depth and low back into the piriformis pain. Also poor ankle mobility 😩

this explains so much, thanks a lot!!!

Very helpful thanks man👍🏻

Tried this yesterday. I’ve been trying to get a good squat form for some time now and I felt this was the best How-to video I’ve seen! Definitely takes some time getting used to but even after just one session I felt a difference. Felt a lot more natural than all this chest up ass out-crap I’ve been doing haha. U got yourself a new sub 💪

10:52 how did you get this footage of me dancing at the club

Great information. Thank you.

This is pure gold. Thank you. You got a new sub.

BEST COACH EVER!!!... Great content, detailed explanation and examples, timestamps throughout the whole video, ASMR voice and PERFECT hair

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😅

I wish this video existed 5 years ago when I first started learning how to squat.

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

thank you so much for this video. I was doing the exact cues you mentioned: chest "up" and hips back. It was causing a lot of stress on my lower back and felt like a pinching sensation during squats because my spine was actually arching back and losing all compressive integrity because I was exaggerating those two technique cues. I've seen several videos on squat technique but yours is the one that finally gave me that "ohhhhh" moment.

Very nice. It was well spoken, and articulate. Thank you!

Me: why does my back hurt when I squat? Him: Biggest mistake you can make is what you do Me: Oh….

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

😂

"I'm half naked today which means we are going to talk bout some really important stuffs" if that was how my GF would start her "important" talk life would be good.

This is awesome. Well explained and I’m hype for leg day tomorrow.

Wow, that's some really solid tips that I haven't thought about. Thank you so much, will definitely try these cues during my next squatting session!

Anyone noticed Eugene's stance when standing up? When bodybuilder trains ballet.

This guy looks like a superhero, someone give him a sword and a role in a major movie.

great anatomical illustration, thank you.

It's the little things you don't think about or move on, forget about, and hurt yourself as a result. I love your ques. Thank you very much. Very helpful. Back pain disappeared. I'm now a subscriber.

My lower back always takes over 🙁. I’ve been lifting for years but it makes me feel like I still don’t know what I’m doing

@noufalaj2181

2 жыл бұрын

👋

I am late again fml Uncle making barbell squat video when he himself barely squatted in the last 4 years 😝 Let us know what was the big meal tonight 😁

@coacheugeneteo

3 жыл бұрын

😅😅

Thank you so much , this was very informative!

Adding to the sub growth. Good luck brother and thanks for the content.