I’ve been talking quite a bit about squats lately…

If you’ve read my articles on JC Hise’s success with squats, you’ll know why.

But as I’ve discussed before, there are conflicting opinions on how low you should squat.

To me, it isn’t ‘either or.’ It ain’t that simple, as they say…

I believe depth needs to be adjusted on a personal basis. And one of the biggest factors is the rounding of the lower back.

This happens for a few reasons, which I promised to cover. And I’m delivering on that promise now…

What we’ll cover here is flexibility, or rather, the lack of it.

If you’re reading this thinking, ‘Flexibility, I don’t need no stinkin’ flexibility. I just want to lift big weights.’ Keep on reading…

If you’re stiff as Frankenstein, you’ll probably have some issues in the squat. And I’m not the only one saying this…

When asked what a beginner needs to focus on in the Olympic lifts, Olympic weightlifting legend Tommy Kono replied with the following:

‘…a strong back arch, loose shoulders and flexible hips, knees and ankles.’
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This applies to squatting as much as it does to the snatch and clean.

This is because the alignment of the lower body and back in the bottom position of the snatch and clean; are practically identical to the squat. This is why weightlifters squat as much as they do.

For the sake of keeping this message relatively short, I’m going to cut things off here.

Tomorrow I’ll be back, and will cover some of the areas Mr. Kono mentioned in greater detail.

I’ll also share a simple; but effective exercise that helps improve squatting form and depth.

Until then…

Train Smart, Train Hard

Ray Toulany

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