SQUAT: KNEE POSITION!
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The big thing that we donโt want to see is your knee caving in inside the line of your big toe. We like knee position to be in line with somewhere around the 3rd-5th (pinky) toes. This helps to maintain a solid arch position in your foot, which can help to transfer stability to the knee.
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If youโre having difficulty pushing your knees out in the bottom of the squat, try to flare your feet out slightly more. This can help to reduce ankle mobility requirements and allow you to squat down in a more comfortable manner.
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Lastly, this is advice for the 90% of you. There are some higher level Olympic lifters that actually purposely allow their knees to come inwards at the bottom of their squat, and seem to gain more power out of the hole because of it - perhaps by utilizing their adductors more. However, theyโve most likely have been using this technique for many years and have developed the structural integrity throughout their joints to do so. T...