# @thetrainingmanual on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/COvPsinnef9
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/76905941-thetrainingmanual-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-05-11T15:46:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Peter O Reilly (@NBALive_TV) — https://gondola.cc/NBALive_TV

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SQUAT: KNEE POSITION!
👇 Read Below 👇
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The big thing that we don’t 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 you’re 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, they’ve most likely have been using this technique for many years and have developed the structural integrity throughout their joints to do so. They’re also in the performance realm; not the health and fitness realm so they’re going to adopt certain techniques to lift more weight.
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Also, some of you might have actual structural limitations in your hips or ankles that make this position impossible for you and that’s totally fine as well - do the best you can and work with what you’ve got. If you’re built this way, then having your knees be slightly in might actually be a stronger position for you and is perfectly safe. Always choose what works for you!
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For the rest of us, keeping our knees in line with the 3rd-5th toes keeps our knees, feet, and ankles in a stable position and we can develop plenty of strength doing so.
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Great post by achievefitnessboston 
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