Don't Make These Mistakes When You Squat

[@bradschewe113]

This is solid advice. I am years removed from tearing my l4 and l5 but have suffered from chronic pain since 2018 due to nerve pain, inflammation, tight hamstrings, groin and hip pain that never gets better no matter how much I stretch. I had to go back to my roots and start listening to mind pump again and watching your channels like I did when I was training every day. I have had to learn how to squat again with just my body weight. I am 6 5 about 254 and always struggled with squats but watching your videos years ago helped me and seeing this video gets me excited but I also have to take it one step at a time and work on getting my core stronger before I start back to squatting or doing most leg exercises with weight. I knew better to not see the importance of the kinetic chain and everything being in sync when it comes to movement. If one thing is off everything is off. I am a mess but getting better now that I have been focusing on my core which got extremely weak after my injury and have even lost the ability to activate my glutes in most movements. Your videos have helped for that problem as well. My problem is I have so many things going on it becomes overwhelming and one movement always seems to ignite my nerve pain like it did today. Not to give you my sob story but I wish I was close to Cali or could be around someone to help me get back to a normal life to where I don’t have to think about pain in everything I do. Sit, pain, stand pain, workout pain, stretch pain. You guys are awesome 👏🏼

[@madisonbildahl7463]

I am fairly new to weight lifting and I can't tell you how much I appreciate all your video tutorials. Been listening to Mind Pump Podcast for a couple months now and I'm addicted. So appreciate what you guys do!

[@jeanpauljeanpaul2530]

New weightlifters should be following Starting strength by mark Rippitoe

[@powuhh]

Danny the GOAT

[@lilibothwell5834]

Thanks for the breathing tip. I always wondered that

[@nono7937]

Best info yet❤

[@zeroman155]

So many good tips in this video. Gratitude.

[@MindPumpTV]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TumiEdun]

This is a great video! I really wish I knew exactly why to brace when I first starting training. For me I find it difficult to execute things if I don't understand why I'm doing it. You explained this very well!! Thank you

[@MindPumpTV]

Glad it was helpful!

[@brittany5323]

Great video, quick and informative BUT it would be helpful if you had more clear examples of the two comparisons.

[@re_i_gn]

Thanks, king.

[@AnaCarinaSalazar]

Such a great video!

[@reservedstasy]

Thanks for sharing. Very informative. Blessings

[@MindPumpTV]

Thanks for watching!

[@believeinjesus8300]

bracing the core is like when your fighting a mean turd that won’t come out that’s a good cue . 👍🏾

[@cythefly]

Very nice, informative, straight to the point tutorial. Kudos!

[@carolinavee7247]

Thank you so much for this video . 😊

[@MindPumpTV]

Thank you!

[@carolinavee7247]

@@MindPumpTV no problem 😊

[@kevinphilip5669]

Thank you sir

[@MindPumpTV]

Welcome!

[@Liz-jp3ng]

Thank you

[@benormal000]

I’ve heard conflicting info about this but what about knees in line with vs over toes? It looks like your were in line with your toes

[@solsticemoon1220]

Going knees over toes is fine as long as your heels stays planted on the ground.

[@Cutlerypotato]

If I can't keep my back flat all the way down would recommend squatting to 90 degrees instead of as low as your showing in the video

[@MindPumpTV]

Yes, one option is to reduce range of motion. It's important to maintain a good spinal position as you increase load.

[@Cutlerypotato]

@@MindPumpTV hoping once I strengthen my abs and glutes I can increase ROM

[@ScholteimReinbachIII]

On stance: I recommend the "Adam test", also from Mind Pump. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZK7ZqaZaJV6gdE

[@samb6398]

I learned more from this than I did the podcast. Make more KZbin videos. It’s nice to not have Sal squawking about politics. We hear enough of that in the news. No more politics please.

[@rickwhit498]

First

[@MindPumpTV]

Love it!

[@Nikhil_nvniks2]

Just start the video with the right form, how to do it. Sometimes we don't need the science behind that. You can cover that up later.