Fix your overhead squat mobility fast!

[@KarriemDraw-b9u]

Great breakdown on mobility issues. I never realized how much my ankle flexibility impacted my squat until I saw this.

[@thebarbellphysio]

@@KarriemDraw-b9u glad it helped! Articles on thebarbellphysio.com on how to improve that

[@JonnyDieds]

This deserves more views! Helped a lot. Thanks

[@thebarbellphysio]

Glad to hear Jonny

[@misterbulger]

This is the only squat I do anymore. It doesnt compromise my chronically tight low back. I have to put plates under my heels to help with ankle/low back mobility, but im ok with that. Over time I'm able to decrease the heel lift. Makes it feel 1000% better & safer. It gets my glutes involved with a deep loaded stretch a lot more than in a back or front squat that just gave me a massive muscle imbalance over the years. If your back and hips and knees hurt and you squat and deadlift alot. STOP and try these. Superset with pendalay rows and hip thrusts your low back will be bulletproof after awhile.

[@erenfehimoglu6010]

Awesome video man, thank you!

[@kindrex]

Great video thanks, my OHS is mostly upright but I know I can do better! I passed all the tests but will try that last sitting exercise as I think it will work wonders!

[@en5490]

What about the hips? I pass all the mobility tests for ankles,lats, thoracic.

[@thebarbellphysio]

performanceplusprogramming.com/ultimate-mobility-checklist/

[@thebarbellphysio]

What other overhead squat questions do you have? Comment below and I'll try to help you out!

[@davidsteel4581]

Great content. What about a video on single arm DB/KB squat?

[@stefanschotte5490]

any comments about specific biomechanical morphology like small torso, long femur, hip socket ?

[@thebarbellphysio]

search my channel for "long leg squat solutions" and improve your squat depth. Also articles on thebarbellphysio.com

[@michapoczatek4846]

Cant go deeper than power snatch with more weight any tips

[@thebarbellphysio]

check out our articles on thebarbellphysio.com

[@alejandroherrera-vm5bg]

I’m confused. He said test ankle mobility, and sometime people sit back like they don’t have good hip mobility…… is it one in the same or was this a mistake?

[@thebarbellphysio]

Often people with limited ankle mobility sit back more in the OHS giving them trouble with positioning. But sometimes people with good ankle mobility overemphasize the "sit back" cue often given in the squat and unnecessarily squat with a very forward torso angle.

[@alejandroherrera-vm5bg]

That and he is wrong about the shoulder mobility part. The lats externally rotate the shoulder and since you need to load your back to squat. You should focus on that 🙄

[@thebarbellphysio]

Nope. They are a shoulder internally rotator. They are STRETCHED with shoulder flexion and external rotation. But when they contract they internally rotate, extend, and adduct

[@thebarbellphysio]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latissimus_dorsi_muscle