Let's get to the bottom of your squat!

[@manuelavendano3891]

This is the best explanation I´ve ever seen. Waaaaay better than those from other SS coaches

[@HORNSTRENGTH]

Thank you, brother! 💪🏻

[@skandalbanker]

This explanation should be in the blue book!

[@hexmedi]

wow! 10x explanation Paul!

[@user-fl5lr1nm5v]

Excellent!

[@wacimo16]

The best explanation about squat on youtube !!! Thanks

[@stevevanooteghem8742]

Great examples! Now I understand more of what my SS coach has been telling me!

[@coltmccormick4952]

This video really helped me with squat. Thanks so much for this video!

[@JasonTurk]

This video was recommended by a Starting Strength coach. Knee placement and bottom position is something I've been struggling with. This is an excellent explanation of them both with some other tidbits I've been wondering about and I can't wait to get back under the bar again. You won a subscriber today.

[@HORNSTRENGTH]

Jason Turk Thanks for the support!

[@HORNSTRENGTH]

@wnypaisan27 Thank you! Most people don't. It'll feel wrong at first. Let it feel wrong.

[@joecarter1598]

Very informative keep up the good work. Uncle Joe .

[@jonahmoore1779]

Great video!

[@richsaborsky5398]

Thanks Paul!

[@beskeptic]

Excellent!!! Thank you!!!

[@adamkennington7795]

This video is excellent and has helped me with my squat. Great job and I look forward to finding more videos from your channel.

[@HORNSTRENGTH]

Thanks Adam! More content is coming soon. I‘ve been totally focused on getting my new book ready for release, but it’s almost done. Thanks for watching!

[@sofiblue09]

Thanks! Awesome visual explanation. English is my second language , I couldn't understand some cues before.

[@bradpeterson4277]

freakin amazing mega helpful

[@kapilprasannaa]

This is awesome. I have a terrible knee slide - I absolutely love the visual explanation here. Is knee slide just something we have to remember to not do, or is it a function of setting up to squat properly (right hip angle, bar placement, stance width etc. )

[@HORNSTRENGTH]

It's a function of not putting your knees far enough forward earlier enough. If you shove them forward to where they're going to end up anyway, then they can't slide since they're already there.

[@wstar72]

Great information. It is a shame you aren't producing more videos. I've pick up a few great pointers from what I've watched so far.

[@paulmhorn]

More to come. I promise. I'm finishing up the final edits for my first book. Once that's done, I'll have more videos up. Thanks for tuning in so far!

[@srinibhavani]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@colbyl7171]

it seems a lot of this hinges on the back angle. Is there a good way to establish the appropriate back angle?

[@HORNSTRENGTH]

Back angle is different for everyone based on their unique anthropometry. If you have very long femurs, for example, you will have a much more horizontal back angle. If you have a long back and short legs, you will be more vertical. It doesn't matter. Just put the bar in the right place, keep your weight balanced over the mid-foot, and whatever back-angle that produces will be correct.

[@colbyl7171]

Horn Strength & Conditioning makes sense. I almost feel the need to intentionally lean over more to let my hips shift back more. All this impact knee placement. Under ‘normal’ anthropometry, are the knees an inch or so in front of the foot at the bottom? Edit- just rewatched and that’s what is said in the video

[@HORNSTRENGTH]

@@colbyl7171 Like the back angle, there is no "right" place for the knees. It again depends on how you're built. On average, the knees tend to end up a little in front of the toes, but sometimes they're behind and other times they are several inches in front. Squat down to the bottom and balance your weight over the mid-foot. Look at where your knee is, relative to the toe, when you're perfectly balanced. That's where they go. When you initiate the squat, shove them to that point right away. Then sit back into the bottom. Think, "Knees forward and out. Hips back and down."

[@colbyl7171]

Horn Strength & Conditioning thanks and I like the video. Probably watched hundreds in the last year but I can always learn something new!

[@DeuceDeuceBravo]

I've seen so many people hammering on the point of keeping knees from moving beyond the toes (not necessarily on squat instruction though). Is that concern overblown?

[@HORNSTRENGTH]

Where your knees end up is all based on the length of your femur relative to your tibia. Some people will have knees in front of the toes, some will be even, and some will be behind the toe. Everyone's dimensions are different. There is no one correct answer. Just go to the bottom and balance. Wherever the knees are when you're balanced at the bottom is where they should be.