Squat Like The Tomanator!

[@doublevision2943]

I had no idea about the importance of ankle mobility until I chatted with a guy at the gym yesterday and he showed me his lacking ankle mobility using a door frame and I had no issue at all in comparison when doing the movement he showed me. I've also noticed that even though people tell you "the taller you are the wider your squat stance" I've found that I feel much more comfortable with a close stance and I figure now that it is exactly because of this. I unintentionally train my ankle mobility every day as I have to "squat" countless of times while working, I also find smith machine elevated calf raises are a good way to add in ankle mobility training without making it solely about the ankle.

[@Smittjitsu]

Love Toma’s squat. Such a great model for longer femur lifters. Appreciate these videos boys I model my squat after Toma based on recommendations from you guys ♥️

[@danielhenderson762]

Nah. Most people don't have that ankle flexion

[@dvsavocs5290]

^ facts

[@alubchicken]

@@danielhenderson762 most people don't fucking spend 6 months stretching and weightlifting to get that range of motion, most people don't put in enough effort over a long enough period of time while being consistent and diligent to their weighted stretching. most people are more afraid of looking silly and weak in a commercial gym - squatting with full depth and slow speed to stretch everything out, because most people are insecure about their strength and care too much about how other people perceive them. most people would rather do a low bar squat and barely reach parallel with more weight. you don't have to be most people. put yourself and your own goals first, before your own self-imposed limitations and insecurities.

[@IvanDraco01]

@@alubchicken My man went on a rant, and rightfully so

[@GetUnwoke]

@@danielhenderson762 I have long femurs and good ankle flexion and I still can't execute a squat like that.

[@kenocontreras]

She's amazing! her technique, power, and strength are incredible!

[@Hossak]

Fantastic video, incredible athletes on display here. Thank you!

[@omarlopez-ortega]

Loredana Toma is an inspiration, indeed. I admire her...but I love Francisca Simona Tanca.

[@4ud10ph1le]

More info on the ankle mobility drils, please

[@mcon2000]

Great vid!

[@Bestguy10]

Great video lads, would love a classic lifter of the week some time

[@seamusmccartney5872]

Will increasing ankle stiffness for improved running speads always result in a reduction of ankle mobility? Or are these attributes separate? Can I train to have good joint stiffness without compromising my mobility?

[@minemilx2702]

I wanna know too

[@alexwilliams5587]

Good question

[@HkFinn83]

Weightlifting is pretty much the only sport where you want that excessive ankle mobility. It will to an extent slow down your running speed and sport based power based on that loss of elastic rebound effect. Stiffness and tightness and lack of stiffness just are unfortunately opposite attributes. One will to a extent take from the other.

[@gremlin2723]

​@@HkFinn83 No

[@alessandromassami]

God tier video, thanks ❤

[@Wo1fLarsen]

Looked her up, she's only 5' 5". She looks a lot taller on film. Still long limbed though. Very impressive young lady.

[@LucasDimoveo]

Any advice for hypermobile athletes and gaining/ maintaining strength?

[@dalehall-bowden1083]

I’m curious too. My mobility was never an issue despite starting in my 30’s. Strength development however has been a struggle.

[@DenisChenchik]

Weight gain

[@Keegan3005]

i find it difficult to sit in a bodyweight full depth squat and feel any ankle stretch without coming off my heels - is it still beneficial to sit in that deep position to get more comfortable here despite not actually feeling a stretch in the ankle?

[@JorgeTomásDejean]

I do that as a part of my warm up and I find it really helpful. I usually sit as low as I can with my back as upright and neutral as I can and then i a play around shifting my weight from one leg to another, trying different stance widths and moving around my ankles and knees till I feel comfortable. From there I do the same with the bar and form has improved a lot

[@nunchukGun]

What I'm noticing is her knees come forward at the bottom of the squat. For me this irritates the joint but maybe for her it was a matter of conditioning the tendons to that motion?

[@alalmalal]

Hurts my knees just to watch. They have rice crispy sounds every time i bend them now

[@zackariahp1873]

Is the title right, I thought it would be "Tomanator"

[@sikastrength]

Noooowwww it's right ✅️

[@turkishdelight6032]

3:12 It looks like they’re built similarly. They both have long femurs

[@olyseth]

Can you guys make a video on David Fischerov?

[@robertanderson9509]

5:32 this guys videos are hilarious

[@thomaspatrickjensen]

I thought maybe we would get one of those with her, and here we are. Also wow those abs, she is lean!

[@scottmitchell1974]

Does short torso = better puller and long legs = worse squatter kind of come out in the wash with weightlifting?

[@asdfkjhlk34]

I think short torso just loses out overall, which is why you don’t see as many athletes with it. I think it depends on your shin length too

[@DredFulProductions]

Long leg mobility gang signing in

[@robs1714]

Broke my ankle 3 months ago, Gimmie 3 months more and I’ll give this a try

[@flymofoisthebest3885]

How did it go?

[@robs1714]

@@flymofoisthebest3885 haha I can squat now but not like her

[@deboraharnaut989]

🔥

[@thomasurech]

She's deadly serious in training, but otherwise I get the sense that she just gets a kick out of the image. At least that's how it seemed in the clips of her with Yazmin & Sheila at the beach.

[@GetUnwoke]

She has such a beautiful back squat. I wish mine looked like that.

[@eugenepoon]

Wow a Wu Lifts appearance sans roasting

[@AnthonyGarcia-sy3yk]

Mmm i trough the chine girl beat her snacht record on the last asian championship Liao Guifang with 120 kg snacht , our that toma record is from a different category??

[@MrSpicabooo]

Im like monke, long torso and arms but short legs, who should i model my squat after?

[@alexwilliams5587]

That’s perfect squat leverages tbh

[@dvsavocs5290]

prolly lu xioajun

[@MrSpicabooo]

@@alexwilliams5587 my lifetime pr was 230kg, but that was when i was heavier playin college football. Was around 90kg then now im like 80-83 less conditioned. Most i been able to hit in like the past 2 yrs was 180kg

[@jiv32]

How to squat like the tomanator: be the tomanator.

[@luisavalos1521]

Lesman Paredes next

[@asdfkjhlk34]

My femur is as long as my torso, unlike my shin 😢

[@masudshah7405]

No tulai duamne!!!

[@PiethagorasTearem]

Jacked greta thunberg

[@knowwe]

Why the hell would I want to squat like that??? Look how far forward her knees are, and the arching forward at the beginning of the lift, no thanks. Obviously her numbers are crazy though

[@jackie7892]

ccol

[@arthurblackhistoric]

Hey guys and gals! The squat racks are right in front of you . .So why don't you rack the bar when you've finished the set? Dropping the bar like you're all doing is totally disrespecting the gym gear! And don't even try to justify this behaviour by saying you're saving energy! Every one of you would have gone walkabout with the bar to save a lift. Racking the weight will help with that.

[@coinrush1]

who r u talking to

[@arthurblackhistoric]

@@coinrush1 . . I'm talking to everyone who carelessly and/or arrogantly lets the bar fall to the floor after a set of squats instead of racking the weight. It's only good gym etiquette to respect the equipment after all.

[@coinrush1]

Do you mean the people in the video? But they won't see your comment...

[@arthurblackhistoric]

@@coinrush1 . . I don't care. That practice is so widespread that plenty of lifters who do see it probably dump their squat bars from shoulder height as well.

[@coinrush1]

Ok well, assuming this is the case, why do you consider it to be disrespectful to the weights? They are, after all inanimate objects which don't have feelings or desires

[@nickkom7866]

All these body-weight stretches are a total waste of time. The best way to improve ankle mobility is simply doing high-bar back-squats focusing to gradually improve ROM.

[@Bestguy10]

Good luck getting into a good high bar squat position without doing any stretching, hips and ankles will be just fine, say goodbye to your knees

[@alexwilliams5587]

There’s a reason the best do what they do

[@JohnVieto]

Can you have long femurs but relatively short legs? My torso is longer then my femur length but i think my femurs longer than tibia. No way to know for sure unless i measured myself. But you never see videos explaining how to do this. Also measuring yourself is kind of awkward i suppose to get right.