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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1535: Should You Squat Below Parallel?

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin weigh in on the longstanding squat depth debate.

  • Why a greater range of motion, that you are connected to, is better for overall muscle growth. (1:50)
  • Making the case when shorter ranges of motion or more beneficial. (8:10)
  • The difference between being a personal trainer versus a coach. (10:36)
  • Why national certifications are NOT the end all be all. (14:06)
  • The problems training with limited ranges of motion. (16:50)
  • Am I sacrificing muscle in pursuit of a greater range of motion? (18:22)
  • If you don’t own it, you are going to hurt yourself. (21:23)
  • Busting the myths surrounding shorter versus greater ranges of motion. Which builds more muscle? (24:21)
  • The beauty of training in new ranges of motion once you OWN them. (33:00)
  • How the overcompensation of other muscles ends up creating deviations in your posture, which creates chronic pain. (35:49)
  • The stigma that resistance training will make you muscle-bound. (38:54)
  • Steps to increase your functional range of motion. (39:50)
  • Step 1: Train your brain first! (40:41)
  • Step 2: Identify your limiting factors. (47:00)
  • Step 3: Treat your new range of motion as a new exercise. (48:45)

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0:00.0

If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.

0:06.0

MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, with your hosts.

0:09.0

Salta Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.0

You just found the world's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast.

0:16.0

This is Mind Pump.

0:18.0

Alright, in today's episode, we talk about ranges of motion.

0:22.0

In particular, should you squat below parallel?

0:26.0

Will that give you better results?

0:28.0

And in general, will you get better results doing larger ranges of motion versus shorter ranges of motion?

0:35.0

This is a bit of a debate in the fitness space.

0:37.0

And so we bring some light to the right answer.

0:40.0

We actually give you the truth based on studies and our experience in this episode.

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