All right, what's up, podcast listeners? Thank you so much for checking out today's show. This is episode 140 of the Squat University Podcasts. The goal with each and every one of these shows is to bring you as much value-packed information and content to help you move better in the gym and in life, decrease your body, takes and pains and help you reach your true athletic potential. Today I'm joined once again by two-time Olympian Chad Vaughn.

And today we're going to go over a topic that is near and dear to our hearts and something

that we get asked about constantly over social media, which is how do I squat deeper?

And how do you do so consistently, especially with heavier weights?

Because that's another thing that we see.

I'm sure many of you that are listening to this,

maybe also have the issue where you can get deeper at the start with some of your lighter weights.

But then as you get heavier and heavier and maybe you're going for a new one rep max,

you always have to ask your friend, hey, did I hit depth?

Did I get deep enough?

That shouldn't be an issue that you have.

So today let's go over a simple three-step process that I teach all of my patients, all the clients that I work with, that Chad uses within his own programming about how to get that mobility and how do you actually keep it.

And it's a very simple three-step process.

You're going to think mobility, stability, and then integrate. So here's what that means.

We need to be able to get the mobility. We need to be able to address why was that mobility

a deficit in the first place, which is often due to a lack of stability

or ownership of that motion. And then we need to be able to integrate that new motion within

the squat pattern with whatever barbell pattern you are using, whether that's a front squad,

an overhead squad, a back squat, and for my Olympic lifters and my crossfitters, your cleans

and snatches.

So let's first touch on briefly, mobility.

What are the main limiting factors in a deep squat?

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