S2 EP29: Listen To This Before You Squat
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2020
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Squatting is one of the most common and basic exercises that you’ll see in the gym. Despite that, there is still controversy about how to perform squats correctly and what they do for you. In this episode, we’ll talk about the importance of squats, how squatting affects your body, and what good squats look and feel like.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- Controversy around squats
- Why squat?
- The purpose of squatting below parallel
- How squatting affects your knees
- The muscle groups engaged while squatting above and below parallel
- Squats and mental toughness
- Why squats don’t look exactly the same from person to person
- What to look for in a good squat
- How to tell if your squat stance is off
- Squatting with knees over toes
- Butt winks
- What’s too low for a squat?
- Squatting with something under your feet
- Holding your breath in a squat
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- Our Fitness Blog. Behind the scenes at CVG.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | So the next time you think about a squat and the benefits that you're able to get, you think whole body strength, power, balance, coordination, bone density, joint integrity, and mental toughness. With a side of mental toughness. Nothing more mentally tough than squats. Yeah. Yeah. |
| 0:01.0 | See, yeah, |
| 0:02.0 | I'm gonna get a lot. more mentally tough than squats. Yeah. The big question is this. |
| 0:24.6 | In a world of fake Instagram models and bad diets, |
| 0:28.6 | how do real people achieve their fitness goals? |
| 0:32.6 | We are an army of hardworking women, changing their How do real people achieve their fitness goals? |
| 0:36.6 | We are an army of hardworking women changing their lives through fitness and health. |
| 0:37.7 | Wherever you are at on your journey, we have the answers to how to make working out and |
| 0:44.7 | eating well a part of your life. |
| 0:50.6 | Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere. |
| 0:53.9 | Welcome to the Thick Thighs Save Lives podcast. |
| 0:57.6 | Hey, and welcome back to the Thick Thigh Save Lives podcast. |
| 1:03.6 | We have a booty day today, and I'm Kelsey. |
| 1:07.6 | If you ain't squat and you ain't trying. |
| 1:11.6 | I'm Rachel. |
| 1:13.1 | So we got a really cool episode for you guys today talking about probably the most common exercise in the gym is the squat. |
| 1:14.4 | If it's not, it should be. |
| 1:24.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:26.3 | We love, love, love, love our squats around here. |
| 1:26.7 | We love our squats, but there seems to be so much. |
| 1:30.1 | Okay, so anytime there's a lot of something, right, you have a lot of voices, and a lot of |
| 1:33.9 | information can be misconstrued and then misused. |
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