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🗓️ 25 June 2018
⏱️ 14 minutes
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The other day at the gym I was watching a trainer coach her client into terrible squat form that will unquestionably lead to back pain. While well intentioned, the advice to ‘sit back’ or ‘stick your butt out’ can be problematic and requires revision. Today I speak with the guys over at Mind Pump who will demonstrate what good squat form is and provide some helpful tips. https://drruscio.com/squatting-simple-tips-good-form/
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1:01.5 | Hey guys, this is Dr. Rucho. I'm here with my good friend, Sal, DeStefano. You said it right. |
1:06.3 | My pub, yeah, I've been saying this name wrong for a while now. I'm finally getting it right. And I wanted to talk about squat, squat form, and consult someone who knows a lot about this. |
1:15.0 | I was at the gym the other day, watching a trainer, kosher client, seeing a squat form that I think was well-intentioned, but it's probably in need of update, which is stick your butt way out. |
1:26.3 | And you guys may have heard this. |
1:27.5 | It's, you know, come way out here like this. And this poor girl is squatting and trying to |
1:30.9 | come out of the squat like this. And her low back is not going to be liking that. So there's been |
1:35.8 | some updates made to what the appropriate squat form should be. I should probably say that that's |
1:42.1 | never changed. But what we thought was right and what we now think is right have shifted. |
1:46.6 | So I wanted to ask a few questions. We'll start with a summary. Then we'll go into some demos. |
1:51.2 | But what are the basics of good squat form? |
1:55.7 | So squats is a squatting is a very functional foundational human movement. So this is something, and I want to |
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