Read & watch Justin’s post on why creating “hip torque” for squatting works.
- create torque by pushing knees out with toes pointing straight forward
- external rotation = adductors stretched, lateral portion of the hamstring tight
- activates the whole thigh (uses more musculature)
Being tighter with more musculature would result in being stronger throughout a squat.
Update: Check out Justin’s post about which toe angle to choose.
- it all depends on your mobility
- if you can get into the positions, then toes forward (up to 10 degrees) > toes pointed out
- 30 degrees is the absolute max
- mobilize, mobilize, mobilize
Additional reading:
Rip says:
But at what cost? If the tibial and femoral condyles are not lined up symmetrically, the stress across the joint is not symmetrical. […]My take is that knees don’t like to be treated this way, and that at heavy weight you won’t find many people with an intentional misalignment. Because it’s hard on the knees. And because you can squat more weight when the knees operate in an non-pathological manner, more “torque” at the bottom or not.
Thanks for posting this! Im thinking of buying a resistance band to perform the stretches he shows in the beginning of the video
Do it. I use my bands on a daily basis.
Just ordered a pair! When I try to squat with my feet straight my left knee buckle in and it starts to hurt. A few weeks of stretching with these bands might allow me push my knees out even with straight feet.
If there's a will there's a way!
Yep, also check out this "knees out" drill https://allthingsgym.com/2011/10/band-squat-knees-out-drill.html
I dont understand why people say the arch collapses. Are you talking about people who have poor mobility? I can see that, but I just want to be clear. You aren’t saying that toes out = collapsed arches are you? If you are that is totally wrong. I can push my knees out and maintain proper arches.
No, nobody is saying that.