I confess that I’m a
little obsessed with squats. What is not
to like about an exercise that uses lots of joints, promotes stability and mobility,
increases strength, and helps keep us out of nursing homes?
Over the weekend, I
learned more about squats. I have new
tools to evaluate squat performance and then to help improve that
performance. I even learned a couple of
exercises that my clients will actually like that enable better squatting!
I realize that not
everyone shares my enthusiasm, so I will limit myself to one example of
improved squatting: the hips need to
move first. When that happens, the knees
bend only when the center of gravity falls too far backward, taking less
pressure and allowing for deeper movement and even encouraging the feet to stay
down longer for those of us whose heels rise when we go particularly deep into
a squat. Small changes can improve
performance so much!!!
Let’s do it!
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