Comments on: How-to: Overhead squat

By: gubernatrix

gubernatrix — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:52:03 +0000

Yep, my knees are a bit past my toes. If you read my text I actually talk about this – see under step 3:

“As with any kind of squat, your knees should remain over your feet. Ideally, your knees should not push out beyond your toes, but this is dependent on your flexibility. The more flexibility your have in your back, the more vertical your knees can be in the bottom position. You can see from the picture that my flexibility is a bit lacking here as my knees are slightly past my toes! But I know from my own experience that this improves with practise, so if your knees do come out past your toes, don’t let this stop you from practising the exercise as your flexibility will improve.”

Given that those pictures were taken over two years ago I can indeed attest that flexibility improves as my position is now better. Maybe I should take another set of pictures.

By: ben

ben — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:30:09 +0000

Is it just me, or in the first picture it looks like your toes are way past your toes.

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By: gubernatrix

gubernatrix — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:18:25 +0000

Yep, just go for it! You’ll find what suits you best. Have respect for this exercise and you’ll have fun with it too.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:07:34 +0000

Fascinating … I have been powerlifting for two years, although I have been told I squat with a rather narrow stance and go very deep. I actually bottomed out into the safety chains on my first attempt at my last meet 10/17/09.

I am going to try this, maybe as a precursor to Olympic Lifting.

I have long arms and legs and a very short torso (used to run marathons) … any advice on style, or just “go for it”.

Steve

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Mystery of the squat | Hard Sweat — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:20:28 +0000

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By: gubernatrix

gubernatrix — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:33:42 +0000

Thanks Tyciol! Look forward to seeing you again

By: Tyciol

Tyciol — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:53:51 +0000

Awesome guide! Very informative!

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By: gubernatrix

gubernatrix — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:24:14 +0000

@ Sean: haha, yes I get the funny looks too!