One of my favorite cues for squatting: align your ribs and pelvis to maintain a neutral spine. This is not only key for performance but also can be very helpful for some with back pain! . Shout out @sopheallen for the opening stitched video!
Stop exploiting sexy women to then throw your big head and annoying voice into the mix. It’s disingenuous as you know we didn’t click onto hear your unsolicited opinion advice or comments
Hey, I remember some people were saying that some people have specific forms more natural and efficiient to them since they are taller, is this true? And to what extent? Im around 5'11" or 6 so idk if its tbat big a deal for me personally lol. Sorry, had to copy and paste
Yes keep feet securely planted and drive your knees out in a corkscrew motion. Imagine if you wrapped a towel around a bat how much tension you could create. Unless you are past the point of no return I’ve heard of this not working.
Two words to prevent that. Hamstrings and calfs. If you're not involving them in your squats then yeah youre gonna get knee pain and you're gonna miss out on gains. Also you should squat barefoot so you can get feet gains as well (not kidding, they help)
Most people either think it is bad to lean forward or are afraid to lean forward and that cuases all of their problems. Let yourself lean forward and just maintain whatever angle you find works for you
Sucks that the comments have been taken over by bots. This channel is an amazing source of information. I think the bots were attracted by all the click baity thirst thumbnails, but the content is solid
@@kexerino Yes. Their AI can analyze patterns, and the creators of the bots can direct them towards certain topics. Similar to the bots that just parrot "men of culture, we meet again" and "he can't keep getting away with this " over and over and over.
This actually is gold for ladies that has that butt wink and it keeps your posture better in control and less back pain !!! These are for people with large derrière !! ❤
I started lifting heavy a few months ago and was getting minor back pain by the end of my squatting sessions. I learned that when I was coming up from the bottom position my hips might have been staying back a little longer than they should have been, putting some of the load in my low back. I started focusing on driving my hips forward straight out of the bottom position and the pain stopped showing up at the end of my workouts, now showing that I was on the right track.
She shows the corrected pelvic tilt, but then the camera cuts to her second squat which seemed very much like the first. That’s my problem. As soon as I hinge, it seems like whatever corrected tuck I started with goes away.
It’s not just a pelvic tilt. You have to screw your feet into the ground supinating them slightly to allow you to do the pelvic tilt without forcing it.
Not on that girl though. She instructed how to do it but then went back to doing it the same way again with the booty pointed out and somewhat of a hyperextended arch
Ok thanks. I watched it and was like umm what’s the difference… so then I paused the video on the “correct” form, and switched to the incorrect form and the image moved a millimeter lol 🙄 thanks lady for nothing 😂
Wear a WIDE weight lifting belt, your posture will be corrected, and you'll know the feeling of the correct squat using the correct posture... then ditch the belt. Worked for me.
You don't want to follow this to a tee and create buttwink when you didn't already have it. You actually do want to have your chest up and glutes extended back, but the change she should be making is leaning her body weight further back onto her heels. This aligns it with your hips and core, that way you don't have the issue they're referring to. This is only really good advice if you're having back pain like the guy in the video.
both positions are fine, some people are more glute dominant or are squatting wider, so they stick out their glutes more when squatting. anatomy and technique varies widely for squats, people don't all squat the same way. telling people not to keep their chest open during squats is also terrible advice as having an open chest prevents thoracic rounding and keeps the torso stable
The patient is not performing the "Break the hips" during the beginning of the descent of the squat. This may also lead to a back pain since the hips are not engaging as well as they should and majority of the load is going on the lower back and knees as well
No need to overcomplicate it. Just brace through the pelvic floor and try to keep a neutral spine. Take my 2cents, and I won't have to see you in the morning. ✌️
What advice do you have for not being able to squat without tipping over backward? I try to "sit back" into the squat, but I always lose my balance and lose all my power for standing back up. Also prevents me from getting a deep squat.
Hey, I remember some people were saying that some people have specific forms more natural and efficiient to them since they are taller, is this true? And to what extent? Im around 5'11" or 6 so idk if its tbat big a deal for me personally lol
@squatuniversity where are you guys located? I would love to get some in person help from you guys from an accident I had that's really hurting me now. I'm trying to fight against it but need help PLEASE 🙏
In the name of science and culture, I screencapped both squats and can confirm that her spine is slightly more straight in the second example. Blink and you'll miss it, I recommend watching several times.
You're looking at the wrong thing my guy. (No not that thing) Her pelvis is at the same angle, yes, but her spine is clearly in a more neutral position in the second clip. The thing is it's about keeping and maintaining a neutral spine throughout the lift. A stacked pelvis with equally stacked ribs is simply just a good place to start from, and for many people guarantee a neutral spine posture throughout the lift.
@@kirby7475but the pelvis being aligned with the ribs is how you keep a neutral spine in the first place. If her pelvis is in a relatively similar position between both clips then her spine position isn’t changing.
@@zachwilson7084 No, because the extension in her spine in the first clip makes it so the ribs and the pelvis are not aligned. My point isn't that hips and ribs can't be independently out of position (which happens when you're either flexing or extending the spine). Her pelvis can be in the same position without the spine being neutral because the spine, unlike the bone structure of the pelvis and ribcage, can actually be flexed or extended.
Dear readers, stop this madness. The "Back" Squat loads the spine directly because of the bar positioned in that fashion. There doesn't exist a perfectly correct form or perfect technique for such exercise. You're just hurting your back each day, slowly or quickly working your way to herniated discs. You want to Squat? Good! There are fantastic back friendly alternatives of this exercise. Why not Front Squats?! Why not Goblet Squats? Why not even Zercher Squats?! Jefferson Deadlifts?! Behind the back Deadlifts?! Barbell Hack Squats?! Bulgarian Split Squats?! Lunges?! I advise against going 90 degrees low. You want more Glutes?! Good! Then do Hip Thrust.. Hell.. Ladies and gentlemen.. Use your brain!!!
Well there's two different neutrals. Standing still with good posture - which may or may not require some body English depending how screwed up you are, then there is a neutral while doing the movement. You'll only actually achieve this when everything's firing correctly, muscular imbalances will dictate how "neutral" the spine is in terms of the muscles in that region being able to move freely without over extending in either direction and your core muscles are doing their job of stabilising the spine Hope this helps
I'm always more and more convinced that "Back" Squats are just as idiotic as "Conventional" Deadlifts. And I'm backed by science when I do such statement...
@@adammiller9179 not if you are a real man. ;) Just kidding! That's true. I'm working my way up to it at 66. 90 lbs. squatting to 6 inch depth: th-cam.com/video/zbViQfgh51s/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Pi-C2P69cgTzL52T&t=27
This guy is shameless in his exploitation of other TH-camrs principally women. Sticking his big face on the screen but using their material for click bait. Nothing is as it seems. This is simply to make money. We didn’t click to see his face or hear his annoying voice.
What’s the difference between having the resistance band below his knee vs above? I started using it above the knee as I took some time off to recover and it is a great way to feel muscular engagement
One of my favorite cues for squatting: align your ribs and pelvis to maintain a neutral spine. This is not only key for performance but also can be very helpful for some with back pain!
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Shout out @sopheallen for the opening stitched video!
Stop exploiting sexy women to then throw your big head and annoying voice into the mix. It’s disingenuous as you know we didn’t click onto hear your unsolicited opinion advice or comments
Can you do a video on osgood schlatters please?
Hey, I remember some people were saying that some people have specific forms more natural and efficiient to them since they are taller, is this true? And to what extent? Im around 5'11" or 6 so idk if its tbat big a deal for me personally lol. Sorry, had to copy and paste
Back pain: goes
Knee pain: *enters*
Squatting should strengthen your knees. Try opening up your legs a bit or probably just using less weight.
@@BrofUJuthis.
Yes keep feet securely planted and drive your knees out in a corkscrew motion. Imagine if you wrapped a towel around a bat how much tension you could create. Unless you are past the point of no return I’ve heard of this not working.
Two words to prevent that. Hamstrings and calfs. If you're not involving them in your squats then yeah youre gonna get knee pain and you're gonna miss out on gains. Also you should squat barefoot so you can get feet gains as well (not kidding, they help)
engage hips and start with small range of motion is what im trying
Most people either think it is bad to lean forward or are afraid to lean forward and that cuases all of their problems. Let yourself lean forward and just maintain whatever angle you find works for you
Sucks that the comments have been taken over by bots. This channel is an amazing source of information. I think the bots were attracted by all the click baity thirst thumbnails, but the content is solid
Well.........the guys that fall for his clickbait have a higher chance of falling for other clickbait.........
@@farstrider79 makes sense, too bad really.
but he can’t keep getting away with this tho! 😅
You think the bots look at the thumbnails??
@@kexerino Yes. Their AI can analyze patterns, and the creators of the bots can direct them towards certain topics. Similar to the bots that just parrot "men of culture, we meet again" and "he can't keep getting away with this " over and over and over.
I hope he keeps getting away with this.
It's the only way for channel to get views. To attract virgins. That being said goodluck with you all and in life lmao
@@rayromano6249Disgusting, labelling people by body count
@@rayromano6249ur here too lmao
@@Fiufsciak, cry about it 💀💀💀
I hope you can grow up
This actually is gold for ladies that has that butt wink and it keeps your posture better in control and less back pain !!! These are for people with large derrière !! ❤
This trainer has given me many gems that I’ve been able to adopt immediately. Thank you
Day 31 of politely requesting the squat university guy use himself as the thirst trap thumbnail
lol
I support this request.
He can't be a thirst trap... mostly men out here. Women have nicer bodies than men. Even straight women get a little gay for them. Sorry lady
Ain't gonna happen. We, the People of Culture are in support of his teaching and graphics.
@@deking1973 who is to say he has to get rid of any of those just because he uses himself as the thirst trap thumbnail once
I started lifting heavy a few months ago and was getting minor back pain by the end of my squatting sessions. I learned that when I was coming up from the bottom position my hips might have been staying back a little longer than they should have been, putting some of the load in my low back. I started focusing on driving my hips forward straight out of the bottom position and the pain stopped showing up at the end of my workouts, now showing that I was on the right track.
Thank you for sharing
She shows the corrected pelvic tilt, but then the camera cuts to her second squat which seemed very much like the first.
That’s my problem. As soon as I hinge, it seems like whatever corrected tuck I started with goes away.
Dude this guy is a f***ing magician
It’s not just a pelvic tilt. You have to screw your feet into the ground supinating them slightly to allow you to do the pelvic tilt without forcing it.
FANTASTIC idea ❤
Thank you for thiiiiis tilting my pelvis inwards really helps
The smallest improvements have the most lasting effects
I still struggle so much with squats. I can never get them right, and it's so frustrating!
She's gorgeous.
Not on that girl though. She instructed how to do it but then went back to doing it the same way again with the booty pointed out and somewhat of a hyperextended arch
Thought I was the only one that noticed
Ok thanks. I watched it and was like umm what’s the difference… so then I paused the video on the “correct” form, and switched to the incorrect form and the image moved a millimeter lol 🙄 thanks lady for nothing 😂
Her knees aren’t in a good position either. They extend too far forward over her toes.
This was a game changer for me as well 🙌
Men of culture, ASSEMBLE!
Wear a WIDE weight lifting belt, your posture will be corrected, and you'll know the feeling of the correct squat using the correct posture... then ditch the belt. Worked for me.
You don't want to follow this to a tee and create buttwink when you didn't already have it. You actually do want to have your chest up and glutes extended back, but the change she should be making is leaning her body weight further back onto her heels. This aligns it with your hips and core, that way you don't have the issue they're referring to. This is only really good advice if you're having back pain like the guy in the video.
As a woman I appreciate seeing these videos, thank you!
-a certified NON bot ❤
both positions are fine, some people are more glute dominant or are squatting wider, so they stick out their glutes more when squatting. anatomy and technique varies widely for squats, people don't all squat the same way. telling people not to keep their chest open during squats is also terrible advice as having an open chest prevents thoracic rounding and keeps the torso stable
needed this❤
The patient is not performing the "Break the hips" during the beginning of the descent of the squat. This may also lead to a back pain since the hips are not engaging as well as they should and majority of the load is going on the lower back and knees as well
Gentlemen of culture, heat will hit hard this summer!
Omg, a girl! 🙄
@@adammiller9179 OMG; Adam is here!
No back pain here but shoulders, with my arthritis, can be brutal.
This was a good tip
No need to overcomplicate it. Just brace through the pelvic floor and try to keep a neutral spine. Take my 2cents, and I won't have to see you in the morning. ✌️
As a physical therapist, you should look into the famous Bigfoot film just cause it’d be funny
Perfect 😍
Shawty got a one piece build
I wonder how do you find these small but relevant fitness youtuber channels for stiching to your videos.
Oh that’s me! (In terms of the form…not the model)
Damn did it again clicked for the cake 🎂 😅
If you pause the video and rewind the first one acually looked better since she doin the same again seconds time.
Holy shit I think this is about to solve my back problems
I was taught to keep the chest up and butt far out is good form. Thanks for nothing apparently 😂
That's why lower abs are so important
Wish I learned this sooner before injuring my back..
This channel is hard to take seriously even tho the info is good
Because of the clickbait?
I’ve been told the first one is correct form for years…
First video also shows why lowbar is easier than highbar
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What EXACTLY is "neutral" spine posture?
After my back injury. Im afraid to do squats.
Alternative title “how I learned to stop worrying and love leg day”
What advice do you have for not being able to squat without tipping over backward? I try to "sit back" into the squat, but I always lose my balance and lose all my power for standing back up. Also prevents me from getting a deep squat.
when I did this, my knees stuck out and feels painful
I have knee pain with squats
Hey, I remember some people were saying that some people have specific forms more natural and efficiient to them since they are taller, is this true? And to what extent? Im around 5'11" or 6 so idk if its tbat big a deal for me personally lol
Call Mark Rippetoe? Starting Strength
I dont get back pain but when I squat sometimes a nerve will pinch in my lower abs and it puts me out of commission
I wonder how expensive those sessions are
@squatuniversity where are you guys located? I would love to get some in person help from you guys from an accident I had that's really hurting me now. I'm trying to fight against it but need help PLEASE 🙏
Great video from the chick, except you don't want heel rise like those shoes with any legs workout.
Yeah, Ive followed that "chest up" cue for long and it only fucks up my lower back.
Imma squat how it feels good for *my* body. Not everyone is built the same
Did she do anything different in the “correct” position?? Her pelvis looked like it was in the same position in both clips🤔
it was clearly different. 10-15 degrees of tilt makes a big difference when you're holding 300lb.
In the name of science and culture, I screencapped both squats and can confirm that her spine is slightly more straight in the second example. Blink and you'll miss it, I recommend watching several times.
You're looking at the wrong thing my guy. (No not that thing)
Her pelvis is at the same angle, yes, but her spine is clearly in a more neutral position in the second clip.
The thing is it's about keeping and maintaining a neutral spine throughout the lift. A stacked pelvis with equally stacked ribs is simply just a good place to start from, and for many people guarantee a neutral spine posture throughout the lift.
@@kirby7475but the pelvis being aligned with the ribs is how you keep a neutral spine in the first place. If her pelvis is in a relatively similar position between both clips then her spine position isn’t changing.
@@zachwilson7084 No, because the extension in her spine in the first clip makes it so the ribs and the pelvis are not aligned.
My point isn't that hips and ribs can't be independently out of position (which happens when you're either flexing or extending the spine).
Her pelvis can be in the same position without the spine being neutral because the spine, unlike the bone structure of the pelvis and ribcage, can actually be flexed or extended.
What happened to "knees over toes"? Is that only for bodyweight squats?
I cant fix that
I wouldn't trust anyone who squats in socks on a semi gloss faux wood.
In other video you showed a perfect squad taught by trainer with pelvis as a starting position?
Thoughts on this advice for people with herniated discs in their lower back?
I’d probably stick to a leg press machine and leave squatting alone. Talk to a physiotherapist to make sure you don’t do anything to make it worse!
What about pain in your adductors every time you squat?
What about back pain when rdl deadlifting
She did exactly the same position. 🤨
I had to watch this video many times as the clickbait video got me distracted from the educational video
All the girls overarching their backs 90° just got triggered
Idk dude, both squats looked good to me 😳
High right hip plus mild thorasic scoliosis causing low back pain. Core is bulletproof. What to do
Do you lift?
Curves University 💀💀
Her squat form was shit on both examples
For me it’s the exact opposite??
But why JLo? 😖
Dear readers, stop this madness. The "Back" Squat loads the spine directly because of the bar positioned in that fashion.
There doesn't exist a perfectly correct form or perfect technique for such exercise. You're just hurting your back each day, slowly or quickly working your way to herniated discs.
You want to Squat? Good!
There are fantastic back friendly alternatives of this exercise.
Why not Front Squats?! Why not Goblet Squats? Why not even Zercher Squats?! Jefferson Deadlifts?! Behind the back Deadlifts?! Barbell Hack Squats?! Bulgarian Split Squats?! Lunges?!
I advise against going 90 degrees low.
You want more Glutes?! Good! Then do Hip Thrust..
Hell.. Ladies and gentlemen..
Use your brain!!!
Socks and hardwood floor while squatting is a recipe for disaster.
Take them socks off.
First they say your butt has to stick out, now not.... I absolutely don't get it
Bro is praying on us
Wtf is a “neutral spine”? If you have to adjust it, is it really neutral? 🤔
Well there's two different neutrals. Standing still with good posture - which may or may not require some body English depending how screwed up you are, then there is a neutral while doing the movement. You'll only actually achieve this when everything's firing correctly, muscular imbalances will dictate how "neutral" the spine is in terms of the muscles in that region being able to move freely without over extending in either direction and your core muscles are doing their job of stabilising the spine
Hope this helps
@@coolyoutubename16 it does, thank you!
Neutral means there is no tilt. By tilting either way you see what tilt feels like.
🇵🇬🇵🇬.,.
Squats are always painful no matter what I do
Solution is to not do them
I'm always more and more convinced that "Back" Squats are just as idiotic as "Conventional" Deadlifts. And I'm backed by science when I do such statement...
100% I love goblet squats at 66: th-cam.com/video/GSerPKpEto8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Se-45-DaUNDWqKfr
@@kramkalisthenics A little hard to do Goblet Squats with 100+ lbs.
@@adammiller9179 not if you are a real man. ;) Just kidding! That's true. I'm working my way up to it at 66. 90 lbs. squatting to 6 inch depth: th-cam.com/video/zbViQfgh51s/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Pi-C2P69cgTzL52T&t=27
@@adammiller9179, do Zercher Squat from the rack..
you cannot have butt wink if you start with your butt already winked ;)
”I love it when women do this”👴🏻
Both her forms are bad and look the same.
Or maybe just completely drop doing stupid (n dangerous)barbell squats and do some compound lifting instead.. 🙄
dont you just feel like welcoming a heavy, wet does of pink eye all over your face sometimes?
This guy is shameless in his exploitation of other TH-camrs principally women. Sticking his big face on the screen but using their material for click bait. Nothing is as it seems. This is simply to make money. We didn’t click to see his face or hear his annoying voice.
Well said.
You weirdos act as if you've never seen an attractive woman before. Get some self control and grow up, ffs.
This dude paying for bots to comment on his stuff
What’s the difference between having the resistance band below his knee vs above? I started using it above the knee as I took some time off to recover and it is a great way to feel muscular engagement
tldr: Lean over when squatting