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post Sep 24 2011, 03:10 PM

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Good to have you back. Question on front squats, is it alright for the knees to go forwards a little passed the toes (about an inch, I suppose) at the bottom half of the movement? Given that they're still in line with the feet and everything else is tight.
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post Sep 24 2011, 03:40 PM

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I'm sure it's not 3, the feet point out the same amount when squatting. To be honest though, I'm not entirely sure if my knees do go passed the toes or not, because it seems that way when I glance down during the squat, but I could be seeing it wrong because of the angle of my line of sight or something. Best thing to do would probably be to take a video, yes?
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post Sep 24 2011, 06:25 PM

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QUOTE(pizzaboy @ Sep 24 2011, 06:13 PM)
Based on your femur/tibia length, it can cause you to pass the toes. That's actually perfectly fine to be honest as long as your weight is actually loaded ON the hips. When we say don't let the knee pass the toes, the cue is designed to make sure athletes load the hip when descending, not the knee. Too many athletes bend the knee not the hip when squatting.

Understand that the squats may be a leg dominant exercise in the eyes of many but it really is a hip exercise. The load must be on the hip else you won't be able to move much weight or you'll injure your knee
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So in other words, be sure to unlock the hips first, make use of hip drive and keep the load on the hips instead of the knees, am I right?
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post Sep 24 2011, 11:26 PM

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Thanks aight. Much appreciated. smile.gif
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post Oct 9 2011, 12:17 AM

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