Been making a lot of progress but my ligaments are still messed up from being skinny + sedentary during school and smoking cigs a lot. I can’t slav squat.
I’m kind of just doing bad incomplete squats and at home, and subbing lower body machines for standing lifts I can’t really complete due to my heels being CIA.
How do I like heelmaxxxx specifically. How do I beat the CIA
Just do it a bit every day. Your ligaments will stretch out and you’ll be squatting like a gopnik in no time.
I started in my late 20’s when I went to a country with squat toilets. Now, well into my 30’s, I squat instead of kneeling to work on things low to the ground, but I’ve never been to Eastern Europe.
Squatting often has a lot to do with your hip and glute strength, which is one of the reason why being sedentary often leads to lack of flexibility/mobility. Stuff like dead bugs, bird dogs, and alternating supermans are good to throw on top of squatting and other lower body work, especially if you have decent range of movement otherwise. Basically anything that gets your hips and butt engaged will very likely help alongside the stretching and squatting. A track suit can’t hurt, either. You don’t want your clothing to restrict your movement.
I’m the laziest and most sedentary person around and I can slav squat. Although I am relatively flexible so maybe thats why.
I was pretty strongly under the impression that you shouldn’t be squatting that far anyways if you value your knees.
This guy has some videos on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Na67zUMZk
