Thread: Help On Squats

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there ya go. Squats are all in the hips. remember to go below parellel and as you come up, make sure your head is the first thing that comes up, the rest of your body will follow. Start with low weight and get the form down first. GL

Cool ty, but if I can't go that low b/c of my knees is it ok in the begining to go a little higher then once I get stronger go all the way down? If I go that low my knees will dislocate.(they actually will)

...focus on squeezing your quads the whole time also...you may try putting some flat weights or a piece of plywood under your feet (make sure they're stable and don't move at all under you) so you can get more focus on those quads.

keep your head up, inhale as you go down, keeping your back straight, contract your quads after you get as low as possible, and breathe out on the way up....

ahhhhhhhhhhh..............don't dislocate your knees!!!!!! def don't go that low then! are you sure your ok to do squats in the first place?

Squats help to strengthen the tendons in your knees by the way. you gotta go full on your form, that is of course if you can, you know your body better than anyone so listen to it.

Well I tried it when I first started working out and my legs where so weak I couldn't even bend down that low without weight. But after 3 months of of training and going to the gym they have gotten much stronger and I can now bend down that low without weight. I fear though if I slap on some 25's and try it though I wont be able to get back up so if I don't go so low in the begining I think I should be fine.

Believe me legs are the worst day for me, feeling all the tendens and every little thing in my knees popping and twisting. It hurts so bad some times, but the doctors say there is nothing wrong with them, I say nay nay. So I look at it this way, the more I work at it the stronger they get and the better my workouts will get. For now I go light and get em stronger.