The Bodyweight Squat - Improving Squat Mobility

The bodyweight squat is essential if you want to be a healthy, functional, and strong person. Here's how to improve squat mobility....

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The bodyweight Squat is the a position that has been lost by most of western society. the bad thing about losing it is it starts to destroy your body. The bodyweight squat can help improve your ankle mobility, knee health, hip function, and spine position. Squat mobility is extremely important in having the full function of your body. Improving squat mobility can be worked on daily with the exercises shown in this video combined with other mobility tools found in my free program The Daily Practice.

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[billnroger]

76 years old and gotta admit it was hard getting down there the first time..had to use support, but with each successive try I got better and better and can now do a full squat with little effort! All in the first day! Thanks for the info ....

[topsysdad]

Love your chilled delivery, no heavy music, all of which enables me to focus on the visual and audio element. And having your feline friend made the video real, my dog would have done the same

[BM-htxk]

What's refreshing about your videos is there are no endless racks of weights, anatomy charts & mirrors around. The instructions definitely compliments that vibe & quality. (comparing to some of ur earlier work)

[beyondthebop]

My squat has improved so much since doing The Daily Practice.
Thank you so much!

[crisgrepin]

Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU! I was able to squat all the way down in the past but... due to some injuries and sitting all day at the desk I lost it. I started with the plates under my heels and now I can squat all the way down like I used to.
Keep it up with these awesome videos! Wish you all the best!

[StrengthFlowFitness]

Great video, brotha! Love how you encourage people to move around in the squat position to create more space in the hips and figure out what works best for them.

[xxFR]

I sit in the squat while pushing knees out + rocking back and forward for ankle mobility at the beginning and end of each workout. Really helps

[hermit]

25 years ago I got crushed in my left knee by a massive attack of gout. Squatting like that is agony now, with my knee as damaged as it is. You make it look easy, like when children do it

[stephm]

1:39 and boom Chopper the cat does a perfect squat ! 🐈

[iv]

The cat is so cute and gives the video the special touch 👍🏻😃

[CateRules]

16/6/23 Thank you for the squat mobility sequence 😊

[thebaconsnake]

The cat, seated with a straight leg raised vertically and head buried in his genitals - that's a next level of flexibility. I appreciate your work. -it's helping me recover my flexibility after a disc bulge in my lumbar spine. Developing a deep squat seems to help stretch to the lower back.

[peacendukwe]

It's sooo relaxing it helps feel sleepy at night and go to sleep plus less knee pain from athritis.

[MrAmitsahab]

Love your channel ....I always say to myself that I will do it from tomorrow but tomorrow never comes ...

[leew]

I think this is the most important position/movement a person should do and be able to do for health.

[Ruleisbroke]

Thanks SS, good squatting has eluded me for decades (I’m 51). Been a follower of movnat, starrett, and ido portal for many years but the squat wouldn’t improve. Had severe arthritis in right hip but just got it replaced. Now have to unwind the stiffness. Heel raises is the only way I can work on it. Finding the right height is always a search, base of a tree stump, sand at the beach, all good ways I use to modify and find the right level. I notice that while your squats are very good, you actually have a better spine alignment with a bit of a heel lift. Your pelvis tucks under just a tad when you are on flat ground. I have this problem but way worse. I noticed your female friend in another video had NO issues with this, perfect squat. This is a very tough point to see and understand, perhaps a great video would be focused on that? I am not sure what level mobility is realistic to expect when one is older and has several structural issues but the movement path is correct and one should be gentle and patient is all I have learned so far.

[abidadurrani]

👍👍 one for you and one for Chopper! Sweet distraction!

[DJ]

New to this. Totally love your chilled relaxed uber easy going approach.
Great vibe. Great cat.
Thank you Man.

[yogimaster]

I like to turn/twist side to side while in a squat, going up on my toes on the side I'm turning away from and keeping my knees separated with my elbows. That's a beautiful location you're at.

[charlesmckinley]

This showed me how tight my lower back is.