3 Tricks to Squat LOW With Long Legs

Here's exactly what I do to squat low when you're tall (I'm 6 foot 8 for reference). I hope this can help you out if you're taller, have long legs, and/or struggle to get low in your squats.

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[milo]

So glad there's a channel for how to do exercises as a stupidly tall person, preciate you dude.

[RyanonBasss]

wide toe shoes changed my life. can't recommend them enough y'all

[monkeyb]

atg 'seated good morning' is the main exercise for this. Heel-on-floor squat requires good flexibility in the ability to hold a straight torso and have it get really close to the thighs. Most people don't have this flexibility, and raising the heels is need to 'increase' the angle between thighs and torso.

[mikedok]

Thanks as a tall person, that really helps. Any burpee videos for tall people?

[darik]

Dr. Mike said something about heels not being in contact with the ground that I hadn’t heard before and found interesting.

He said something along the lines of “if your heels aren’t in contact with a flat surface parts of your quads can not produce force”. I think he said it’s a protective mechanism or something. i found that interesting

[toriwolf]

lol I’m not tall though hahahaha still have trouble squatting lol still watching your channel lol great information !!

[adamkennington]

Good video man. Solutions you recommended were great and I'm going to give the calf stretches a shot today when I am squatting. Anxious to see if they can help me hit depth better, I am not missing above parallel, I'm either at parallel or below, but want to get totally consistent with depth below parallel.

[safiya]

Can you also do calf raises on leg press to increase ankle mobility?

[highlanderthegreat]

saw you " will or will not "sign ...best saying is ..THE WILL TO WIN IS NOT NEARLY AS GREAT AS THE WILL TO WORK TO WIN....almost everyone has a will to win but are you willing to " really work " to win

[iamburko]

I've tried for years to get some ankle flexibility and i still can't get my toes past my knee on my left leg. Bad times.

[maciejs]

Should the bar be travelling in a vertical position over mid foot? Doesn't seem like it does. Not sure. Thanks

[nyangel]

Why are you not in orange theory in this video?

[AmorphousGoob]

The 6 foot 8 redeemer after a certain other 6 foot 8 “doctor” dropped the ball on his career…..