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ScottHermanFitness I have weight training class in my school and we have 3 people in each group and The coaches put a timer for like 45 seconds and 45 seconds for each person so when we are doing squats i go than when im done than the other guy goes and i just rest 45 seconds o 1 minute is that good?
You do'n't want to rest between reps, but rest 2-4 minutes between set to loosen muscles.This helps reenergize your muscles so you can do more without losing quality.
I started scott years ago and just started watching his channel again. I don't remember him having a Boston accent in the early days of his channel when i used to watch.
Really informative video Scott. I remember doing that first thing letting the bar rest on my neck when I was 16 and I fell over and broke my nose. Ha Ha good times.
Hey Scott, I'm new to your UA-cam channel, and I gotta say I'm really enjoying your content, finally someone who's not Only natty, but truly knows his stuff, who can also articulate it to us average guys... That said, my question is can I do push, pull legs with only dumbbells? I'm a beginner, and eventually when I know what I'm doing I'll join a gym, to have access to more equipment. I have a set of 90's selectTec dumbbells, a multi position bench, and a pull up/dip/push-up station. THANK YOU, for doing what you're doing, and keep up the great content!
DUDE i gotta say this is probably the best advice of gotten from all the shitty videos on youtube great advice helped me fix my knee pain in my squat in only 2 days thank you dude! seriously
Thanks Scott, I'm a big guy who looks like I could squat a ton but in reality it is my weakest lift. Seen smaller guys in the gym that can squat more. It's an area that I've been targeting for a while now and these vids are a big help.
I've read studies that have shown that optimal muscle activation is achieved only once the hips go below the knees, because once you go past this point, you're only increasing the amount of knee flexion in relation to hip extension...I don't think it's necessary to always squat ATG, only hips below the knees. Maybe I'm splitting hairs, but that's what I've read. Great video though, Scott!
i think so too! and stopping at 90 degrees will not only put less strain on your knees, it also makes the movement more controlled if you stop! a lot of people just dive-bomb the squat and bounce out of the hole, making the lift easier actually...
+Semper Fidelis there are multiple studies which show stopping at 90 degrees adds more strain to the Knees. ass to grass is optimal for people who have the mobilty to do it
Emir EC Haha funny, everyone says something different >.< my friend is a sport student and told me they had learned in uni that going below is unnecessary strain :DD
you get more musle activation from stopping just below 90 degrees because your legs are always in time under tension when you squat ATG your hamstrings touch your calves and legs lose tension. muscles under tension is best for for growth.
but you recruit more muscle fibers while going atg. which means helping extend your quadz trough out your leg since your quadz are getting fully stretched out. full range of motion recuits the most muscle fibers. and parallel squatting benefits more your glutes and hams, atg does more quadz and glutes.
I pressed this video just because I was surfing and I gotta say that I now realize that I was suffering from TWO of these problems. Thank you very much for opening my eyes. I did legs today and can see how I put the weight forward by having my chest down...
These "Mistake" videos are really helpful. I dont have any doubt that you are going to continue doing these for more compound movements IE back mistakes ,deadlift mistakes ect....please keep making more. Thanks man. Now lets get this PAAHTY STAAATED
Love the videos. Found you early on thankfully. After watching so many other workout videos I realized you explain everything better consistently compared to others. Did legs today, wish I saw this before! Keep it up and thank you for doing what you do, you definitely have helped me not look lost in weight room! 23lbs down!
Timmy O'Driscoll Victorian bench pull. Lay down on the bench chest down, and head off the end. Hold a dumbbell in each hand on the ground, palms facing up, and then straight arm press the weights up to horizontal (parallel to your body). That'll get your lats, rear delts, and triceps
These mistake videos youve been making lately are absolute gold!!Ive watched tons of vids on Squat form and ive never seen the "breathing in the middle of the rep" mistake mentioned anywhere,which i suspect is one thing thats been fucking me up.Thanx man!!
That A2G stretch at 3:35 is MONEY for learning the proper form for the lift, imo. Tried it, dropped quite a bit of weight from my previous squat starting weights, and PRESTO!! I'm now squatting A2G for reals, and have felt a big difference in the muscles recruited the next day, especially the glutes.
Thank you very much. I'll keep on practising. Even with light weights doing Squads always make me lean forward when coming down... it's so hard to get back up like this. Especially if your lower back gets involved and starts to hurt after a few reps. I'm not being flexible enough to come down deep and keep my back straight...
I think its boston? Maybe boston?. I too thought it was either English, Australian, or even New Zealand, but now im sure its just boston. Because its just the "a" and "r" sounds and absolutely no twang.
This video helped me fix the squat mistakes I was making. Super helpful, lots of great information! And as a side note, I don't care about the accent people grow in there environment, it just happens. I really appreciate Scott's videos.
Yea but it's hard to teach noobs the low bar squat. You will naturally fold over more with a lowbar (most people) and if you don't have proper control of your lumbar, your hips, abdominal pressure, etc.. It's hard to get a noob (which I'm assuming there're a lot of watching this channel) to really learn it correctly. But I agree a lot of people would benefit from the lowbar squat
Scott, you're my fucking motivation man. I've been following your channel for four or five years now. This year was really hard for me, because i had to go through chemo therapy and i lost a large amount of weight. Especially muscle, which made me drop 186. I'm 6'5", so you can understand that's not a comfortable weight to be at. After my session with chemo, I started working out again at the beginning of April and have gained lean muscle, i now weigh 210 and can bench, and deadlift 225. I'm also at a comfortable fat percentage of 10 percent. All in all you've been the the push i needed to get myself as fit and active as i can be. Thank you for all that you do. It mean a grand some to a hermanite like myself.
OK! I have been watching your videos for a REALLY LONG TIME, and I never heard you put so much emphasis on your accent. Now I know that you're from Boston, but I want it to STOP. PLEASE STOP! At this point, it is sounding a bit pretentious. I love your videos.
Great video. I've done just about everyone one of those dumb moves over and over and couldn't figure out what the heck I was doing wrong until now. Thanks for the tips.
I really don't think it's crucial to do atg squats although i do believe they're more efficient. the problem i believe is that when you tell someone to do parallel squats or 90 degrees they usually go much higher(99% of the time literally)
i actually heard the opposite about atg squats i heard stopping at 90 or a little below puts the uneccessary tension on... but going atg takes all the tension off your knees.
+cdaddy145 that's pretty true alan thrall has a video on this where he talks about atg vs powerlifting squats. in powerlifting squats you maintain tightness in the quads the whole time while in atg squats you lose tightness in the quads and the load is transfered more towards your hamstrings(it's very noticable in his video just look it up). really I think it's down to personal preference. although power lifting squats may not build as much muscle they won't make it impossible to progress just make sure you actually go 90 degrees or more. I've heard from most people that parallel squats hurt their knees and for others atg does so it depends but i've heard worse things about parallel
Yeah that's whet i was wondering. I couldn't remember where i heard it but i always thought burying a squat wasn't the best idea long term. Obviously quarter squatting is an awful idea but i thought parallel or a little below was optimal
Had to come back and say thanks for this one. I was always squatting leading with the head and not the chest, and in my efforts to keep my head up as high as possible I was bending over to far back causing lower back pain
these tips are legit. this ain't the first time I have heard those tips. thank buddy. that's actually how I want. to build muscle, natural. you can tell he isn't cheating his way through body building peak
No, deep squats are not advised for people with long femurs. Period. This is science. This guy is good, but look at his proportions: short femurs, long back. Completely different ballgame.
this is actually very helpful. I play highschool football and I have worked out before went to the gym everything. I noticed I have done all my squat works out during the Summer wrong but Now I can finally do them right. although they dont usually give us a break when we squat. we squat heavy and we do fast reps
I was told that if you go down just below your knees it places greater emphasis on your glutes, but if you squat all the way down, more emphasis in the quads. What is your take?
Scott I've been watching your videos for so long (since your early blue shorts days lol) and still to this day I learn from your channel. I'd like to bring up 2 points: body proportion and ankle flexibility. -I have a long upper body, I easily put my entire palm on the ground with barely any hamstring stretch. This means extra weight behind my center of mass when squatting so I often find myself falling backwards if I try to keep proper form (even with no weight) or my heels lift off the ground. Solution for this is the next point: ankle flexibility. -I rolled both ankles playing badminton over the past years so I had a very hard time bringing my knee forward without my heel going up, I can't emphasize how much ankle stretches have helped me with squats this far. I can now get my knee about even to my toes without lifting my ankle. I still squat with the smith machine and try to disregard all the laughing for now since I workout solo and am not confident enough that I won't fall backwards, but it's videos like these that are getting me closer to the real squat rack every day. I think I speak for many when I say thank you for everything!!!
When I am squatting I use a good amount of weight and is hard for me to lift (not enough weight to brag about) but no matter how many reps I do my legs don't burn and hurt anymore. Anyway earned yourself a sub!!! Great content!!!! :-)
Really good breakdown for squat technique and accessory like mobility, stretches, etc.. Especially liked the stress of holding your breath through out the movement. I've actually found squats to be a really great lung builder when done properly because of this. Not to mention the stress on depth. I'd say that 90% of the people I see actually doing non Smith machine barbel squats in gyms only get to 3/4 depth tops. When I actually see someone go below parallel, I always give them props after.
Very, very good vídeo. Awesome tips! Very good content in your videos. I'm from Brazil also (I know that Erika is) and your channel is one of the few that I never miss a video. Keep the good work! Thanks! Great job!
So many comments about his accent... maybe for amercians it sounds weird, but for me it's really good, I could understand almost every word. I am form russia. thx for the video!
*💪 CLICK THAT NOTIFICATION BELL SO YOU NEVER MISS AN UPLOAD!*
Fix these mistakes, and watch those legs blow up!! Sometimes simple adjustments make a big difference :-)
ScottHermanFitness I have weight training class in my school and we have 3 people in each group and The coaches put a timer for like 45 seconds and 45 seconds for each person so when we are doing squats i go than when im done than the other guy goes and i just rest 45 seconds o 1 minute is that good?
ScottHermanFitness hey man I weighflift at school and I only have like 30 sec to one min rest...is that good or bad?
Gavin Martin Same 😂
You do'n't want to rest between reps, but rest 2-4 minutes between set to loosen muscles.This helps reenergize your muscles so you can do more without losing quality.
ScottHermanFitness Scott you have a buttwink
On the BAH-BEHL...
kARii ! he's faking it dude. look at his videos from a couple years back. he actually speaks normally. Not Like fucking Joe Pesci
246madhatter no, he was faking the neutral American accent all this time until recently
kevin p I like the twist on the story
246madhatter lol just facts bruh
Plot twist. I like it.
Time to get stahted!
Before we get STAted
+Luke Rosenquist staahhhhted!! :)
+ScottHermanFitness 😂😂yeah
What happened to your accent?
... and we don't 'ave any weight on the bah yet...
Well hes from Baston so...
John Nycto literally just read your comment as he said that
scott's alphabets , a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-o-p-q-ahh-s-t-v-w-x-y-z
keep up the good work man
all the respect
you forgot n
Back to school son
hahhahha on my way to school :p
Forgot U
I started scott years ago and just started watching his channel again. I don't remember him having a Boston accent in the early days of his channel when i used to watch.
exactly! I thought i was the only one who noticed
HOLY shit, does it fucking matter? maybe his next video he'll be black.
It doesnt REALLY matter its just an observation and am curious why it is
Watch my 800,00 subscribers video.
+ScottHermanFitness ah so i wasnt imagining things haha! Good to know
When did Linus tech tips start lifting?
Now that you mention it I can't not see it lol
Holy fuck
comedyman112 wonder how ppl here has things
Lmaoo
Lol yeah right, don't think he's ever been in a gym unless it was to configure their wifi
Who's Bob Bell?
Eddie's VLOGS hahahaha
Genuinely rofl
Really informative video Scott. I remember doing that first thing letting the bar rest on my neck when I was 16 and I fell over and broke my nose. Ha Ha good times.
DAMN! Lol a lot of people tend to do that when they first start to lift.
DAMN! Lol a lot of people tend to do that when they first start to lift.
😂😂
damn kakashi sensei back at training ?
Yeah kakashi bloodied his face rag up pretty nice
#6 dumbest squat mistake: SKIP LEG DAY
haha yeah that is a good one too!
Hahahahahaha
Hey Scott, I'm new to your UA-cam channel, and I gotta say I'm really enjoying your content, finally someone who's not Only natty, but truly knows his stuff, who can also articulate it to us average guys... That said, my question is can I do push, pull legs with only dumbbells? I'm a beginner, and eventually when I know what I'm doing I'll join a gym, to have access to more equipment. I have a set of 90's selectTec dumbbells, a multi position bench, and a pull up/dip/push-up station. THANK YOU, for doing what you're doing, and keep up the great content!
Kyle D, I REALLY appreciate that advice, Thank You!
Luis Francis m
can you do a deadlift mistakes video?
Scott Herman stop watching The Departed.
3:29 Scotts attempt at pole-dancing?
My mistake its that i dont do squats, hell i dont even workout
The fuck happened to Scotts accent?
lol
I thought I was the only one who noticed hahah
I hear he works out with the Matt Damon version from Goodwill Hunting. Maybe they're working on a new movie together. Ben Affleck is joining too.
shoulda breckas and using the ba bell
First thing I noticed. SKWAHTTING THE A BAHBELL
I wanna see bent over row mistakes
PLEASE SCOTT
or T-bar rows.
Yes, for dumbbell and barbell.
99% of the time: too much weight. I can make dudes who think they can "row" 225 lb, fatigue with properly executed rows with 30lb DBs.
More like bent over and take it rows.
stahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhttttt
haha yeah this guy has made a great vid but keep thinking of Louis ck's bit about the boston accent
Vaginer :)
can you make a video explaining what happened to your accent
thinking the same thing
Already did - watch my 800,000 subscribers video.
3:25 someone having a great time.
Kappa
DUDE
i gotta say this is probably the best advice of gotten from all the shitty videos on youtube
great advice helped me fix my knee pain in my squat in only 2 days
thank you dude! seriously
wow I've definitely been doing squats wrong
+Beautiful Clouds better late than mever to learn proper form! :-D
+ScottHermanFitness yup
I have tight hips and shoulders and I get this issues bending forward during squats for years You just solved my issue here . Thank you !!!!
Thanks Scott, I'm a big guy who looks like I could squat a ton but in reality it is my weakest lift. Seen smaller guys in the gym that can squat more. It's an area that I've been targeting for a while now and these vids are a big help.
Sounds like TED is narrating this video
haha that Boston accent :)
I've read studies that have shown that optimal muscle activation is achieved only once the hips go below the knees, because once you go past this point, you're only increasing the amount of knee flexion in relation to hip extension...I don't think it's necessary to always squat ATG, only hips below the knees. Maybe I'm splitting hairs, but that's what I've read. Great video though, Scott!
i think so too! and stopping at 90 degrees will not only put less strain on your knees, it also makes the movement more controlled if you stop! a lot of people just dive-bomb the squat and bounce out of the hole, making the lift easier actually...
+Semper Fidelis there are multiple studies which show stopping at 90 degrees adds more strain to the Knees. ass to grass is optimal for people who have the mobilty to do it
Emir EC Haha funny, everyone says something different >.< my friend is a sport student and told me they had learned in uni that going below is unnecessary strain :DD
you get more musle activation from stopping just below 90 degrees because your legs are always in time under tension when you squat ATG your hamstrings touch your calves and legs lose tension. muscles under tension is best for for growth.
but you recruit more muscle fibers while going atg. which means helping extend your quadz trough out your leg since your quadz are getting fully stretched out. full range of motion recuits the most muscle fibers. and parallel squatting benefits more your glutes and hams, atg does more quadz and glutes.
I pressed this video just because I was surfing and I gotta say that I now realize that I was suffering from TWO of these problems. Thank you very much for opening my eyes. I did legs today and can see how I put the weight forward by having my chest down...
this video is the BEST 10minutes of info on squats you can find on you tube! VERY good job, well done!
Thanks man!!
Ok, my mistake is that I sometimes exhale at the wrong time when I do squats. Thx hun!
stop talking offtopic bullshit about his accent and just enjoy the video and take advantage of his tips.
These "Mistake" videos are really helpful. I dont have any doubt that you are going to continue doing these for more compound movements IE back mistakes ,deadlift mistakes ect....please keep making more. Thanks man. Now lets get this PAAHTY STAAATED
Very underrated channel...Always provides solid useful advice that clears doubts and works for sure
Bahbell.
staht
Bahttn
Raised in the wild by sheep.... Baaaaaahbell
lol.
Tight core is absolutely crucial. Solid info and tips as always Scotty!
I have been experiencing this problems for a long time, and guess what, now I have ways to fix them. thanks Scott another superb post
Love the videos. Found you early on thankfully. After watching so many other workout videos I realized you explain everything better consistently compared to others. Did legs today, wish I saw this before! Keep it up and thank you for doing what you do, you definitely have helped me not look lost in weight room! 23lbs down!
Mistakes on deadlifts!
Rear delts and Lat exercises with free weight plz scoot thx 👍
I need it too! Hope he read the comment...
Yes, please.
Timmy O'Driscoll row variations, pullovers and rear delt flys thats it
Timmy O'Driscoll Victorian bench pull. Lay down on the bench chest down, and head off the end. Hold a dumbbell in each hand on the ground, palms facing up, and then straight arm press the weights up to horizontal (parallel to your body). That'll get your lats, rear delts, and triceps
Oh i love those 2-3 days after my leg day...it hurts while walking but it does put a smile on my face..😄
Hello fitness Guru.... Yes... I still go back few years back to refresh the theory for most of the Exercises. Thanks Scott
Befoe yew staht skwahteeng
That Boston accent going STRONG!!
I can't get over your accent Scott. long time follower, #JusticeForHerbie, when did it get so heavy? it comes in and out.
These mistake videos youve been making lately are absolute gold!!Ive watched tons of vids on Squat form and ive never seen the "breathing in the middle of the rep" mistake mentioned anywhere,which i suspect is one thing thats been fucking me up.Thanx man!!
I recently started going as low as possible with less weight. I’m a track athlete and I feel like it’s been doing wonders
Pushing the bAAAHHHBEL 😂 Cracy 🤪
only Scott and Jeff AthleanX that I subscribe now
Thanks man! I am honored :)
Watched the video and then went for my squats workout, major improvement especially after focusing on breathing and stretching..
Your teaching is good, man. Knowledgeable and practical.
bahhhbell XD
Has Scott "upped" his "southy" accent by like, 40,021.00 times? Scott, whe*e a^e you* "r's" buddy?
Watch my 800,000 subscribers video.
That A2G stretch at 3:35 is MONEY for learning the proper form for the lift, imo. Tried it, dropped quite a bit of weight from my previous squat starting weights, and PRESTO!! I'm now squatting A2G for reals, and have felt a big difference in the muscles recruited the next day, especially the glutes.
Thank you very much. I'll keep on practising. Even with light weights doing Squads always make me lean forward when coming down... it's so hard to get back up like this. Especially if your lower back gets involved and starts to hurt after a few reps. I'm not being flexible enough to come down deep and keep my back straight...
Where is he from!!! For a minute I though he wasn't American.
sounds like a new england, and specifically a boston accent, sounds a bit like the old kennedys
New England for sure. Boston or Providence.
Shitlery Rotten Cunton LOL @ your SN
Haha, thanks! I've gotta crush on your thumbnail. #hillaryforprison2016
illary should just quit already. #crooked
I think its boston? Maybe boston?. I too thought it was either English, Australian, or even New Zealand, but now im sure its just boston. Because its just the "a" and "r" sounds and absolutely no twang.
Boston :-D
jorge granda when did this accent happen? A couple years ago I watched his videos and don't recall the accent being so intense.
Hey, he used to kindof hide it but since he feels more comfortable not faking an accent, he just talks how he would talk with friends now
This video helped me fix the squat mistakes I was making. Super helpful, lots of great information! And as a side note, I don't care about the accent people grow in there environment, it just happens. I really appreciate Scott's videos.
6 years later 1.2 million views. Mavelous! 😉 Marvelous!
His accent disappears further into the video.... Why bother putting it on
Low bar squat solves most of these issues
Scott uses high bar squat
Great info btw, didn't mean my comments as criticism, just additional info
Yea but it's hard to teach noobs the low bar squat. You will naturally fold over more with a lowbar (most people) and if you don't have proper control of your lumbar, your hips, abdominal pressure, etc.. It's hard to get a noob (which I'm assuming there're a lot of watching this channel) to really learn it correctly. But I agree a lot of people would benefit from the lowbar squat
Not everyone wants to low-bar squat though :P
Regardless of how many subscribers or likes you have, we appreciate what you have put in in making these videos. We always do.
Scott, you're my fucking motivation man. I've been following your channel for four or five years now. This year was really hard for me, because i had to go through chemo therapy and i lost a large amount of weight. Especially muscle, which made me drop 186. I'm 6'5", so you can understand that's not a comfortable weight to be at. After my session with chemo, I started working out again at the beginning of April and have gained lean muscle, i now weigh 210 and can bench, and deadlift 225. I'm also at a comfortable fat percentage of 10 percent. All in all you've been the the push i needed to get myself as fit and active as i can be. Thank you for all that you do. It mean a grand some to a hermanite like myself.
OK! I have been watching your videos for a REALLY LONG TIME, and I never heard you put so much emphasis on your accent. Now I know that you're from Boston, but I want it to STOP. PLEASE STOP! At this point, it is sounding a bit pretentious. I love your videos.
Same it seems pretty fake
+lastninjaitachi agreed
I just think he sounds better before, aswell as it being much easier to understand
I would hazard a guess that he is taking or has taken media training. Presenting skills, articulation, modulation, pitch and tone.
Without a doubt. The guy is absolutely brilliant, but whomever is advising him to speak with that accent deserves to kicked in the nuts.
I'll grab some chicks at the gym to show me that hips mobility on the pole XD
Great video. I've done just about everyone one of those dumb moves over and over and couldn't figure out what the heck I was doing wrong until now. Thanks for the tips.
I hope you never make those mistakes again then :D
These type of videos are awesome! Has helped me fix really serious problems with my home excercises. Thank you
his accent goes away sometimes. its distracting
I thought people have proven that atg and extreme bottomed out squats put very unnecessary stress on your knees???
I really don't think it's crucial to do atg squats although i do believe they're more efficient. the problem i believe is that when you tell someone to do parallel squats or 90 degrees they usually go much higher(99% of the time literally)
i actually heard the opposite about atg squats i heard stopping at 90 or a little below puts the uneccessary tension on... but going atg takes all the tension off your knees.
+cdaddy145 that's pretty true alan thrall has a video on this where he talks about atg vs powerlifting squats. in powerlifting squats you maintain tightness in the quads the whole time while in atg squats you lose tightness in the quads and the load is transfered more towards your hamstrings(it's very noticable in his video just look it up). really I think it's down to personal preference. although power lifting squats may not build as much muscle they won't make it impossible to progress just make sure you actually go 90 degrees or more. I've heard from most people that parallel squats hurt their knees and for others atg does so it depends but i've heard worse things about parallel
+Momo Flip yeah now i remember alan is where i heard it from :)
Yeah that's whet i was wondering. I couldn't remember where i heard it but i always thought burying a squat wasn't the best idea long term. Obviously quarter squatting is an awful idea but i thought parallel or a little below was optimal
Had to come back and say thanks for this one. I was always squatting leading with the head and not the chest, and in my efforts to keep my head up as high as possible I was bending over to far back causing lower back pain
The 'tight shoulders' hint was an eye opener for me as that's exactly the main problem I have when squatting and it has caused me neck injuries
its been a very long time since I've seen a Scott video...he def never had that accent. At least i dont remember
Spartacus 14 I watched him 5 years ago, he never had the accent...
Am I the only one that realizes that in his old videos, he has no accent at all? I'm pretty sure he's faking this accent, and it's weird as shit
2:30 he has no accent. He has no clue what he's talking about anyway
lol foreal. His accent keeps coming and going in this video lol
wherever the truth lies, this accent is a lot nicer for my British ears than that nasal twang I always hear in Hollywood films.
Maybe he was covering up the Boston accent this whole time, because he didn't know if people would like it.
His old voice was fake. He used to hide his accent
these tips are legit. this ain't the first time I have heard those tips. thank buddy. that's actually how I want. to build muscle, natural. you can tell he isn't cheating his way through body building peak
Thank you thank you thank you! More people need to hear this !!!
No, deep squats are not advised for people with long femurs. Period. This is science. This guy is good, but look at his proportions: short femurs, long back. Completely different ballgame.
Everything else is right on.
Half squatter spotted.
+Special Snowfake LOL
I'd like to read that research any links?
It's harder, and you may need more flexibility, but that's not true. It's just not the most advantageous biomechanics for the lift.
you talk funny XD
this is actually very helpful. I play highschool football and I have worked out before went to the gym everything. I noticed I have done all my squat works out during the Summer wrong but Now I can finally do them right. although they dont usually give us a break when we squat. we squat heavy and we do fast reps
Breathing during the rep and having tight shoulders are my only problems I guess. Good video scotty!
Ok - is this accent a joke?
Nope, it's my normal accent. Deal with it.
I'm saaarry!
ScottHermanFitness you're a joke, deal woth it yourself
I don't know you Scott but I can tell youre a d bag.
Why are you talking like that ? Faking it??
I was told that if you go down just below your knees it places greater emphasis on your glutes, but if you squat all the way down, more emphasis in the quads. What is your take?
how did you know today is my leg day? good video scott. i see a lot of people skipping warm ups all the time
Damn that phony accent is making the newer videos almost unwatchable. He genuinely used to say "barrrbell" in his older more popular videos.
What's that all about?!
Hes already explained thats his natural accent but he used to hide it before
god this has to be one of the most annoying accents in existence...
sgim43 70% American, 30% Australian
JM 100% New Yorker
Scott I've been watching your videos for so long (since your early blue shorts days lol) and still to this day I learn from your channel.
I'd like to bring up 2 points: body proportion and ankle flexibility.
-I have a long upper body, I easily put my entire palm on the ground with barely any hamstring stretch. This means extra weight behind my center of mass when squatting so I often find myself falling backwards if I try to keep proper form (even with no weight) or my heels lift off the ground. Solution for this is the next point: ankle flexibility.
-I rolled both ankles playing badminton over the past years so I had a very hard time bringing my knee forward without my heel going up, I can't emphasize how much ankle stretches have helped me with squats this far. I can now get my knee about even to my toes without lifting my ankle.
I still squat with the smith machine and try to disregard all the laughing for now since I workout solo and am not confident enough that I won't fall backwards, but it's videos like these that are getting me closer to the real squat rack every day. I think I speak for many when I say thank you for everything!!!
probably gonna buy me a online coaching Scott. Your channel is pure gold :D
I'm from Virginia doing a job in Boston and this dudes accent cracks me up
welcome to Boston bro!
Explained so perfectly and to the point!
When I am squatting I use a good amount of weight and is hard for me to lift (not enough weight to brag about) but no matter how many reps I do my legs don't burn and hurt anymore. Anyway earned yourself a sub!!! Great content!!!! :-)
Really been enjoying your content lately. A lot more informative than most fitness UA-camrs nowadays. Thanks for the tips😊👌
Very nice tips..helped me in reducing my knee pain..Love from India...!!!
Really good breakdown for squat technique and accessory like mobility, stretches, etc.. Especially liked the stress of holding your breath through out the movement. I've actually found squats to be a really great lung builder when done properly because of this. Not to mention the stress on depth. I'd say that 90% of the people I see actually doing non Smith machine barbel squats in gyms only get to 3/4 depth tops. When I actually see someone go below parallel, I always give them props after.
I just ran into your chanel and I'm getting adicted!! so much cool videos, I can't wait to go to the gym to put them on practice
Excellent video. I'm a beginner at the gym and these tips are great. Your very informative confident and positive. Thankyou.
Thanks a lot!!! It helped me a lot to perform better squats
Awesome video! Definitely answers my questions about my form when squatting heavy.
Glad I could help!!
I love your videos Scott. You’ve taught me more helpful tips then any other fitness UA-camr. Thanks! 🙏
Very, very good vídeo. Awesome tips! Very good content in your videos. I'm from Brazil also (I know that Erika is) and your channel is one of the few that I never miss a video. Keep the good work! Thanks! Great job!
Do you have a video for hang cleans yet? We do these a lot in my weightlifting classes and since I've watched these videos I've really been improving
I suffer from anterior pelvic tilt, what are your tips for squatting and avoiding pain/injury/pinching on lower back ? Thanks !
So many comments about his accent... maybe for amercians it sounds weird, but for me it's really good, I could understand almost every word. I am form russia. thx for the video!
Another great video Scott, keep up the great work.