@@bubbag8895 they WERE wrecked, mainly from volume and not from any technical flaws, then once he recovered he switched to a squat with more forward lean to put less stress on his patella tendons.
@@bigguy4u989yea lol, the squatting 5 times per week with high volume was definitely the issue, not a technical abnormality that he naturally falls into.
Case in point: David Woolson. He's on the extreme end of the spectrum, but once I went from shoulder width to something like elbow width, my squats got much more consistent. Just gotta keep the hips healthy.
i just don't like the feeling of a wide stance squat, i end up feeling my adductors and glutes more than my quads. narrow stance i may have more of a torso lean but i still feel quad more than anything.
I have fairly long femurs so I found a close squat stance caused me to fall backwards, but I forced it cause due to having weight on my back during squats I wasn’t falling back and didn’t realize it wasn’t suited for me. This caused me a lot of hip impingement problems in both legs, but now that I’ve widened my stance, my hip impingement, while not gone, has left to the point where I can squat maximal loads without much pain distracting me. I still can’t do too much though or my right side feels iffy for the next few days. It’s getting better though boys.
I was in your situation, and i would strongly advice you to stop the back squat or you will get injured. It is not normal for your hip/leg consistently feels iffy for a few days, its your body telling you something is wrong. Try front squats, for most tall people this is the best alternative. It that hurts as well, try the hack squat machine if you have it in your gym.
Clarence balance hip shift and unfavorable back angle so quickly it might be advantageous for him using more hamstrings. He still squats so well. He is aware of that deviation.
He did it because of pain, not because of some trick he learned lmao Clarence himself has said that he had better squat form earlier when he was not injured.
With a proper ankle warm up and him warm up I have a wider stance and point my toes out and I can sit just below parallel, just play around and find what’s best for you
I always took to this advice as I'm 6'2" with long legs, but recent I've been trying a narrower dtance but knees outside toes and out, i find this immensely more comfortable andit allows me to keep a more upright back.
Problem is my legs bend forward, not sideways. My hips open to the front, not the side, its different from person to person. Wide stance does not work for me.
when I try to squat with wide stance and toe angles, I end up leaning on one leg more than the other and I feel like I have less tension at the bottom of the squat in my torso (I don't use a lifting belt) . with less wide stance and narrower angle I can feel the tension as I go down better and lean less on one leg and feel a lot more pressure and tension at the bottom keeping my bottom position feeling strong.
so i have long femurs, but also very narrow hip sockets. i literally cannot squat wide past 90° no matter what. my body literally can’t. i’ve adopted a shoulder width stance and went highbar with squat shoes and i’ve found this is how i can comfortably squat the most weight
im tall 191cm, but wide squats are no for me, with cant reach below paralel, it look like gm/sq or powerlifter sq, even with my inborn wide hips best position for me is sholder widh with toes point out a little, and first move is ass back then down, and i can sit atg, paused any time i want with straight back. Also front sqs are more natural to my build. Zerch sq and behind back dl are hitting my legs very good, so as lunges. U have to expirement to find your best position, and your best postion can change with time, coz your weight/more muscle, fat leg tissue, age, many cases can be with time going.
Ironically have short legs but longer femurs and long long back upper body with arthritic knees know so knees don't travel as used to passed knee's find staying narrower better.
Squatting with a wide feet angle feels extemely unnatural to me, almost like my hip is going to pop out of the socket. Front squats feel very natural however, and i replaced my back squat with them.
Short guy (5'7") long femurs. Narrow hips. Wider stance in the squat was never going to work. Upright torso, high bar squat with a narrow stance works for me.
@@marcosmontiel8331 yeah that's definitely not a judge if one's femurs are long or not. If I were 1.4 meters in height, I could still have "long femurs." As alluded to in the video (I think), it's relative to the length of one's tibia and fibula (or maybe their trunk/spine as well?). My question is what constitutes having "long femurs," i.e., what is the ratio between femur and the tibia/fibula which would constitute having "long femurs," or is it also relative to other anatomical structures, such as the spine?
What if i have super tight hips, long femur and not great ankle mobility? Im sitting 5 minutes everyday on a deep squat (been doing it for a couple of months now) but cant get rid of huge butt wink, and have tight hips always. Not doing weightlifting currently though, just squatting to parallel and some elevated-heel goblet squats to work full ROM. Is that a good plan?
I’m the most unfortunate man alive. I have long femurs and I have really bad hip mobility so I can’t use the squat wide option, and to top it off I also have osgood schlatter disease
clarence is basically an alien with the amount of forward lean he can deal with on a high bar beltless squat.
His knees are wrecked
@@bubbag8895 they WERE wrecked, mainly from volume and not from any technical flaws, then once he recovered he switched to a squat with more forward lean to put less stress on his patella tendons.
@@bigguy4u989yea lol, the squatting 5 times per week with high volume was definitely the issue, not a technical abnormality that he naturally falls into.
6’8” here. Widening your legs as a tall guy with long femurs is the way to go for sure
Yeah look at Lasha, arguably the greatest lifter of all time. He’s got very long legs, and has great squat depth
6’8? That’s freakishly tall, you should upload a few videos of your squat
@@CoryMacManusgolie Takes him 3-5 business days to squat down
@@CoryMacManusgoliewhy, so u can look at his booty?
@@ronnana694😂😂
Been working with Fitz for a while, and can confirm knees forward has been so important, for the squat but also for the jerk dip.
Harry Squatter is a legend
they said clarence has a unfavorable back angle ):
That's because he does
Well he clearly does
Yeah but Clarance is not from this planet. Clearly an alien life form.
Clarence got that good morning squat
he
Case in point: David Woolson. He's on the extreme end of the spectrum, but once I went from shoulder width to something like elbow width, my squats got much more consistent. Just gotta keep the hips healthy.
Working on ankle mobility and using higher lifting shoes can help slightly. If your femurs arent crazy long it might be enough lol
Long femurs conventional deadlifters
i just don't like the feeling of a wide stance squat, i end up feeling my adductors and glutes more than my quads. narrow stance i may have more of a torso lean but i still feel quad more than anything.
Narrow is just prettier too 😂
front squats
same I like narrow but I read that's more to do with the shape of your hip joint/socket. Not everyone's is shaped for wide stance.
Clicked for clarence stayed for fridge
Narrow stance, feet forward and just accept more of a forward lean. I feel my quads way more when doing that
I have fairly long femurs so I found a close squat stance caused me to fall backwards, but I forced it cause due to having weight on my back during squats I wasn’t falling back and didn’t realize it wasn’t suited for me. This caused me a lot of hip impingement problems in both legs, but now that I’ve widened my stance, my hip impingement, while not gone, has left to the point where I can squat maximal loads without much pain distracting me. I still can’t do too much though or my right side feels iffy for the next few days. It’s getting better though boys.
I was in your situation, and i would strongly advice you to stop the back squat or you will get injured. It is not normal for your hip/leg consistently feels iffy for a few days, its your body telling you something is wrong. Try front squats, for most tall people this is the best alternative. It that hurts as well, try the hack squat machine if you have it in your gym.
#teamlongfemur here and I have to take a wide stance or else Im not even getting down to parallel
I've naturally taken this widen stance and glad to see someone had confirmed it's use in squatting. Thanks for sharing.
Same here
Clarence balance hip shift and unfavorable back angle so quickly it might be advantageous for him using more hamstrings. He still squats so well. He is aware of that deviation.
He did it because of pain, not because of some trick he learned lmao
Clarence himself has said that he had better squat form earlier when he was not injured.
I'm 6'1. Sumo damages my pelvis. I have more success conventional and slightly rounding my back.
I’m 6’2. Sumo damages my penis. I am a fishing rod
I’m 6’2. Sumo damages my penis. I am a fishing rod
Did Clarence dirty there lads
i mean he acknowledges his squat is non-optimal too LOL
0:57 thanks for the spot bro... LOL
With a proper ankle warm up and him warm up I have a wider stance and point my toes out and I can sit just below parallel, just play around and find what’s best for you
Omg thank you. I’ll try this tips!
I always took to this advice as I'm 6'2" with long legs, but recent I've been trying a narrower dtance but knees outside toes and out, i find this immensely more comfortable andit allows me to keep a more upright back.
Problem is my legs bend forward, not sideways. My hips open to the front, not the side, its different from person to person. Wide stance does not work for me.
when I try to squat with wide stance and toe angles, I end up leaning on one leg more than the other and I feel like I have less tension at the bottom of the squat in my torso (I don't use a lifting belt) . with less wide stance and narrower angle I can feel the tension as I go down better and lean less on one leg and feel a lot more pressure and tension at the bottom keeping my bottom position feeling strong.
so i have long femurs, but also very narrow hip sockets. i literally cannot squat wide past 90° no matter what. my body literally can’t. i’ve adopted a shoulder width stance and went highbar with squat shoes and i’ve found this is how i can comfortably squat the most weight
Low bar can be good
Unfortunately the only way if you want to squat low bar is to improve your ankle flexibility to the max.
im tall 191cm, but wide squats are no for me, with cant reach below paralel, it look like gm/sq or powerlifter sq, even with my inborn wide hips best position for me is sholder widh with toes point out a little, and first move is ass back then down, and i can sit atg, paused any time i want with straight back. Also front sqs are more natural to my build. Zerch sq and behind back dl are hitting my legs very good, so as lunges. U have to expirement to find your best position, and your best postion can change with time, coz your weight/more muscle, fat leg tissue, age, many cases can be with time going.
Ironically have short legs but longer femurs and long long back upper body with arthritic knees know so knees don't travel as used to passed knee's find staying narrower better.
Why do u bounce like that at the bottom
Squatting with a wide feet angle feels extemely unnatural to me, almost like my hip is going to pop out of the socket. Front squats feel very natural however, and i replaced my back squat with them.
I have long femurs but deep inset hip sockets so I can’t activate my glutes in a wide stance. Fml
Short guy (5'7") long femurs.
Narrow hips. Wider stance in the squat was never going to work.
Upright torso, high bar squat with a narrow stance works for me.
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I see a lot of this videos talking about long femur, but what about people with long torsos.
Depends. Long torso short femurs is more optimal for squatting deep easily. If you cant, mobility or form improvements.
What constitutes a "long femur?"
have you ever done lat pull down and you have to move the bar up more than anyone else
@@marcosmontiel8331 yeah that's definitely not a judge if one's femurs are long or not. If I were 1.4 meters in height, I could still have "long femurs." As alluded to in the video (I think), it's relative to the length of one's tibia and fibula (or maybe their trunk/spine as well?). My question is what constitutes having "long femurs," i.e., what is the ratio between femur and the tibia/fibula which would constitute having "long femurs," or is it also relative to other anatomical structures, such as the spine?
@@Nexus_One_Alphawhen the femur is longer than your torso
When you sit in a chair then fold down chest touching your legs and your knees are infront of your shoulders
I want an unfavorable back angle and squat like Clarence
Using Clarence as an example of bad squat form is absolutely brain dead behavior
I had to switch to front squat because of bad hips and long femurs and my stupid ass squatted with low bar all of this time
By doing this exercise.. we will get lengthy femurs..? Someone plz reply
Your femur is a bone my friend. You can't change the length of your bones. This video is showing the proper way to squat for people with long femurs
I'm sorry but that's hilarious
The problem with this is that it stops translating into vertical strength
No.
No it doesn't
That's a myth
What if i have super tight hips, long femur and not great ankle mobility? Im sitting 5 minutes everyday on a deep squat (been doing it for a couple of months now) but cant get rid of huge butt wink, and have tight hips always. Not doing weightlifting currently though, just squatting to parallel and some elevated-heel goblet squats to work full ROM. Is that a good plan?
I recommend looking up squat University. That UA-cam channel has videos specifically for ankle and hip mobility.
do sldls and rdls to stretch it out
What do you mean with right hips?
@@Vatsuggggg tight*. Cant squat with a wide stance for example. And on my warmups i always have like some intense pinching sensation inside my hips.
@@fernetbranca9 Probably tight adductors or psoas
I’m the most unfortunate man alive. I have long femurs and I have really bad hip mobility so I can’t use the squat wide option, and to top it off I also have osgood schlatter disease
Wow.
damn n i thought i was the unluckiest mf
Squat shoes
Lucky bastards...
oof, did not expect Clarence Kennedy to get roasted. But I can definitely see that butt wink movement. Big no no
Not really a roast
Why u hatin on Clarence? He‘s born with that
tbh wider stance is not cool
@@Lee-ic2yn me
@@Lee-ic2yn actually i really inspired by clarence and started weightlifting but that comment made me sad could you please explain why you said that
Just gives more credence to the irishman being a phenom. Cuase he dummies those lifts even with improper knee travel 😅
Wait is Clarence irish😅