6ft1 and use to lean over too much squatting. I found i use to break at the hips first and this would cause me to lean to far forward in the squat. Once i started concentrating on breaking at the knee's first, things started moving in the right direction. Snatch squats definitely helped me to squat more upright and use the thighs more, they seemed to help improve ankle and hip mobility, good to also use as a warmup for BSq. Front squats also helped with an upright posture but can load them heavier than a snatch squat. Heavy deadlifts once a week had a good strength carry over to the squat and vice versa.
My old technique was so posterior biased - after a heavy session I would barely feel my quads had worked at all. Changed with a narrower stance, and stretching appropriately to allow more or less atg with an upright torso. Luckily I've always had the ankle mobility. Net result is a lower 1rm currently, but it's getting there. Seemed impossible to move even 50% of previous 1rm to begin with... It's a real journey.
6’2 and I’ve had the exact opposite problem of every other tall lifter. I have struggled for years to get my hips and back involved in the back squat. I used to squat with my hips almost directly over my heels on the way down and up.
In 2024 i tried implementing the more quad dominant style squat, the progress was pretty good and my squat mechanics were the best they had ever been. However, when I reach heavy 5x5 territory the quad activation is crazy when I reach parallel and below, to the point of extreme pain in my quads (pain due to DOMs). 2025 has rolled by and might have to revert back to my old technique to even see a PR this year.
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5ft8 me watching this video: 🤔🤔
5'12'' me watching this
Me too and yet I'm nodding at the vid
its more about proportion of leg length to height you can be 5'8 with a short torso and longer legs and this would still apply
Nice to see you Daire! So we're going to be watching squatters?
6ft1 and use to lean over too much squatting. I found i use to break at the hips first and this would cause me to lean to far forward in the squat. Once i started concentrating on breaking at the knee's first, things started moving in the right direction.
Snatch squats definitely helped me to squat more upright and use the thighs more, they seemed to help improve ankle and hip mobility, good to also use as a warmup for BSq. Front squats also helped with an upright posture but can load them heavier than a snatch squat. Heavy deadlifts once a week had a good strength carry over to the squat and vice versa.
As someone with a 1.2 ft tall torso, and 3.5 foot legs, I appreciate this. ✨️🕷🏋♂️🕷✨️
great tips, as a 6'2, long tibia mid distance track athlete my ankles are as mobile as a turtle
Thanks very much! 👊
6' 4" just grabbed my coffee. 👀
My old technique was so posterior biased - after a heavy session I would barely feel my quads had worked at all. Changed with a narrower stance, and stretching appropriately to allow more or less atg with an upright torso. Luckily I've always had the ankle mobility.
Net result is a lower 1rm currently, but it's getting there. Seemed impossible to move even 50% of previous 1rm to begin with... It's a real journey.
Good stuff
6’2 and I’ve had the exact opposite problem of every other tall lifter. I have struggled for years to get my hips and back involved in the back squat. I used to squat with my hips almost directly over my heels on the way down and up.
187cm (6,2) here, when is the tall people squat program coming? Buying it straight away. Been struggling (!) with my squat.
In 2024 i tried implementing the more quad dominant style squat, the progress was pretty good and my squat mechanics were the best they had ever been. However, when I reach heavy 5x5 territory the quad activation is crazy when I reach parallel and below, to the point of extreme pain in my quads (pain due to DOMs). 2025 has rolled by and might have to revert back to my old technique to even see a PR this year.
How tall are you Daire?
Where’s the Sika news?!
trying to stretch every day for squats then i got knee pain from dorsiflexion 😢
I had the same, in my case I started stretching my quads and calves (which I never had before) and it fixed the issue may work for you 🤷🏽♂️
How tf do you bounce the bar forward over your head after a heavy squat? Is it easier than dropping it behind?
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166 cm me watching this: Yes… this applies to me
6’6” watching this video 15 years too late 😢
Jacked Charmander, I mean Zack Tall-lander knows these tips I'm sure. Just the tips 😏
I wonder if a 19 year old LeBron James learned how to barbell squat below parallel, if he would have 5-7 championships at this point.
5ft4 Watching
I don't understand why squaters only go thighs parallel instead of all the way down.
range of motion is just another variation you can periodize
Why do cleans from the floor and not from a deficit?
Comp standards, an influence from Powerlifting. ATG squats are the best for development though IMO.
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