{"id":7618,"date":"2013-12-04T21:59:22","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T01:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/how-to-do-full-squats\/"},"modified":"2013-12-05T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T20:36:09","slug":"how-to-do-full-squats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/how-to-do-full-squats\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Do Full Squats"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe Squat has often been referred to as the king of exercises. And even though most people consider them a “leg exercise”<\/em>, they are really a total body exercise<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

The full squat works everything from your traps to your calves. Plus they they stimulate the central nervous system to release higher levels of natural growth hormone and testosterone. Which will make you bigger and stronger all over.<\/p>\n

We all know that we should squat, but the problem is that the squat is one of the hardest exercises you can do. Not just because it’s so physically demanding, but it’s a technical lift to perform properly.
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\nHave you ever had trouble squatting deep?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most people do, for a lot of guys their legs just lock up half way down and that it feels very unnatural to break parallel and do a full squat.<\/p>\n

Part of the problem why it’s hard to do a deep full range of motion squat is that we generally lack of flexibility in the hips and ankles and just the lower body in general. <\/p>\n

As babies we naturally have this flexibility, but years of only squatting deep enough to sit on a chair has caused our legs and hips to tighten up.\n<\/td>\n

\n\"Baby'sBabies Have The Flexibility To Squat.<\/em><\/font>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Back in the old days people could maintain their hip flexibility because they used to shit in the woods. So everyday you literally had to do a deep squat in order to take a dump. But with the modern invention of the indoor toilet we no longer have to squat deep. The toilet’s and chairs have taught everyone to only do partial squats.<\/p>\n

However, you can start taking action to improve this now by working on stretching more and improving your overall flexibility. One move in particular that you can do is holding the bottom position of a squat and getting comfortable with that position. Just like the baby is in the picture above.<\/p>\n

In addition to that I’ve posted a video clip that shows how you can gradually build up to safely doing full range of motion barbell squats in the gym.<\/p>\n


\nClick PLAY To Watch The Video:<\/font><\/strong>
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