Friday, June 30, 2017

Squat stance comparison and squat dephths - my squats!

So - I felt creative today and thought I just take pictures of myself bodyweight squatting as low as possible with different stances, without shoes.

My prefered squat stance is about the same as for sumo deadlifts, those are btw more "half sumo" deadlifts - not so very wide stance compared to many others.

So - I took pictures of six different stances:

1a narrow stance - feet pointing forward
1b wider stance - feet pointing forward
1c very wide stance - feet pointing forward

2a narrow stance - feet 45degrees outwards
2b wider stance - feet 45degrees outwards
2c very wide stance - feet 45degrees outwards

For me, "narrow" stance is shoulder width - it feels really narrow for me, although for most exercises, this is the go-to width.
Wider stance is positioning my feet just outside shoulder width, and very wide stance is the widest stance I can manage to squat in (with body weight and no shoes/flat shoes).

Here are the picture for comparison:






Such huge differences in my dephth!
Narrow stance/shoulder width doesn't work at all for me - I feel like falling over.
Wider stance feels natural, although if I don't point my feet out, there is no way I could squat below paralleL!
The best stance is 2b, feet pointed out and a wider stance - this is how I squat.
I could also do a very wide stance with my feet pointed out - especially goblet squats and front squats are quite easy to do like that, and they feel safe and strong.
But both a high-bar and low-bar squat is definitely best with a medium wide stance.

I do have a hip angle that allows for great range of motion turning my feet/legs outwards.
In most situations, when I sit at a table, I prefer to sit in a lotus position since having my feet "straigt forward and down" feels unomfortable.
That could be a genetic/family thing - I can remember both my and my brother sitting at the dinner table as teenagers, in the "lotus position" - I mean who else does that?

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