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Originally Posted by bronco67
It's just what you said. Squat from the hip area...not from the knees. Most people (that you see doing it wrong at the gym) think squatting means just bending at the knees.
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Yeah, of all the exercises down with bad form at most big gyms, squats might be the worst. Thing is, there is more B.S. about that exercise than just about any other. Things like not going below parallel, or letting your knees go over your toes, have been shown to be incorrect scientifically for years now, but you read them in just about every article written on the subject.
Watch any Olympic weightlifter doing a snatch or a clean and see, in the bottom position, just how far their knees are over their toes. And how deep they are. Of course, some people have medical or anatomical issues that will limit how far down they can go, but for those that can, you will get much more out of it. It may require time and hard work, but it is well worth it.