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Originally Posted by blankall
I'm not attempting to call you out specifically, but a lot of people I've worked out who have limited range of motion due to "tight hips", just aren't doing the squat properly.
If you treat it like a leg press (legs underneath your shoulders and knees bent in front of you), you will experience limited range of motion. If you actually engage your hips, it will increase your range exponentially. I dealt with the same issues of not being able to "break parallel". I got proper instruction and read Mark Rippetoe's books and it changed my ability to get into proper position dramatically.
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Yeah I hear you, and that's fine.
However I have read the books including Rippetoe and have studied form extensively. I have also seen about 5 different trainers and kinesiologists over the years who have assessed me and my squat form. It has always really bugged me that I could never squat like my buddies could - every other exercise I was fine.
The general consensus is that my hips were so tight (and my back was weak) and combined with my flat feet it made it really difficult to maintain my lumbar angle without falling backwards. I couldn't even sit in a squat without falling backwards or putting my weight on my toes.
After about 18 months of doing a hip flexibility program combined with putting an arch on my foot with good shoes, I'm finally breaking through. feelsgoodman.gif. Also - I stopped going for longer runs altogether (ie. 8km+). Made everything worse.