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114. Why do your knees go in when you squat? With Heath Lander and Raphael Bender
Category: Health
Duration: 01:25:07
Publish Date: 2022-12-04 05:00:00
Description:

Everyone knows that if your knees go in when you squat it’s because your glutes aren’t working properly, right?

Wrong.

We talk through a whole list of reasons why your knees might go inwards in a squat that has nothing to do with your glutes not working. Plus why it might actually be GOOD that your knees go in during a squat.

Resources mentioned in the episode:

  • Purchase Raph's book: Strengthen The Person, Not Just the Body Part here
  • Muscle activation in a squat is load-dependent here and here
  • Paralyzing the gluteus medius doesn’t make the knee go in more here
  • Knees going inwards in a squat is not a risk factor for ACL injury here
  • Lya Bavoil squatting 213kg at 62.5kg body weight here

Find more resources here.



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