Nice post, i have been looking for something like that the past few days but couldnt really find anything related to the topic.
On a side not, I looked at part one and the squatting discussion. Seeing all those wide leg squats made me think about my own squat. I always go with a Olympic stance, feels more natural but I did some reading about wider stances that I never new myself.
taken from another site...
" Foot placement: This really depends. Squatters that like to use more quadriceps typically use a closer Olympic-style type stance. Hip and glute squatters like myself, go medium to wider. There is some experimentation here as to what style best suits you. As a rule of thumb: The wider you go, the more hip and glute will be involved, but it will be more difficult to break parallel.
The shoe: To me, anything with a flat sole is the way to go. Converse chucks, wrestling shoes, basketball shoes, nothing with a heel. That way, you get more of the stronger hip and glute muscles involves as you squat back on your heels. However, close-stance squatters tend to go with a heeled shoe more to help activate more the quadriceps in their squatting. Olympic lifters, close stance squatters, all use a heel to sit back on while squatting. Rule of thumb: If you squat wide, no heel. If you squat close, heel. "
ORIGINAL: David1991
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