Any thoughts on squating with elevated heels such as on planks to keep from transferring the weight too far forward?
raising the heel makes the weight want to go to your toes lol
it also causes your knees to shoot forwards
I disagree...
I still drive thru heels. Also find it activates my quads more and keeps my centre of gravity of the total weight more central relative to my own body...
have you ever walked down hill
Not sure walking down a hill and standing stationary with a weighted bar on your back squating below parallel to a floor of 0 deg slope are the same...
and my thoughts are that squatting flat is better, you get more hamstring in the lift, allowing you to lift more weight, you can sit back more as your knees have less of a tendency to shoot forwards when flat as the primary weight isnt being transferred to the ball of your foot because of the raised heel. allowing you to get better stretch reflex off the hamstrings because you can sit back more.Not asking what it does or is it right. Simply what your thoughts where.
For my length of hamstring and torso i find no pain in either knee or lower back pain squats this way... further more my quads AND glutes activate more this way whilst my knees dont travel excessively forward. Note the weight is predominately driven thru my heels
If the weight is shifting to the front of your foot then you have shitty ankle mobility
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