What was that in the middle? I thought I had been drugged or something. I was so confused.

i literally thought i was having a stroke @ 4:45

who knew alan would have a militairy flashback midway through the video

You totally understand the beginner's problems, you are a good teacher, i admire that!

I wish I found this channel when I started 5 years ago instead of Mike Chang -.-

Thank you Alan. You are my favorite KZfaqr

I've watched soo many squat videos and this is hands-down the best. The whole time, you'd explain something, then I'd think, "Ok. I get that. But wait - what about...?" and then you'd start talking about that very thing, as if you were in my brain seeing my questions. Very thorough. Thank you so much.

I really appreciate your videos brother. I am doing a similar thing to "untamed strength" on the east coast and always find your videos entertaining and informative

The Metallica/Type O Neg/Slayer interlude caught me off guard haha.

I have never had such a thorough instruction on squatting! I'm no longer falling forward and my low back stopped hurting! THANK YOU!

So, I just did my first set of proper squats. Thanks and ow.

Thanks Alan! Watched your Deadlift and Squat videos several times and I always find a new detail I was not doing... This time it was the correctly breathing and bracing. Did my squats yesterday with the correct breathing and bracing and my lower back never felt so good before. I was stunned this morning, when I woke up how well my lower back felt! No soreness and no tightness. Thank you for your high valuable videos and also for giving that metal touch into your videos! \m/

Man, your videos are super on-point. TON of value in this one, sent it to all of my clients.

I'm so glad Omar featured Alan's channel recently. I've been learning a lot from this guy's channel. Informative and easy to understand. Great work Alan! Keep doing what you're doing.

I love your direction and cues in all of your videos. They help me to be a better trainer for my clients but also a more kickass and safe athlete. Thanks so much, Alan! ^____^ RAWWRRR!

Best squat video I’ve watched. Thanks!

Hi Alan, I did a lot of research on proper form before I started weightlifting, especially for the squat. However, despite my best efforts, my knees really started hurting during daily activities, especially bike riding. My doctor tells me it was probably due to my legs HYPER-EXTENDING at the top of a squat. My knees (and elbows) can apparently bend further backwards than most people's. This has never been a problem for me before, but of course, things are a lot different with 200 pounds on your back. Even though I know what went wrong, the damage was done, and I am still undergoing physical therapy to fix my knees. Despite all my research, I never saw ANYTHING about not hyper-extending at the top of a squat. To make things more confusing, many sources say that you should lock your knees, which apparently means you should go to 180, but NOT "hyper-extend." However, this is rarely defined properly! I watched your whole 40 minute video on squatting, and I don't remember seeing anything about hyper-extending in there. Is this just an uncommon issue? Do you know anything about it? Could you address this in one of your future videos? Thanks!

This was super helpful. I'm a newbie lifter and I've struggled squating anything heavy. Thought I was just weak but now I'm thinking I'm making all of these mistakes. Going to video tape and analyze to see and fix it. Thanks!

I have been on youtube researching all the information on the big three (squat, bench and deadlift) for more than couple of years and your videos are definitely the best i have found. Keep up the good work!

Alan, just want to thank you for absolutely awesome and invaluable help! Your videos are the reason I'm resurrecting my barbell training... Keep the great work and be safe.

great video , thank you sir

The balancing act part and the part about losing tension will undoubtedly help me a lot thank you so so much I have been really stuck and I know it's technique and not strength.

Alan, the only thing that UPSETS me about your channel, is that I JUST found out about it. I've learned more in the last 48 hours watching your videos only than what I have from randomly watching other youtubers. Keep it up brother!

Finding this channel is the best thing to happen to my squats and deadlifts. This video has has improved my squats a lot and more than ever look forward to leg days

Blessings for a random Peter Steele tribute in a Squat video. RIP

Love this video Allan. I've come back to it many times just to check myself and fix little things

What an easy guide to refer to whenever I'm squatting. You truly are one of the best fitness KZfaqrs I have ever seen. Keep up the great work.

One of the best videos on squats I have ever seen! Thank you so much for explaining mechanics in an easy to understand way!

Thank you!!!!!!!! It was extremely helpful . I fall forward in my squats but after watching your video I'm excited to practice the breathing, keeping it tight, and not loosing balance ect... Thank you

Damn, just changing my breathing helped my squat immensely. Thanks, bro, keep up the good work.

Thank you for being here with me on my life journey Alan. Hope I can meet you some day. Also, thanks for putting the Bukowski clip in your video. Saw this video 3 years ago and realised this is how I came to know his work.

Best squat how to out there, I have watched this before my last 4 leg workouts and finally feel balanced! Today I concentrated on pressing my back into the bar on the way up and felt more power than just concentrating on my legs, thankyou!

Did you smoke a bowl halfway through editing this?

This is just the info I've been looking for! I thought it was refreshing that you pointed out that the "drive through your heels" cue is a bit misleading. I know it's all over most instructional videos for squat form and I understand the idea, but for some reason the movement has never resonated with me when phrased that way. I like that you took the time to get more specific. I think it's a bit reductive to say just drive through your heels. It makes me feel like I need to drive up through the very edge of my heel and that creates imbalances. It kind of downplays the stability needed from your entire foot in my opinion. Can't wait to pay attention to these pointers next time I squat. Thanks!

One of the best instructors I've found. Gets to the point pretty quickly, and adds a lot of personality without being annoying, it's always relevant.

Had a miserable time doing squats today, form was horrible in all the videos i took even at lower weight. Went through several squat tutorials on youtube before finding this one. This is definitely the best and addresses the problems i'm having. Thanks for the solid corrections, i'll be trying this out on leg day #2 this week. Semper Fi brother.

4:41 I thought I accidentally changed the speed

No one else on youtube explains it like Alan... Glad I sub'd.

Best strength training channel by far. Great job Alan!

Wow... Just found out about your videos and i have to say: Great work! You explain everything in a totally understandable manner and you visualize it greatly with your "how-to" and "how-not-to" videos. AMAZING! Like a lot of the other commenters already said: I whish I found your videos before all the other online fitness crap that is out there! Especially concerning deadlifts and squats. Awesome stuff!

So many classics so quickly my brain can't handle this amazingness

does every one who works out just develop the deep voice or is it just a gift

This video is the most helpful thing I've ever seen as regards squatting, never realised how to brace properly and was having trouble with lower back pain as you say, so this was awesome advice! Love your channel man you're sick

Great vid, Alan! Your channel is always my go-to for any lifting questions I have.

type o negative and metallica that video montage was the best part

appreciate the video, dealing with the lower back issue. i believe im not bracing well

This is an amazing video. I always try to explain these ideas to friends/peers in the gym, but you put everything in a very clear manner - will definitely be sharing to others.

Thanks for this video. I seriously hurt my back during squats a few weeks ago and have been extremely timid about working them back in. I feel a lot more confident after your articulations & demos of where I went wrong and how to correct.

That musical interlude! Type-O negative , fuck yeah!

I'll share my experience for anyone else with issues shifting onto their toes when pushing out of the hole. My issue was I was not moving my butt out backwards enough while going down as well as going back up. I was focusing too much on the verticality of the bar and I was basically moving straight down. This is the key reason why Alan isn't doing the "butt wink", because he is not maintaining the hips forward position as he is pushing out of the hole: the first thing he does is stick his butt back up seemingly before doing anything else. So, in my opinion, you might have been told "Push through your legs" or "Push through the floor", but I think that's a bad cue because it encourages your hips to roll forward as you push. Instead you want to lift your butt upwards first, and the rest follows naturally. Once I focused on that it immediately got tremendously easier to accomplish other important cues such as pushing my knees apart. Think of your hips as being pegged to the top of a wheel. To move them down you have to move them backwards first as the wheel turns. And then follow the same track with your hips as you go back up.

This is by far the best video I’ve watched on KZfaq about squatting! Thank you

This....... was EXCATLY what I have been looking for over 3 years. Thank you so much!

TYPE O!!! You been talkin with candito's edit man, aint ya.

I love you for featuring Type O Negative

I know this vid came out years ago and idk if you get a chance to see all these comments but I've started working out about a month ago and squats were one of the most intimidating exercises for me. I know it's one of the basics, but with all the potential areas for bad form and hurting yourself it was off-putting, but this video was exactly what I needed to find, thanks for putting it out and just subbed to your channel!

one of the best channels out there ! thanks alan! love all your vids, they helped me a lot

I didn’t even know I had to breathe while squatting

yesterday, I farted when bracing for my squat. lol

Finally. I've been searching far and wide for something like this, thanks man!!

This was extremely informative and well put together. You went over everything I had questions about and your glute muscles prove that you know what you're talking about. Thank you very much!

Former college athlete who avoided squatting like the plague, love to power clean, but hated squats. This video just sparked an interest to squat, lets see how this goes.

am 52 and trying to get back to doing full range squats, things were ok for a while and then knee soreness forced body weight only for a while. I will continue to try to reestablish full range even though most in the gym think its nuts. Am fully convinced that in the long run it will pay off. All other movements in the gym are full range and no one questions but when it comes to squats, all of a sudden its like you just brought up politics or religion.

This has been the best explanation of squat position I've seen yet. I kept hearing my class instructor say put your weight on your heels which cause me to lose balance and fall backward almost every time. It makes much more sense to distribute the weight around the entire surface of the foot for better balance. Thank you thank you thank you.

Thank you for this video I had been having some form issues with my squats and after applying what I learned from this video my form has improved 100%. I still need work but now I know how to address those issues. Thanks Again!

Squats are deff my weak point. Idk why but I struggle to get really heavy. Love deadlifts though

How to twerk with good form video pls

Hey man, I really appreciate all the videos you make. I just found out about your channel recently and I think it's already improved my form on both bench and deads significantly. Wish I was in the same unit with ya! Was in 3DRadBn in HI about the same time you were in.

I am following you now for quite a while Alan and you really helped me improve with my Deadlift and Squat. Especially with Squatting I was told to inhale while descending and to exhale while ascending. Of course descending wasn't the problem, but I always found me struggling with ascending. Now I know why. Thank you very much!

Alan, please make a patreon page or something so I can throw my money at you.

Holy shit. The type-O montage tho

You help me so much!! I love weight training and I’m new to it, so watching you has really inspired me!!

Really appreciate all the tips and corrections in this video. Have been struglling with my own squats lately, so this video here comes very handy.

7:16 mate i think you got a semi

I'm learning how to squat properly by watching how my one year old girl does it when she picks her toys from the floor

best squat video i've seen in a while! very helpful! thanks a bunch Mr Thrall!

Thanks for all the great and helpful videos Alan.

Is the lower back pain from squatting discussed in the video: a.) low back soreness for a few minutes right after a set b.) low back pain like for the next couple of days I ask because I get "a" every time I squat but I thought it was normal. Could this also be an indication I need to reform my form to perform good form for me? thanks for the inform! ation

4:50 some jonnie candito tier shit here

This is everything I ever want from a fitness youtube channel. Alan has taught me how to lift properly over the years!

Never heard of this dude before but I'd say that this is best video about squating ever ! Simple, selfexplanatory, no BS talk around etc...

i didn't get the random montage in the middle

I get so tired of my lifting bros telling me to exhale when at the bottom of the squat.

Best lifting channel on youtube, thank you for uploading.

Thanks Alan, I have been having a trouble with my squat form (leaning forward), but this video helped a lot. Great channel, keep up the good work and TRAAAIIIIN UNTAAAAAAAAAAAMMEDUH!

"if your foot has 4 corners"....

"Look at his butt just winking at me" lmao

This is a great vid. I have a lot of low back problems and am always worried about losing lifts forward and re-herniating discs, the notion of thinking about pushing up on the bar with the shoulders has got me pushing my hips forward consistently, no back pain. Great cue, thanks so much for posting.

Gym Jesus strikes again, I watched 2 videos and I'm already subscribed, your ability to explain it to me so nicely beats every excuse I have for not having a body I want... keep it up the world needs you my friend.

dude you are truly a weight lifting profet......

I think I had a stroke at 4:45

THANK YOU! This addressed so many issues. I will be watching this again and again.

I’ve been lifting for three years now and this is the most helpful video I’ve seen even after I’ve tried to “master” the squat. Damn Ive learned what my squat needs even after years of doing this exercise!

It’s not everyday I hear Bukowski in a workout tutorial

Any advice on hip flexor pain?

You win youtube for me. You are the best. Thank you for these videos, they have helped me a TON.

I CAN SQUAT NOW!! THANK YOU! I'm a newb and I've been trying to squat for 3 months. I've watched dozens of videos and THIS VIDEO taught me how to squat! You are THE MAN!

What the fuck happened in the middle of the video; was that suppose to be there?

I was on my 3rd rep squatting today and leaned forward for a second and lost form and hurt my lower back, now I can barely walk, fucking sucks

Superb video! Always enhancing and refreshing my technique by watching your video's Alan. London UK

"Im not going into a posterior pelvis tilt" mmm you sure? I believe you definitely not making a flexion of you lumbar spine, that is the reason because the buttwink is so bad, but in your case it seems like you do a Buttwink and posterior pelvis tilt (that's why your butt wink), but your lumbopelvic Dissociation is so good, that your lumbar spine doesn't get hurt for your Buttwink