+Emily Rothwell lmao

+Emily Rothwell and i died by your hotness #smooth

Danmmm girl

😂😂😂

+Yasin G69 (YasinKeepInItReal) I see you guys are commenting on my troll channel

LOL

That's hilarious...

bmo thats easy just do push ups

For Alan that would not even be a quarter squat

@@HellKarnassus for Alan is a standing straight squat!

Cracked me up haha

Hilarious!

kekked

Damn straight

yeah, made me subbed !

Dom Devereaux hahaha

Beartastrophy Bear Too much forward tilt is really hard on your back

Uchiha Hikaku that's why I noclip through the floor

Lmao

Alan Thrall Your videos are great. Going lifting today, will drop a lot of weight from the barbell and start ATG squatting. Thank you for your videos man!

HorizonRover Do you deadlift with mixed grip?

HorizonRover I had the same problem. There is a con when going heavy, the form is not as great as the lighter weight, this literally causes some imbalances in your body if you don't pay attention to them. You probably need to drop the weight a little and start to incorporate mobility stretches in your routine. Sometimes is better to step back and consider that your body needs attention in order for you to progress. About the hand grip, i've seen some powerlifters using the mixed grip and ending up with a twisted hip, imbalances in bones and muscles. Symmetrical is best choice in heavy calls. It happens in Squats, i've seen two cases, some muscles will fire more than others without you taking notice. I'm absolutely ok and in check, still going heavy.

***** How did that go for you, Barna?

HorizonRover Are you able to record a video of your form? If you are, post it on reddit fitness and seek advice there. KZfaq comments arent the ideal forum. Otherwise it'll be difficult to offer help if nobody can see what your form is like. As always, any serious injury or reoccurring pain should be brought up with a doctor.

OrangeNBlue damn right.

It’s the iron church

You capitalize the g too🤦‍♂️

He looks a fucken idiot

@LemonyRabbit he still looks like a fucken idiot. I'm not judging him but that's what he looks like

@@guillaumemalherbe4486 The only one looking like a "fucken" idiot is you because you're judging someone based on their appearance rather than what they are capable of.

Yes

@@guillaumemalherbe4486 I think u look like an idiot sandwich

Anarchy take a shit on the floor!

Switch your gym

Bleed on the floor & the grass shall grow.

Hehe

I know you posted this comment 2 years ago, but I really hope you found the answer. Big love!

Caraca, que puta rolê aleatório

I found for my body anything deeper than 90 degrees was murder for my knees. Different body types demand different movement patterns.

Same here, I normally go far lower than parallel. I just dont know if theyre considered ATG. I do pause reps too to develop more strength.

This what I usually tell everyone as long as you break 90 degrees you’re good in my opinion

D Elias Same, my dad taught me to squat 90 or just below to better avoid knee injury

Deniz Batu the echo makes it even easier to imagine haha

you spent a lifetime enjoying squats and it took until 60 years old, when you shouldn't be squating heavy, to get serious injury. Congrats sir, no matter which sport or exercise there will be injuries, you did well... now stop lifting heavy... its over now!

Thanks for your congrats. Of course you're correct; the big weights are long over. I'm 65 now (my knee surgeries were five years ago), but today I still do squats with light weights, and deep knee bends with no weights at all, but even with those I no longer go butt-to-ground. I also sprint up flights of stairs also, two steps at a time.

torn meniscus really sucks, im only 22 and have a worn one in my left knee probably from wrestling back in high school. i still do heavy squats but use very tight compression bads, excellent form, and lots of warming up first. havent had any pain since doing this, probably helps my joints in fact

Sorry to hear that. Could've been wrestling. I've read that meniscus tears are the #1 injury of US troops in Afghanistan; those are young men. Myself, in addition to ATG squats, something else that trashed my meniscus (both sides) was stretching in the lotus (yoga) position, legs crossed in a knot. While stretching in general is crucial, that stupid lotus position is no earthly good for anything. My orthopedic surgeon who repaired my meniscuses (menisci?) said never even cross you legs, and never do deep knee bends deeper than a 90 degree angle of the knee. He was right; now if I even cross my legs (the normal way guys do it) even for just a few minutes, my meniscus starts hurting. But I've found that I can do deep knee bends lower than 90 degrees (say, about 60 degrees) without causing my knees to start hurting again. That's with butt about 10-12 inches off the ground. But if I try to go lower, like 4 inches off the ground, sure enough, I start to get the pain again. The doc showed me a plastic and rubber model in his office of the knee and how this works, dynamically: When you go down only 90 degrees, there's no pressure/grating on the meniscus; but when you go way low, your legs are like a nutcracker and your meniscus is the nut. For a young man, it's not that serious because you've got more cartilage. But we lose a certain % of our cartilage every year. So at 65, I can now really feel it immediately when I go too deep. Hope your tear gets better. But for purposes of bulking up your quads, my personal opinion is that 60 degrees gives you plenty of dynamic range for that.

Great point, you don't see many ATG squatters chugging along after their 50's. That "bounce" he is using to get out of the hole is the reason Mr Thrall will be having his first knee surgery at about 50.

+‫عبدالعزيز البلم‬‎ Do you even leviosa? XD

+Kevin M *Since when Dumbledore has lifting weights? is that better? :p

+‫عبدالعزيز البلم‬‎ He is a muscle wizard. I cast fist!

+‫عبدالعزيز البلم‬‎ Just a suggestion, I mean no disrespect, but perhaps you want to say this: "Since when does Dumbledore lift weights?" I hope that you find this helpful.

+a “mac” ectoman thank you man

i laughed out loud also

fucking died at this one 😂

Beard To Grass squat...

+Iron Bryan hhhhhhhhhhhhhh

+Iron Bryan I think I saw a piece of pizza in there

thats how he checks his form

+Iron Bryan Beard to grass, sir

fantastic reference- future person

Chuck Stone i love space adventure too

Ass to grass lol

You’ll change your mind after the 3rd set 😃

Brodin. The god you're looking for is Brodin.

This is one of the greatest comments i've ever read! very well played sir! hopefully this catches Alan's eye and he incorporates this in a shirt or some type of apparel

Brodin is already a thing, go on reddit and search 'swoleacceptance'. That subreddit is full of it :p

@@andysoles849 sorry to necro - but there is an in depth Brodin wiki - filled with sagas, wisdom, mythology and the like. It's AMAZING

Yeah I did actually

Let me know how your knees are when you get around 40 yrs old? If you're still lifting .

+tom mccarroll i've been squatting atg for 10 years and havent had a day of knee pain.

Stick around.

+tom mccarroll stick around for how long? Should i stick around for over two decades like Dmitry Klokov or do i have to wait longer than that to feel knee pain? He's still pulling record numbers with no injuries. He should probably listen to you though.

*has

I can hit 200 max sqaut ass to grass but it hurts trying to get to 240 by the end of 2018 I'm 14 btw

What’s your max now?

A Real Black Person Smashed it just didn't have the weight access 250 boiis

I’m 14 in August or so I maxed bench:205 squat 245 bench now 250 haven’t maxed squat since then lol

Jesse Mitchell Nice

Max Townsend we have it, but it's mostly semi-pro, casual, and school leagues. Way better than American football, but NFL has us by the dick.

Lol, *WHISPERS* rugby...

Just Josh Careful now, he's gonna be a lil too excited for comfort

Mistake one. That is a lion.

+Cows Go Huh lololol hahaha

An untamed lion.

I think you mean, "a lion reminds me of this guy"

roger surez he is a lion

Robert Butacu There is literally no pro for quarter squats unless you count ego lifting as a pro. Jackasses who load up 4 plate and do little knee bendies probably think they're hot shit. I've seen DYEL fucks at the gym get in a rack next to me and load up more weight and do a 3rd of my depth. I wonder if they're thinking they're stronger than me when this is happening. I'd also love to see those people do a full squat with even 1 plate.

ParabolaTool I was obviously trolling. Lovin' your name. Tool is one of my favorite bands

Robert Butacu Yeah I know you were I was just honestly wondering if the guy loading 4 plate and doing a curtsy thinks he's stronger than me doing 3 plate to depth. And thanks, I've been getting a lot of comments about my name lately for some reason.

ParabolaTool For some reason? Hm, you know who tool is, right? About the quarter squat... I don't know what to say... I can squat 225lbs to depth, while this guy at my gym quarter squats 315, but his legs are so much bigger than mine ( he's also taller, fatter, and probably with a lot more experience than me - ive been lifting for 1 year, with 6 months of kinda of a lower back injury :)) )... So yeah, it depends on your goals... Lately, ive been focusing more on just doing things the right way , increasing my core strength and not giving a fuck about how i look or how much i lift.

Robert Butacu Yes I know the band Tool. I've had account for about 8 years. I've just had a very recent influx of comments on my name after getting hardly any comments on it for the entire time before. If you're on the juice you can do basically anything and you're gonna get huge.

Lmfao

lmao!!😂

damn how old are you?

LMAO!!

Hahhaha totally!!!

I'm pretty sure most power lifters do go as low as they can. Its hard to go low with powerlifting stance. Its a real awkward position.

Leo S Not really possible to atg squat with a low bar position and legs really wide. And imo that is bad advice. You should train to squat the same way as you squat in a meet. Why would you spend months squatting a certain way and then change it the day of the meet? That will probably just throw you off.

As a powerlifter you can use high bar "atg" squats as a strenght builder but the main focus should be on your competition stance squat.

I do a powerlifting squat, but in training I try to go slightly past the range of motion that would be acceptable in the meet. It doesn't throw me off at all, but just assures me that when I get on the platform or go for a PR, I have more confidence in hitting my depth. I do the same with bench press by doing a 2 count on my pause. That way if I get a judge with a long "press" call, it won't throw me off. And if I get a short one I will have a good day.

Douglas Hutchinson Basically what Brandon Lilly advises people to do

Kate Linnell No, HE is the spirit animal of lions ;-)

Vegan Barbarian you're right, my bad lol.

Oi m8 watch what you say about Lions, my mums a Lion!

Kate Linnell you cute af what's yo ig

@mabinogfan How many times has that randomly hitting on women in the YT comments and asking for their IG worked for ya? My guess is zero.

alejandrothefader I compete in powerlifting so I do my competition movement first then do a close variation of the movement. Train how you compete thought is my thought. I run my Deadlift and bench the same way, because at the end of the day they are skills

I said "powerlifting squat" because of the way he labeled it. and It's all good.

How do you do combat sports/martial arts like BJJ and compete in powerlifting? Is it both separate or some weight training is in corporate to help assist your other sport? Or?

Troy Obillo I train as a powerlifter when I'm in the gym(around 5am, before work) and when I go to practice(at 5pm after work) I train for my sport.I compete in BJJ(3-5 times a year) a bit more often than power lifting(1-2 times a year). They are separate competition it isn't like I'm lifting and having a match the same day. I train BJJ 4 times a week and train powerlifting 6 times a week

+Tony Sudol hey bro! I do bjj too and just started strength training, to better armour myself and be a bit bigger and stronger for my body-frames, i'm doing a program that's similar to Stronglifts. Obviously recovery isn't an issue for you, that was a big concern cause want to roll. Can you comment on what it what your bjj is like with powerlifting?

アダムアダミ Made a good video GREAT

In virtually every sport, momentum is a key concept.

@@BeaulieuTodd In virtually every sport, controlled strength is a key concept.

Yow military, nee engaya ya inga😂😂😂

Danblukk Apparently they don't teach english class at your school either.

Vince Iaboni Nice one.

Denis Dougherty go lighter

ive only ever squatted atg and ive had no problems. even form that is only half decent will keep you from hurting yourself. if you have trouble going atg at whatever weight you squat at, lessen the weight and practice your form

Beef the Human exactly...As long as one is willing to put the ego aside, start light and be willing to put in the time, the rewards will be certain and safe

Learn the asian squat hahahaha do it every day and ur legs will get used to it. I find it funny that so many westerners arent able to squat down and keep their balance. It is so natural for me to do it with ease

Do you mean tilting backwards? Unbalance due to ATG squatting is a sign of weak stabilizing muscles in your quads.

Landowar And a sign that people has never been bothered to squat down like in asia

+Landowar No, I mean the heels coming up naturally once you are at the ATG position. An easier way to understand this is with motorcycle rear brakes. The way they are designed on sport bikes, a lot of people like myself have to lift their foot completely off the peg to press down on the brake lever, whereas other people can rotate the foot up from the heel without ever losing contact with the peg.

put small weights under your heels when you squat. I learnt squatting correctly using that technique. I even saw a famous bodybuilder do but don't remember who

Jacob Forsberg WHAT'S YOUR NAME? YOUR FULL NAME!

YOU SHITLORD!!! TRIGGERED!!!

undefinido What is butt wink?

undefinido Same problem, but I go under parallel anyways, just not ATG.

prometheusxc google

prometheusxc Alan did a vid on it

undefinido If you're squatting with flat feet, then a high bar position would allow you to stay more upright, which equals less buttwink.

Vreeland Homestead 90 year old Korean grandmas can squat ATG and do all the time. If you can’t it’s because you’ve lost normal ROM. You can train it back-but not while lifting heavy. ROM must be trained separately.

Buy squat shoes. Or make dorsiflexion changes. You have poor dorsiflexion not long legs

sports isn't CrossFit

crossfit isn't a bad sport?

I'd say crossfit a more a sport than bodybuilding or powerlifting, because u actually have to work ur ass off there. Although I'm not a fan and a bodybuilder myself.

@@Aireisor so you don't work your ass when you're a powerlifter? Lol