As a long-femured dude, that clip around 6:30 made me feel a whole lot better. My whole life I've been told my squat needs to be more upright, but it's physically impossible for me to squat like someone who's 5'7".

There's a lot of gold in this video to be mined. Thanks Alan and to Austin and Jordan for allowing you to put this up.

Back pain issues here. Mind was blown when he said, "gain weight." That's not even something I considered, but I am trying to gain strength and the added kCals may indeed help. Thanks for this video. Literally had to stop and absorb the knowledge.

Only do a 5RM if money or a woman is on the line. noted.

Austin and Jordan and the guys at Barbell Medicine are magicians. Thanks so much Alan for summarizing their seminar

Austin legs when sitting down on a chair looks MASSIVE.

this video was better than expected. I usually don't like seminar type videos but this one was really informative and fun to watch.

I emailed the closest starting strength coach near me to hold a seminar or training camp at her gym. we need more people like this! good info Alan.

I especially appreciate the bit about differences between men and women training - would love to hear more about this in the future too, perhaps based on your coaching experience. thanks for putting up this content, as always!

Would pay to see a Baraki/Feigenbaum buddy cop flick.

Austin and Jordan are awesome.

Dude..this stuff is golden

Physical Therapy is a lot more affordable than most people think. I had a lower back issue that kept getting more painful over the course of a month. When I first injured it, I stayed off of it for a week. Then, just performing standard lower back warms ups would still light it up. I dropped the weight I was lifting (drastically) and change DL from traditional to Sumo style (super light weight), only used hex bar for squats (and did light goblet squats). I wasn't willing to not squat or DL for 4-6 months, as was recommended. At the advice of a friend, I visited a PT. I paid out of pocket. My intake assessment was $135 and my first half-hour session was $75. After my first session, my back was almost completely fixed. I still performed the reduced loads for a week and, after my second session, my back was fixed. I pay $75 for a half hour and I see him every two weeks. He has fixed so many things I didn't even know we're wrong. I highly recommend PT.

Unbelievably jealous of the people involved in the seminar. Thank you, Alan, for uploading this video for those of us like myself who live in Canada or elsewhere in the world and can't be there in person.

Thanks Brother....I don't comment on videos, but this by far is the most informational and easily digested content on the topic of squatting and pros and cons of squatting everyday.

You edited this video well. Interesting information.

Wow! The last part on female training sets was fascinating. I always wondered why I experienced better results training at 2-3 reps for 5-6 sets vs a 5x5.

This stuff is gold. Many thanks.

These couple of videos are an absolute WEALTH of information. THANK YOU ALAN!

The woman in purple has such a perfect squat!

Ok Alan, I just commented on another video of yours, that it might have been one of the best videos on squats I had seen, but this has been another amazing video! Thanks for the great content that has been coming out! 2017 may see you become the KZfaq fitness videos king!

Was looking forward to this series, thanks Alan! Can't wait for the subsequent parts; the low bar focused content lately has really shifted my focus and is helping a lot with correcting my form. Much appreciated, thanks!

Love the back injury advice. I've had three injuries that ended me up getting surgeries. Disketomy. I'm much better now, but I'm 41, so it's kinda scary to lift. This is the best advice I've heard. Much better than hearing you shouldn't do deadlifts and squats anymore.

Its awesome to see this more scientific side of training

These guys know exactly what they're talking about. Thanks for the great content

Austin enunciates a bunch of his words exactly like Rippetoe. It makes me chuckle. Great video, binge watching this channel was an excellent life choice.

Cheers for taking the time to break down the Q & A session Alan!!! You rule! TRAIN UNTAMED!!!!!!

Wonderful job hosting this, Alan. 👏🏼👏🏼

Thank you Alan for spreading the wealth of knowledge and experience!!!

2:22 I just fixed this after months and I'm so happy about it

Amazing video, its so frustrating when people tell you to stay more upright on a low bar squat when you simply cant, and i feel the weight moving straight up yet they tell me to arch my back. This has definetly reinforced my belief in low bar squats, thank you for this video.

This is an amazing wealth of knowledge. I sincerely appreciate this video series. Thank you.

Thanks for the quality share! People seriously need to hear this, wish I was there.

This is gold. Good work man, we all really appreciate the work you went through to make this. More videos like this.

Intersting what he said at 16.34 regarding the other variables at play that people don't like to admit in public....I take it that's ROIDS. I have a friend who was picked to go for our country weightlifting team but quit immediately after they asked him to start taking......

austin and jordan provide some sick insights great video as usual alan

Good stuff! Learn so much every time I watch this channel. Thanks for bringing these guys on.

Can't believe I just discovered this video, there is some good stuff in here man

So much awsome nformation packed into 28 minutes. Thank you

Used to squat a lot but stopped because I found them useless for me ... they stress me out! I’m more of a sumo conventional and Romanian deadlift hip thrust lunge kind of person .. I have long femurs and a shorter torso and I’m 5’61/2” ... anytime I want to hit quads I’ll do a simple front squat not too much weight and focus on single leg movements after that but I always throw a heavy hip thrust in every workout

Great video, thanks Alan.

Excellent content again. I have seen both these guys in podcasts on starting strength, it is good to see the seminar from this perspective.

I'm going through the SS LP right now ( beginning month 3). Attended a Squat Seminar in Michigan about a month ago and it pointed out many cues I need to focus on. Good stuff.

Honestly, this was SOO great. Thanks, Alan. You rock.

thank you so much Allen. I cant wait to attend your awesome seminars!.

These guys are brilliant!! Thank you for uploading and sharing!!!

Austin, Jordan and Leah Lutz too. I wish I'd known this was happening.

Awesome. Great content Alan.

Excellent video.. Never seen these guys before but will looking for more featuring them. So good to hear actual experts that actually give a shit about other peoples lifts... Other than Alan of course ;)

hey Alan, done my first day of your intermediate program but without Olympic lifts. I really enjoyed it. seems put together very well

Best tip I ever for squat is knees and hips breaking at same time.

I learnt alot from this single video. Cant wait for next parts

Thank you Alan, Austin and Jordan! Good info!

Great content Alan. Thanks for sharing and cool the guys where happy to share too

I read most of the comments, and none addressed this question that i could see, so i apologise if it has been answered already but, I do train and teach functional training, and develop high level athletes, including myself. I found this video to be informative, different and some tricks to get me to the 1000 lb club before the age of 35. I had to pause during the squats a few times to see why the mechanics look so odd. The major difference to me was the Hip Hinge. The first movement here is the Hip hinge prior to any knee bend. For the hip hinge, are you engaging your hip flexors to hinge, or more through the rectus abdominis? Not to be confused with just bracing, i mean actively pulling the rib cage forward and fixing the pelvis just to hinge into position.Thanks for your time, Solid vid, i send my clients here for strong man, power clean and those whom enjoy some wholesome sarcastic entertainment. Thumbs up man. Best wishes and Good health Derek A. Knight

Thanks for posting this. Great video. Learned a lot.

This is insanely informative, thanks Alan these guys are great

You changed the frame rate on your camera didn't you? Much better! And also awesome video in general

Incredible. I'd love to see more of this.

Alan can you get Jordan to answer this question: Is squatting heavy with torn meniscus/ arthritis going to worsen these conditions? I've had bilateral ACL reconstruction with meniscal repair/ menisectomy but I re-tore them them on both knees. Is squatting heavy bad for this?

this is so awesome! the knowledge!!!

incredibly informative Alan. thanks a lot! I can only imagine how many things you all were able to learn.

Fantastic video, thank you for compiling this and uploading it :D as usual great content!

Awesome vid and content, looking forward to Parts 2 & 3.

Lots of little gems in here!

hey can you do a vid on dealing with depression and the constant feeling of not being satisfied where your at in life. I see how all you youtube guys have been so successful and doing what you love. ive always heard that you have to take risks in life. could you do a vid on this subject?

Good stuff! Really helpful insight on back recovery, and knowing if your lifting to much or what not!

17:47 sums it all up. That being said, some good stuff in the vid. Bottom line - keep researching, keep working and you'll get better and your lifts will go up.

I was just reading that Austin went to EVMS. VA shout out!!

Awesome video - I learned a lot! Thanks again for sharing these.

Great video Alan!

My back is shit from an incorrectly recovered torn hammy. I squat and dead lift at least three times per week. It’s the only thing that keeps the pain away ironically.

This was awesome man. More of this!!

awesome video, Thanks Alan!

I've been looking forward to this, thanks!

This was very beneficial. Thanks Alan!

Nice my balance is the worst and I've been doing this for a while. I've switched to goblet squats simple because my ankle cannot handle a huge load, theres an injury history there as well as I recently discovered scoliosis is what's causing my back pain the goblet squat is better for me on every level.

Thanks for putting some of this footage up, Alan! Wish I could've been there for this. Next time!

I'm loving listening to these guys they're fucking geniuses!

This is such good information. Thanks for posting!

Barbell Bench always tightens up and fucks up my shoulders so I just stick to ohp and incline dumbell

Should I just go back to lower weight, make myself used to it, and work up to higher weight slowly?

Alan, have you ever thought about becoming a Starting Strength Coach? (I feel this may have been asked already.)

Got 390 5x3 today thank you

About training every day and programming to increase strength, there is something that did not add up. In some videos, Alan's video and Omar's video for example, there is an emphasis on volume for increase hypertrophy. Where hypertrophy will lead to more muscle mass to be used for strength output. This was stated in one of Alan's video with a comparison between Volume and Intensity. So for beginners (0 to 3 years experience), there is a need to be more on the volume side to build up the size of the muscle and then maybe switch to intensity to build up strength when some size is acquired. Now, I would like to add up Omar's input on the frequency of training to support hypertrophy. There, some studies show that training a muscle group twice a week tends to increase the hypertrophy effect than once a week. So, ideally, we should train muscle groups twice a week in the higher volume end to maximise size. In a classic Push Pull Leg day, this will lead to a 6 days a week training. For Alan's split that revolve around the 4 main compound movement this would give a 8 days a week (which is impossible, I know). This programming have a higher risk for overtraining or plateauing where there is little time for full resting. This come in contradiction with Austin's and Jordan's comment, where the trainee with higher rest period (2 full day) respond better to muscle stimulus and improve their performance more quickly than those with lower rest period (1 day). Am I completely out of logic or is their some solution to address that issue ?

Amazing. Thanks. Keep these vids up, the squat is definitely not an easy exercise.

Very informative, thanks for positing Alan. I have question about the set and rep ratio, which I am glad they brought at the end there... As a female and a beginner, I find doing 5x3 is much more complicated than doing 3 sets of 5; especially as I am concentrating on adding weight per set for every workout... 5x3 seems like a very long process in increase weight. That being said, I usually feel gassed out when doing 3x5 (and at times have missed my lifts). Now I don't know if that (missing my lifts) is solely to sticking with 3x5 set-rep scheme or due to other factors such lack of sleep or poor recovery. Any advice on what I should try differently?

I dig the Rollins poster!

Great video! I wonder at which point women should switch from 3x5 to 5x3 as Dr. F talked about.

This was awesome! Thanks for sharing.

Just so much freaking info!!!! I love it!!

that first point should be drilled into stronglifts proponents. "just do the empty bar" is not good enough

hey quick ❓ question. where can I go to seminars like this one to check out my work outs, and see if I am doing them correctly ?

I started Starting Strength a month ago, and I have made amazing gains! Love your stuff, Alan, but I'm just not seeing nearly enough women in your practice. Where are all the strong women?!?

So you should basically save the high bar/front squats until your progress on the low bar squat fades 11:00 ?

Notification squat get it? squat

So when are these folks going to do a YT show with Mark Bell and Silent Mike, and a PowerCast with Jim McD? I know everyone's busy but that would be a great watch.

Best vid on youtube!

Fantastic information all around. Saluted:)

Awesome, many thanks for posting this.