Feral CrossFit

Squat. The Squat. Squatting. SQ. 

A lot has been said about the squat, I will try not to be repetitive…
The Squat is a basic human position. Its not a question of if you need to squat or are you designed for it or other shit you hear. *Sneeze *

Do you need oxygen?? you need to squat.

We Homo Sapiens Squat. 
We stand, we walk, we run, we lie down, we sit and… we squat. Its essential.
Every baby squats perfectly, unless born with a dysfunction. But, at the age of… 30, 16 or even nowadays as early as 6-8 - some of us lose the ability to squat. (Flat footed, with ease and with the ability to both support substantial weight in the position and maintain the bodyweight squat for long durations)
Why do we lose it? Lack of use. You dont use? You lose. The process includes calcification, adhesion formation and motor amnesia among other things.

I believe so much in the need to squat - I’ve placed a lot of emphasize over the years on this position, improving my own squatting position tremendously as well as that of thousands of my students.
The tools I use are my LPS method (Loaded Progressive Stretching) as well as various auxiliary drills for hip rotation, hamstrings mobility and specific squatting drills.

A good place to start is my Squat Clinic video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPwG2hqnOx0

Another piece of advice I give people is to incorporate 10-30 minutes of squatting a day. Yes, you’ve heard me right. Out of every 24 hours - spend at least 10 minutes in a full depth, flat foot squat.

To achieve that I would play some games with myself:
1. Answering the phone? Whenever you talk - you squat. This will make your phone bill much smaller as well as improve your squat. Some of you easily talk more than 30 min a day!
2. Answering emails? Every 5 replies - take the computer down to the floor and answer the next 2 down in a squat.
3. Waiting for public transport? From the moment you arrive at the station - you squat until the train/bus/tram arrives. This can get interesting…

I hope you are taking your squatting seriously. How serious? in my book if you cant squat - you are handicapped. Yes, thats the perspective we need here, as squatting is a basic human function you should maintain to the day you die. 

Squat away!