You Don’t Know Squat!

I had someone else tell me today that their doctor said they are forbidden from doing squats because it will destroy their knees. This is as uninformed of an old wives tale blanket statement as telling people that they will catch a cold if they go outside with wet hair.

The squat is one of our most innate and fundamental movement patterns. There are cultures who squat for hours… each day and don’t have a epidemic of knee issues. Squats only hurt your knees when they are done incorrectly and you have lost the ability to do them correctly because of lack of mobility, strength and/or muscular imbalances.

If you don’t learn how to squat properly, how is your body going to learn how to get in and out of your car, up and down from a chair and even use the toilet???