The Barbell Base

One of the more common mistakes we see in squats is people trying to keep the chest up & avoid tipping forwards.

SOME people can maintain that upright position, but if you’ve got longer femurs in relation to your torso, it might not be on the cards for you (without using tools like wedges).

What’s way more important than the angle of your torso, is maintaining a neutral spine position with a strong brace.

Most people don’t have a “weak squat”…
they just don’t know what they’re trying to train.

Quad dominant squat:
More upright torso
Knees forward
→ lights up the quads

Glute dominant squat:
More forward lean
Hips back
Shins more vertical
→ loads the glutes

Neither is “better.”
They just train different things.

If your goal is stronger legs, better knees, or building your glutes…
you should be using both… intentionally.

Most people just squat the same way every time and hope for the best.

That’s not training. That’s guessing.

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