One Minute Tutorials: How To Squat
Channel: Thee Broski
Date: 2018-04-14

In depth video later today or tomorrow

Squats are a great compound exercise as they work not only your lower body but your upper body as well. Squats also translate well into many of our daily actions i.e. getting up from a chair or a couch. 
   Your feet should be approximately shoulder with apart. Your toes should be pointing outwards at a slight angle. Your knees should be pointing in the same direction as your feet. Your hips and shoulders should be square. Chin up face forward; stick out your chest, shoulders back. If you are squatting with a barbell you want to place the barbell on your deltoids and not on your neck. Ideally your knees should not cross your toes. Your back should be straight. You shouldn’t be leaning over. You should aim to lower yourself until your hip joint and knee joint are about parallel. If flexibility and strength allows, you can go lower. Most will not be able to hit that depth initially due to lack of flexibility, strength and lack of familiarity with the exercise. You want to keep your core as tight as possible throughout the duration of the lift. 
As you begin to rise from the bottom of the lift, you want to avoid your knees from turning inwards, as that puts pressure on the ligaments. You also want to avoid leaning forward too much as that will put unnecessary pressure on your back muscles and spine and could cause you to fall forward. At  the very top you want to lock out. 
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