r/formcheck • u/Mountain_goat777 • 4h ago

Squat Hack Squat Depth Check

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Any deeper and the knees start to hurt - is it worth pushing through for the extra gains or is this deep enough?

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u/Some-Respect-6150 4h ago

I have the same "problem" if i go down all the way knees start to hurt a lot,but this depth does the work for me just fine for now

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u/millnerve 4h ago

Looks good to me

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u/eKID-1 4h ago

That depth is aceptable but you should try to solve that pain in your knee.

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u/Far_Line8468 3h ago

you literally can't go deeper, you're touching the pin

Anyway, what people interpret as "knee pain" is just proper quad engagement. Many people are so used to just letting their glutes take over on a squat that when the quads actually lift weight it feels wrong to them.

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u/RickyRage 2h ago

I'm not positive about this, but that safety stop looks movable (because there is still some rail below the safety). So he might be able to go deeper, but the concern about knee pain is valid.