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Originally Posted by ibavly
Oh hi Birdman!
Somehow missed this on the last post. I can see what you are saying about the knee break. My ankle mobility has always been a major limiting factor. When I'm really focused on bar path I end up forced onto my toes. It's gotten better with time and volume but still not great. I'll try cueing to break earlier with the knees and see if that helps.
If you compare my squat to deadlift these is a big back>>>quads thing going on. I'm trying to squat 2x/week and haven't been deadlifting, hopefully that helps. I can probably program some leg extensions in too, I've never done much non-squat quad work.
hi ibavly!
yeah ankle mobility can be a tough one--I struggle with it too. I started using squat shoes and those helped a little bit. It seems like you have already given those a try. If you still find you have issues I would highly recommend trying these:
https://primefitnessusa.com/product/sw-solos/
You can by a pair in either 10, 20, or 30 degrees. If your ankle mobility is pretty bad 20s or 30s might help you stay more upright and give you more quad emphasis. The nice thing is you can use these on a lot of exercises designed to target the quads.
Based on how you are currently squatting I would guess your squats are not hitting your quads very hard--your squat looks far more hip dominant. Nothing wrong with that, just means you might benefit from adding in some focused quad work, as you mentioned.