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Chad Wesley Smith and Max Aita explain how to determine whether leg or back weakness limits your squat.

Chad Wesley Smith and Max Aita discuss how to assess leg and back relative strength in the squat and how to bring your weaknesses up. Get stronger and build more muscle with the JuggernautAI App, try it 2 weeks FREE at juggernautai.app/

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What people say. Recommended to help lifters diagnose and correct a weak back or forward bar path during squats.

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On “How to correct muscle imbalance in front half vs back half of my body”

…on " Why do you want to go below parallel? Going to parallel is perfectly acceptable for squat form and if it's detrimental for you to go lower i don't understand why you want to. "bar tends to track forwards and up instead of straight up as it should" Can't tell 100% without seeing your squat, but this could be indicative of a weak back. link to this video Video addressing the topic. " My quads also have quite bad static flexibility, I identify this because I find it painful to sit on my knees." How do you know this is a good test? Also……