Your Overhead Squat Is Limited by Position and Mobility

What's up guys? It's Danny from The Lifting Fix. I reached out to Dr. Aaron Horschig from Squat University to help us out with an overhead squat today.

Alright, here it is. Hey, what's up guys? I'm Dr. Aaron Horschig and welcome back to Squat University.

This week we partnered with The Lifting Fix to bring you guys a squat analysis of an overhead squat and snatch balance movement. Now the first thing that you'll see with this squat movement is that the athlete has a very forward inclined trunk. Now this is usually due to a compensation because of ankle stiffness. Now we actually were able to test this athlete's ankles and found out they were very stiff due to a soft tissue restriction.

So therefore, by improving this athlete's ankle mobility through foam rolling and stretching every single day, we should be able to improve their ability to squat deeper with a more upright trunk and be able to perform these movements with better technique. So, hope you guys found this video very informative. Let me know if you guys have any questions on the subject. Happy squatting.

So the suggestion was do some foam rolling. things for the calf. Best way to do that is pop one on. If you want a little extra pressure you can cross the other foot over it and then you still want three angles.

So you start in the middle, go back, forth, middle, foot over or just separate is fine. Then hit the inside angle, a couple passes through there. Outside, same thing. And then you hang out and do a little foot planter flexion and dorsiflexion as well as a couple circles if you'd like.

Just some basic ways, really basic ways to work that calf out and use the foam roller with it. Alright, some of that and then just some good old hanging out the bottom of the squat barbell on your knees. You're good to go. All right, I hope this helped out.

Again, thank you to Dr. Aaron Horschick. Make sure to check him out at Squat University.