![]() ![]() So when I tried squatting barefoot without something under the heels my form fell apart. Some of the motion that should have come from my ankles was coming from my arches collapsing. My ankles lacked flexibility so my body was compensating. Consequently, this was making my knees and hips rotate awkwardly. When doing a body weight squat barefoot, I could see that my already flat arches were collapsing even farther. Squatting with the heels elevated allowed me to get around the fact that my ankles weren’t very flexible. In fact, weightlifting shoes are designed with large, elevated heels for this purpose.īut doing squats this way was hiding something. I learned later that squatting with the heels elevated allows you to to keep a more upright posture, and this is advantageous for certain lifts. This was the way other people a the gym were doing them, though I didn’t know the reason why. When I started squatting with a barbell as a teenager, I did the exercise with my heels either on a wooden board or iron plates. Rather, this is about my own experience of how flat feet affected my squatting. I’ll mention that first just in case you landed here searching for that. ![]() This post is not how-to guide on squatting with flat feet. ![]()
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