 New studies reveal that most Western adults still cannot do the Asian squat Why is that and are they missing out on some ancient secret to good health? Yeah, this is surprisingly going viral right now. Andrew. You actually made the cover photo on the IG next shark post and Andrew long story short. What's going on? How come Asians can do the Asian squat or the Slav squat whatever you want to call it But Western people especially Americans statistically cannot all right So it has a lot to do with probably flexibility number one But also culture and body fat. So I guess there's a lot of studies that came out recently They said, you know short limbs might make it easier to balance There's also somebody said listen, you're pretty much folding up your body at three different joints So you got to be super flexible Obviously it also comes down to your ankle Doris flexion which means that your foot can actually move towards your knee that means your your ankles pretty flexible You have great ankle mobility. I don't know David I mean, it's also called the Slav squat So I don't want to say that like European blooded people can't do it But it seems like it might be part of Asian culture. Maybe I was just wherever Genghis Khan showed up It's the Genghis Khan squat Wow Make sure you like subscribe turning your notifications guys from silly to serious I'm gonna go ahead and put this in the silly lane But people were bringing up serious stuff like you know Asians have longer torsos and shorter limbs statistically on an aggregate level So it was like an interesting way I guess to bring it bring up what like phenotypical difference is see I told you that me and the Asian brothers We all do the Slav squat the Asian squat Maybe perhaps we call it Genghis squat. Yeah, the squat is a triple flexion movement You've got bending at the hips knees and ankles So you have to fold up everything underneath you and there's a ton of reasons for this Andrew Is it just out of the necessity squat toilets stayed around in Asia for much longer than in other parts of the world? I guess particularly China, but Japan and Korea as well. Um, does it have to do with? Economics perhaps if you are lower income or you're more of a blue-collar worker You spend more time close to the ground or you need time to rest between labor And so you need to sit in a stable position and pick weeds or pick up stuff or just take a smoke break I agree with you in the sense that and a lot of people don't think about this I do think the richer higher-class people in Asia do the Asian squat less It's more of what you consider a blue-collar or factory worker thing. I heard in Russia It's called that gopnik thing, which is like almost like hooligans young Russian hooligans do it a lot and like I don't know man You know, I think that once you honestly if I was to break it down on a more physiological level As a man once you get past 25% body fat or a woman maybe 35% body fat I think doing or learning the fob squat unless you already knew how to do it from a kid becomes exponentially harder Right, right, and I will say this guys, you know generally squatting is better for your bowel movement It's easier to poop because it aligns your intestines and everything like that So I like what I helps me when I poop even though I sit on the toilet right on the chair style toilet I actually lift my knees up I either go on my tippy toes or I step on something that lifts my knees up a little higher and that honestly helps me poop Right, so I don't know I think a lot of Westerners are missing out on this You're trying to create some vertical gravitational and testinal alignment. I'm trying to work with gravity Anyway, let's get into the comments section Of course, we actually have an Asian comments section and a white comments section Somebody said it's my greatest shame in my life that I can't Asian or fob squat Somebody say yay is the kimchi squat someone said no, I can't do it. I don't know am I losing my Asian card I can't I'm Asian. I can't do it. It's due to my bone structure. It's due to my bone structure Is this true is this person making excuses? How much does it have to do with being Asian? Obviously not a not a hundred out of a hundred Asians can do the Asian squat fob squat kimchi squat Whatever you want to call it, but probably a greater proportion out of a hundred person sample size can dude If your culture requires you to do it once a day, I guarantee you would try to do it Listen, there's a lot of buff American Weightlifters that can clearly do the squat and their thighs are huge right you said to do a power clean or something Yeah, so it's so clearly it's it's it's more of a flexibility thing I guarantee you anybody who does yoga on a regular basis can probably do the Asian squat So really is it an Asian squat? Is it part of Asian culture? I don't know I don't know man. Is it a stereotype theory a by the way guys I'm just asking Andrew to say that of the basketball players that you see in a LA fitness or 24 hour fitness A higher proportion of the black players can dunk or touch the rim Then the Asian or Latino players. I'm just saying what are you seeing? Are you trying to say that maybe certain groups Happen to be better than other groups at some things maybe they just do it more somebody said You know, this is a slav squat. We call this a russian prisoner squat. Somebody said in africa. We do it here as well Um, yeah, this is the thing that's popular around the world, right? But I think in america the most visible way to see it is you know with like a chef in a wife beater Or like a you know at the walk with a cigarette in chinatown I just think you're gonna be able to do this squat if you need to spend time closer to the ground Like if you're cleaning or you're even I've seen people eat off the ground obviously in certain countries I'm just saying I'm just saying I'm gonna be closer somebody said it has to do with Asians having different bodies longer torsos shorter limbs It also contributes to Asians being generally the world's best power lifters too How much of this is true and we are getting into more like macro aggregate statistics about a limb length between countries You know, I'm not a scientist But I'd say it probably has a little bit to do with it But it's not the determining factor, right somebody said man It just literally has to do with how often you do that thing. I'm a gardener. I'm like a lady I I do it, you know what I mean like anybody who has a job that requires you to learn this It's gonna know how to do it. David somebody said, I mean, uh It's how you squatted to smoke a cigarette when you tried to look cool back in the day with your friends Is that true? Does the squat look cool? I think in asia it looks cool I think for the people who do it it looks cool, but for asian americans That's why they kind of and I don't know if this is derisive or not called at the fob squad Right. I don't think I've seen a lot of asian american frat guys or girls in k-town On a friday night. Do you know what's funny? You know what's funny is that I don't think it necessarily looks cool because you're like Penile crotch area is totally exposed and it might rip your pants if your pants are too tight But i'll say this it's more hygienic than sitting on the ground because technically your feet are the only things touching the ground Versus if you sit on the ground, which I think looks cooler your pants are actually on the ground I actually think it has to do with violating american cultural norms Because uh, it feels like you're like peeing out in the woods during camping or something like that to americans That's the only context. It looks like you're taking a chat. Right, right Um, let's get into the comments from yahoo. Of course. These are more boomer comments Somebody said it's simply because asians are skinnier people being overweight and fat makes it almost impossible to do the squat I think that it makes it impossible to learn it at an older age too because I think it's harder, man I think you got to just stretch out the hip flexor. I think that's the key thing somebody said man asians have a shorter legs and a long body but uh They're comparatively shorter legs are also the reason why asians rarely produce world-class runners or jumpers So that they this comment made made sure that they pointed out some negatives of that physiology. Right, right Yeah, you know, I mean, you know as a tall anglo-saxon. I really don't need to do that asian squat Uh, the squat just shows that you're like kind of like the Toyota Camry. I'm more like I want to be a uh, uh Not a tourist. I'm a f-150 truck. At least a Mustang. Yeah, a Mustang is not too flexible Um and or other people were talking about how uh, if you were a catcher in baseball Or you're a lifelong gardener. You might also have these skills So they were basically pointing out different instances which are rare in american life Where you get to learn this squat It's called a mobility squat or a deep squat if you ever take a yoga or PT, right exactly Does it just have to do with like how much you do something throughout your life and how just like culturally Imprinted it is for sure for sure, man If you do it like 10,000 times, dude, if you try to do the squat every day I guarantee you after a certain amount of time you're gonna be able to do it Somebody said boo. Why does everything have to be labeled racially? It just feels racially divisive nowadays, man But yeah, you know, I don't want to do it because I I I could do the squat But I don't need to because I don't have those asian squat toilets from 19 25 it's just funny because the squat is just like a natural motion But it got racialized because it pinned Asians versus westerners. You know what I mean? And it was like, oh a lot of westerners can't do this thing that actually might be healthy for you So guess what westerners you have an inferior lifestyle, you know, it's kind of like I mean, they also, you know had to sit down toilets. I guess you could say that was like I don't know more advanced at a time. Right, right. You're talking about the throne seating, right? Uh, I would say that Yeah, some people are like, well, I can't fold myself up like a little robot I always thought those Asians were like little robots anyways little human calculators. I don't know. I mean Let's be honest, Andrew There's a lot of things that play here body fat percentage necessity cultural norms flexibility And then at the very bottom, I'm going to put like differences in ethnic physiology Right. I really I don't buy it that much because sam oh hung was super fat And he could do all that stuff because he trained it from when he was young Yeah, I mean buff weight lifters man from every country. They could probably do it All right Do you think that Asians Andrew should take the asian squat as any part of being asian? You know like using chopsticks the right way or eating rice or noodles even though these are all stereotypes Like bowing and stuff like that. It is true the majority of consumption I looked it up of rice and noodles is in asia globally. I think david even though I made the asian squat video about six years ago in la, right? You have the most american media on it I don't know if I can say that is part asian culture. I'm not sure just because they call it the asian squat That's more of a western term. You know in asia. They just call it the squat Well, they probably just call it like I'm just chilling I'm just like waiting here for you. Like I didn't have a seat. You know, you know what it's called It's called the smoke break squat right Asia just called Just means I'm tired. I'm resting. So I think like uh I don't know. I don't know if it's part of asian culture because if it's so prevalent in slavic countries Unless you want to call it the gang is con squat. I don't know man But gang is I don't even know if mongolians do it. We got a salute. We got to look into it. Is it the mongol squat? Anyway guys, let us know what you think in the comment section below comments are silly This whole thing is silly But I guess, you know, you're gonna bring up some interesting studies even in all of the silliness The race wars of everything Let us know what you think in the comment section below. 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