 Question is from tad mills. What advice would you give to someone who wants to squat deeper, but can't break parallel? I just did a YouTube video. Yeah, no, it's what's the it's the latest YouTube video right now It's just good just while this drops in a day or whatever. So it was yesterday's so it's live right now Go watch it. I mean it I did discuss the three main things Mobility movements that I had to do to get to that point because I was at a point where I couldn't even break parallel And then how I prime now that I've done all the work to get in. What do you think is the most general offender? I mean we say ankles would be a first start these days. Yeah, I would either ankle hip Yeah, it's gotta be one of those. Yeah, I would say that you know it to be honest though I'd all three I think are just are it's very let's put it this way It's rare that I don't see a problem in all three Most people especially today lack the thoracic mobility because of the forward shoulder and we're on phones and shit like that So very few people have good thoracic mobility and then very we're in we're seated We're sitting at 90 degrees on chairs and couches and toilets and cars all the time So how often are we ever really deep? So hips are almost always there and then again when do we ever do something where we allow the need to travel? Beyond the toes never and so I think all three are offenders It's really how bad are you in each one? I don't think I've I've yet to meet somebody That's you know older than fucking 25 years old that they're there don't have they don't have any mobility issue in hip Ankle and thoracic just about how bad it really is. Yeah, one thing I used to do that was just kind of an easy Practice I can't even tell you on the podcast and you'll get the idea So you don't necessarily have to see what's going on is I would take a box That was lower than the person can comfortably normally squat when they're doing squat So let's say they can only go to 90 degrees. I would take a box that would have them go You know four inches below that I would put that behind them then I would have them without any weight Slowly and controlled just totally controlled their their descent until they slowly sit down on the box Then they'd stand up however they would so all we would do is we would focus on the negative So I would initially get them to do the negative So where they would get lower than they normally could then they'd stand up However, they don't normally stand up and then we would repeat it and what it would do is it was really effective It was really effective because it would teach people to to be able to connect and control That descent process then from there Once I'd they got good at that because what ends up happening is they would go down to 90 and then that extra four inches They'd want to fall. Yeah back down. So the focus was slow down control it slow down But because the box is there to catch them They would allow them so then then they'd sit down and then they'd repeat it again I would do the same thing and I'd also use it as like a Step ladder approach where I would have like I'd stack plates to where you know They could comfortably get remove one. Yes slowly kind of work their way down We'd work over this over the course of a few weeks to where we could get down to like some real depth that they felt like they Could own and then also my older clients I would end up using a tool like a TRX or something like that where it was actually nice because they could have they felt Secure because they could hold on to something But then you know at that point where they normally felt like they would fall over They could gain that depth But then I would really try to just cue them to now like really squeeze and feel feel that in your legs to help drive You know off of your heels and get yourself back. Yeah now take your time take your time with this because What happens is some people gain new range of motion because they practice and then they're excited and they push themselves a little bit And then this is where they hurt themselves. It's very common to hurt yourself when you train in a new range of motion Even though you feel like you're strong So the the the idea is to be very very very precautious better safe than sorry kind of approach So when you're squatting to new depths or you're testing yourself Go way easier than you think like way easier like I think you want to basically think to yourself like I could go Hard on that. Okay, well then stop right there because the risk of injury is really high when you're testing New ranges of motion and with that go to mind pump free calm and download all of our guides and resources and books They're all totally free. You can also find the three of us on Instagram You can find Justin at mine pump Justin you can find me at mine pump Sal and Adam at mine pump Adam