 What do you do when you squat with a twist? So what does that look like as I come down? I might look pretty symmetrical and then as I come up and I have to start Resisting the load or overcoming the load that is the barbell on my back. I might twist myself like this Okay, you'll see that in a lot of sports in a lot of max effort attempts and in a lot of different lifters It's very common. So what happens there? Well, our bodies are naturally asymmetrical and we get better stronger positions out of certain asymmetrical stances So most often people like to be turned over onto the right side a little bit They like to use this right inner thigh a little bit and this left glute a little bit They also like to shut off the right glute shut off the right inner thigh So in doing that as I come down here I'm thinking about this exercise, right? And I don't want to be I don't want to collapse under the load So I'm setting up and I'm like headlights pointed forward. Okay. I'm going for a max effort Squatting attempt. I'm probably not narrating it as I go through this But I'm used to this lift and I just look forward and I go down and now since it's max effort I'm overcoming a load that is my maximum, right? It's the most that I could possibly do at this point And so sometimes I don't have the ability to overcome that load Without changing the pressures in my body and the positions that my body is in the position of my hip joint knee whatever, I Need to find a way to load my muscles in a way that they are good at Contracting and producing force and getting me through this max effort attempt So I might come down symmetrically But then as I have to overcome that load that's when I start to twist like this And you'll see a lot of people will finish with the bar twisted and then they'll come back And then they can rack it in the rack or they can put the bar back down So what's going on here when I see this the first thing the biggest thing that I will address is Right here because every time I see this it's starting right here And I'm turning this way The lifters will always turn to the right. I I haven't seen someone turn to the left I'm not saying it's not possible. I just haven't seen this midsection point Leading its way to the left as I come out of my squat, right? Because I think that with the asymmetry in our body We are not going to be stronger that way. We are going to be stronger this way So what I would look for is what part of your body is doing the twisting? So what level here? Oftentimes since this midsection is basically the most flexible part of your body That's where it's going to come from. So as they come up That's where I have to produce more tightness so I don't cave over And I can get more tightness out of doing it asymmetrically So the fix if I notice that it's right here, and I notice that I'm turning to the right Let's talk about the anatomy a little bit. Let's just say front anatomy and back anatomy. Okay, so if I turn this way The back side that is the back side on this side is pushing me away Okay, so this back is tight this back is loose It might feel tight, but it's not contracting to the same Degree it's not shortening the same amount. This side is getting really short This side is getting really long and the opposite is true. This is getting long. This is getting short So Big first cue that I might try I want you to Exhale before you go. I want you to turn this just like you're winding up a clock I want it. So let's say you're pointing that 12 o'clock and Usually you end up pointing at 2 o'clock. I want you to point over here at 10 o'clock Okay, and just hang on to that. Do you feel your left abdominal? If you don't hold Exhale again reach again. Oh squeeze. Yes. Now I got it. Okay. Hang on to that abdominal Do your squat. Don't lose it. Don't lose it. Don't lose it come back up Biggest thing that you're gonna need to do is you're gonna need to slow down because otherwise you won't be able to feel it You have to slow down and you'll probably have to limit the weight You'll have to retrain this and then gradually progress yourself so that you are up to the weights that you are using where these these maximal loads are Preventing you from keeping that symmetry during your squat So recap squat down. I'm shifting Back as tight. Other side is loose. You're going to need to tighten the loose side and Loosen the tight side. Okay, there might be some other Reaching activities we could try there might be some other Exercises you could try there is definitely some exercises you can try that I've listed here in my YouTube channel so peruse if you want But until then just if you understand the anatomy you'll know how to address it, you know what muscles to address