Threw together this little video for my girl @juliavery after a convo we had about torso position during squatting.
Main point of the video is that generating torque through the hips by using your hip rotators and abductors creates a better bottom position and will help you keep your chest upright. Focusing too much on pushing the hips back to engage the posterior chain will cause the torso to lean forward and the chest to drop. Engaging the rotators and abductors makes room for the pelvis, creates a more stable base for your trunk, and improves your pelvic positioning.
So, don't be a softy. Grab a band and get after those butterflies in the bottom position. I like to regress this and do it in quadruped and supine, but I've filmed it in standing so you can see how it directly carries over into the squat and improving your torso angle especially in the hole.
Of course ankle mobility and mobility in general is going to play an role with things. I'm simply presenting a single drill to help gain the stability/strength/motor control at the hips for an improved bottom position. You gotta assess and address that other stuff on your own. Not enough time in a single instagram video to go over it all ?
Give it a shot and lemme know what you think. #Maestrofied
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