The Squat: Most Overrated Exercise in the History Of Fitness

Описание: When considering what to prioritize in life, it’s important to think in first principles. This includes the way you look at what’s prioritized in exercise. If anthropology points to gait and running as a priority in human movement, we have to consider that premise when training.

This video specifically highlights how squats are constantly recycled through “the fitness novelty machine”, and why they typically don’t provide the intended benefit when overemphasized in fitness programming.

Studies Mentioned:

Human Athletic Paleo Biology
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31957...

Evolutionary Bases of Human Running and Its Impact on Neural Function
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Evolutionary Aspects of Human Exercise
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Chimpanzee Locomotor Energetics and the Origin of Human Bipedalism
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas...

The Human Gluteus Maximus and Its Role in Running
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16709...

Evolution of the Human Hand
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

The Advantage of Standing Up to Fight
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Relationship Between Maximal Squat Strength and five, ten, and forty yard sprint times
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19675...

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