Driving Your Knees Out in the Squat: Start From the Ground Up!

Driving your knees out in the squat doesn’t just start with your knees, it begins with your feet. Rooting your feet into the floor and focusing on spreading the floor with your stance naturally helps you engage the right muscles and drive your knees outward. This movement enhances stability, activates the glutes and hip abductors, and creates a solid foundation for a deeper and stronger squat.

Here’s how:

Root Your Feet: Think about gripping the ground with your feet and creating a stable base by externally rotating your feet into the floor.

Spread the Floor: Imagine trying to push the floor apart with your feet. This external force engages the hips and naturally drives the knees outward.

Track Over Toes: As the knees move outward, ensure they’re aligned over your toes. This maintains proper mechanics and reduces the risk of injury.

Finding your ideal stance width, toe angle, and technique is highly individual. An experienced coach can help you fine tune these details to match your body type, individual leverages, mobility, and goals. Squatting with technical efficiency doesn’t just make you stronger, it keeps you healthy for the long run.

Remember, strength starts from the ground up. Nail your foundation, and the rest will follow.

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