114. Why do your knees go in when you squat? With Heath Lander and Raphael Bender

Everyone knows that if your knees go in when you squat it’s because your glutes aren’t working properly, right?

Wrong.

We talk through a whole list of reasons why your knees might go inwards in a squat that has nothing to do with your glutes not working. Plus why it might actually be GOOD that your knees go in during a squat.

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Muscle activation in a squat is load-dependent here and here
• Paralyzing the gluteus medius doesn’t make the knee go in more here
• Knees going inwards in a squat is not a risk factor for ACL injury here
• Lya Bavoil squatting 213kg at 62.5kg body weight here

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