{"id":391081,"date":"2019-08-21T04:26:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T11:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=391081"},"modified":"2019-10-17T10:44:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T17:44:01","slug":"swimmer-strength-tech-tip-squat-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimmer-strength-tech-tip-squat-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimmer Strength Tech Tip: Squat Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contributed by Deniz Hekmati <\/strong>– Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Sport Scientist\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Deniz Hekmati will be providing regular content on strength and conditioning as Swimming World’s newest dryland contributor.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The squat is frequently prescribed by so many strength, and also swimming coaches. We are tired of witnessing bad squats that lead to injuries.<\/p>\n

In the collegiate and the pro to semi-pro level, the squats are more often overseen by qualified strength coaches to ensure safety and technical correctness. On the contrary, young swimmers who only do pool deck dryland heavily rely on the swim coaches for technical cueing and management, and it deeply hurts my soul to see so much imperfect squatting in our sport setting. Continuing to repeat repetitions of improper squats will eventually lead to some sort of injury whether it being back, hips, or knees.<\/p>\n

More often than not, one of the common squat problems we see in the swimming community is range of motion.<\/p>\n

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