Poor Squat Form

[Curious George]

pwr...I might be wrong here and knowing myself I probably am, but I have talked to a couple of strength coaches about the knees coming in. Their theory was that when they come in, the adductors are weak so they overcompensate by bringing the knees in. Mine did this when I started to train and making the adductors stronger seemed to help alleviate that problem.

 

[casualbb]

pwr is absolutely correct. For some reason or another, the adductors have become tight, lengthening the abductors and making them correspondingly weak. Like I said earlier, strengthen the abductors however you want, and static stretch the adductors BEFORE you lift. Hold for at least 20 seconds.

 

[pwr_machine]

pwr...I might be wrong here and knowing myself I probably am, but I have talked to a couple of strength coaches about the knees coming in. Their theory was that when they come in, the adductors are weak so they overcompensate by bringing the knees in. Mine did this when I started to train and making the adductors stronger seemed to help alleviate that problem.

Don't consider yourself wrong. We're all learning something new here. I think Bigguns15 gave a good example in an earlier post that shows "stronger" adductors overcompensating. The debate goes on...

 

[bigguns15]

I have a theory based strickly on observation. I've noticed that females tend to have this problem more than males. Perhaps it has to do with a wider hip structure. Maybe if a male has a slightly wider hip structure than normal, he could have a similar problem? Just a thought to ponder.

Also, if you look at the muscles of the leg, you find there are more muscles that adduct the leg than abduct it. Hence, you would need to strengthen those abductor muscles in order to compensate.

 

[Curious George]

This was taken of a thread at AF. The author is Killer and I hope he doesn't mind me reposting this:
Feet Flatten (pronate) and externally rotate (turn out): May indicate tightness in soleus, gastrocnemius, peroneals, hamstring and piriformis and/or weakness in gluteus medius.

Knees buckle inward: May indicate weak/inhibited gluteus maximus/medius, tight adductors and iliotibial band (IT band).

Low back arches: May indicate tight iliopsoas and/or other hip flexors and latissimus dorsi, compensating for a weak core.

Low back rounds: May indicate overactive external obliques, compensating for a weak core.

Arms fall forward: May indicate tight latissimus dorsi and/or pectoralis major/minor and weak lower trapezius, rhomboids, teres minor and infraspinatus.

Cervical spine: If it hyperextends, this may indicate overactive sternocleidomastoid and weak stabilizers.


So this is supporting that knees going inward are weak abductors

I stand corrected folks. Thank you for the replies to this thread.