Deep squats are not beneficial or specific for distance runners due to tightness and lack of ankle mobility, potentially leading to injuries like patellar tendon issues. — Whalespan
Deep squats are not beneficial or specific for distance runners due to tightness and lack of ankle mobility, potentially leading to injuries like patellar tendon issues.
⚠ High risk
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“as a runner like most Runners are super tight and like the ankle Mobility isn't there like shouldn't be down in a butt to the ground squat it's just not beneficial for distance Runners it's not specific for distance Runners right and so anyways long story short I ended up tweaking like the connection to my patella”