What are the biomechanical implications of different femur/tibia ratios?
What are the biomechanical implications of different femur/tibia ratios?
Gabriel Phillips
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Aiden Perez
Literally nothing. Just squat as deep as you can. Stretch if you're not going deep enough. Stop looking for excuses ngmi.
Eli James
theres a ton, basically the longer the limb from the pivot point (the knee here) the more force it will take to lift the same amount of weight, think of it like lifting a stick with a weight on the end of it with your wrist, the longer the stick the harder it will be to get that weight fully up, while also increasing the range of motion the weighted end of the stick will have to travel
Oliver Brooks
im legit curious, I have pretty long tibia and short femurs and I wanted to know what difference does it make to different sports and exercises
Angel Garcia
If you’re the second you’ll have ugly squat form and subpar quad development. If you’re a manlet or have short limbs like the first one you can get great quads from squatting
Mason White
well, i got kind of long legs and i unwittingly engage my back more than my legs when i squat sometimes. other than that there isn't any real difference i imagine.
Adam Reed
This explains it nicely for us retards
Leo Flores
lmfao its not that simple
Lincoln Gutierrez
In people with longer tibias there is less ankle mobility required for the same amount of forward knee travel when compared to people with shorter tibias.
Longer femurs require both more forward knee travel and more hip flexion in order to achieve a deep squat. Femurs can be virtually "shortened" with a wider stance and by flaring the knees out, thus requiring less ankle dorsiflexion and hip flexion, but this has limitations in the hip anatomy. Ankle mobility can be aided with raised heels (weightlifting shoes)
tl/dr: long tibia good, long femur bad
Jackson Rogers
Let me correct myself, weightlifting shoes dont improve ankle mobility, they artificially increase the maximum angle of ankle dorsiflexion
Luis Green
Squatists are a cult. I’m convinced squat worship is a racket perpetrated by PTs and Orthos to keep the clients coming. There’s literally no reason to barbell back squat for hypertrophy if you have bad body mechanics for it. Low bar is a fucking meme.
Adrian Phillips
This is largely true. Low bar is a squat modification optimized for lifting as much weight as possible, and should be performed in powerlifting, exclusively.
To be fair, for people who can do them without pain, squats (high bar) are probably the most effective quad exercise of all.
Nicholas Fisher
Don't do anything hard ever. You're not the problem, everything else is!
Bentley Ramirez
Its far from the only consideration (also hip orientation, torso length, pelvic orientation etc) but basically shorter femur will be better at high bar squat, a longer femur might prefer low bar (so they can lean forward more). Whatever the ratio though it will also depend on programming, the body adapts to what you do with it, so start light, work on technique and build gradually.
Michael Martin
the duality of man
Noah Rivera
Lmao, almost every reply to this some sort of excuse or cope. All of you are ngmi, except for you. FPBP
Oliver Taylor
Is there some place I can look up what ratios femur:tibia:torso are normal/average? I want to find out if im a ratiolet and that's why I've struggled with squats forever
Gavin Powell
The longer they are the more time you spend on the internet blaming them for your weak squat
Juan Walker
high bar vs low bar squat
that's about it
Jason Watson
For deadlifts it means higher or lower hips, angle of back, etc.
John Carter
absolutely insane difference
I mean I'm like 1.5" taller when sitting compared to my friend who is 2" taller standing
Jack Evans
>lowbar is a meme
>t. 5'2 manlets