Long Femurs, Short Shins, Short Torso: Squat HELL

Learn everything imaginable about long femurs, short shins and long torsos and the BACK SQUAT.

I’m a former certified personal trainer for a health club chain. When you look at me you won’t see a woman with a short torso relative to her overall height.

But I have short shin bones relative to my femur length.

Below are articles that EXPLAIN EVERYTHING. You will never, ever again fail to understand why the long femur to short torso, or short shin to femur, presents a problem with performing the back squat.

ARTICLES ON FEMUR, SHIN & TORSO LENGTH

• Long Femur, Short Torso: Myths About Body Proportions

 

• Why the Femur to Torso Ratio Is NOT Nonsense

 

• Short People Can Have Long Femurs

 

• Can Tall People Have Short Femurs?

 

• Do Long Femurs and Bad Squat Mean You’re Weak?

 

• Can Long Femurs Be Disadvantage in Daily Life?

 

• Why Young Children Squat Easier than Adults

 

• Should Adult’s Full Squat Be Compared to Child’s Squat?

 

• Long Femurs vs. Short Shins when Trouble Squatting

 

• Can Femur to Shin Length Ratio Affect Back Squat?

 

• Why Wide Stance Makes Parallel Squats Easier

 

• Long Femurs: 3 Exercises to Improve Back Squat

 

• How NOT to Let Long Femurs Prevent a Good Back Squat

 

• Why You Can’t Go Parallel with Barbell Squats or Bodyweight

 

• Why Elevated Heels Make Squatting to Parallel Easier

 

• Does Sitting, Rising from Chair Mean You Can Parallel Squat?

 

• Is Being Tall a Good Excuse for Parallel Squat Problems?

Lorra Garrick has been covering medical, fitness and cybersecurity topics for many years, having written thousands of articles for print magazines and websites, including as a ghostwriter. She’s also a former ACE-certified personal trainer.  

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