SQUAT Foot Spacing and Toe Angle

[musketeer]

My osteopath recommends:
heels 7" appart (directly beneath hips) with toes pointed STRAIGHT forward.

Strongmen in Competition:
seem to have their heels over a yard apart with toes past 45 degrees .

Most magazines:
Say 12-16" heels and toes 45 degrees outward turn.

They cant all be right!

 

[wnt2bBeast]

ive never actually measured my stance
i will say its prolly close to 40 inches maybe even more??? i dont fit in the power racks or squat racks which makes it a tremendous pain in the ass to squat..

i flare my toes out slightly and sometimes my feet are straight

 

[Steve The Bluesman]

I always start with straight toes but somewhere along the line my feet flare out on their own...Whatever is comfortable is the way to go, your body will tell you if there is a problem.

 

[pwrlftrscott]

here;s a pic of pwrlftrscott...

a bit wider than 7"...

hey, i know that guy.

 

[musketeer]

you're osteopath is obviously a bodybuilder because the close stance is a bodybuilder thing.
magazines: geared toward bodybuilding, not strength.

pick up a powerlifting usa or pure power or monster muscle and you'll see most people squatting with feet spread FAR and toes pointed slightly out.

LOL

My osteopath (a Doctor of Osteopathy) is built like a paperclip!

I think that he's teling me that my knee joints are best served in that position: heels directy under pulvis, toes straight forward.

 

[wnt2bBeast]

use a stance that doesnt cause you any pain..
ths is my stance..ive also been doing puase squats with a close stance and as someone who has had knee surgery this close stance seems to give me some knee pain..i can squat twice as much with a wider stance and have zero pain

http://asp.elitefts.com/images/upload/qa/chuck .jpg

 

[pwrlftrscott]

use a stance that doesnt cause you any pain..
ths is my stance..ive also been doing puase squats with a close stance and as someone who has had knee surgery this close stance seems to give me some knee pain..i can squat twice as much with a wider stance and have zero pain

http://asp.elitefts.com/images/upload/qa/chuck .jpg

hey wntb, your making me look bad putting a pic of chuck squatting in the same thread as mine, i can't squat his gym bag

 

[wnt2bBeast]

hey wntb, you have more plates on your bar than i do mine are 100's though and im smaller than you, but your uglier LOL

thats chuck V..i aint that lean LOL but i am ugly

 

[pwrlftrscott]

thats chuck V..i aint that lean LOL but i am ugly

i just noticed that and changed my post, he is bad ass.

 

[cwc73]

I measured my stance, and they were ~14inches apart. Hope that helps.