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Originally Posted by UnderAve  Two root problems there
1) Poor teachers, usually sport coaches that run amock with their own programs without regard to learning the basics themselves
2) Muscle head atheltes/gym goers that have total disregard for their own safety anatomically and are only concerned with what is on the bar, but also do not take the time to teach themselves proper technique and progressional methods. |
Forgive me, but I believe that teenagers ,should have enough basic flexibility and strength, to do an unweighted squat without instruction or training. I have just tested my 8 year old and she can. It is not a complex athletic skill.
It speaks to our failings as a society. For god sake you cannot go to the toilet in most of asia if you can not do this.