I can't squat!

[spesmilitis]

I don't think squat flexibility has much to do with hamstring flexibility. Or at least not the hamstring flexibility required to touch your toes. I can only touch the top of my feet. I can go pretty low on ATG squats though, the only think stopping my depth is my hamstrings and calves smushing each other.

There were some squats I had to bail outta of. Most of the time I just cheat by goodmorning it, but sometimes I have to drop and leg the power rack safty bars catch the bar.

 

[wolf116]

I can touch the ground with flat palms but if I keep my back straight I only get to 45 degrees! Stretching is not really helping much. Maybe I have to do it every day.
Has anyone used a fome roller to help iron out the knots?

 

[spesmilitis]

I can touch the ground with flat palms but if I keep my back straight I only get to 45 degrees! Stretching is not really helping much. Maybe I have to do it every day.
Has anyone used a fome roller to help iron out the knots?

I think thats how it is for everyone.

Foam roller is awesome, too bad everyone is selling it for 30 bucks around here

 

[mrRuckus]

They're $10 online.

I've been using one everyday ($40 professional grade) for 2 weeks. Some places the knots are already gone, others it just won't let up and there doesn't seem to be any progress. Some places are just PAINFUL to do, and funny enough it's not because of the pressure on the sore spot, it's because, for example, the ITB rolling pulls on my knee hard in some places so my knee aches and that's worse than the actual sore spots. I really bare down but i have a high tolerance for pain.. i know a lot of people fill fufu it and then say it doesn't work.

I've also been using softball and tennis balls to get my traps and rest of my upper back. My neck has been sore for a very long time and it's actually starting to feel better.

 

[wolf116]

I'll give a foam roller a try then.

What about putting a spacer under my heels?
Olympic lifters have heels don't they?
Good or bad idea?