What to do if your legs hurt when doing squats? The correct way to do squats

Squats are a common exercise method in our daily life. Squats can effectively exercise our thigh muscles, buttocks muscles, etc. However, some friends find that their feet hurt after doing squats for a period of time. What's going on? This is mostly due to incorrect squatting posture. So what is the correct squatting posture?

1: Stand up straight with your head up and your chest out. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, parallel to each other, and with your toes pointing straight ahead. The soles of your feet can also be separated at a certain angle, about 60 degrees, but keep the direction of your knees and toes consistent when squatting. Squat down slowly until the angle between your calves is less than 90 degrees, but don't let them get too close or too loose, about 70-80 degrees is enough. Then stand up with your thighs in front of you until you are straight.

1: When doing squats, if you do them too fast, too many times, or use explosive force and rebound force, you will hurt your knee joints. Some people often combine squats with running, which is the worst for the knees.

2: Bend your legs and squat down, keeping your eyes on the ceiling. This is to ensure that your trunk remains vertically downward during the squatting process, and you do not make the wrong movement of bending your waist and sticking out your buttocks.

3: When squatting, the direction of the knee joint should be consistent with the direction of the toes. It cannot be turned inward or shaken. Pay special attention to this point. Only in this way can the knee joint conform to sports physiology. Pay attention to this point no matter what kind of movement you do in the future. If the direction of the knee joint is inconsistent with the direction of the toes, the knee joint will be injured.

4: When standing up, keep your eyes on the ceiling, keep your spine straight, and keep your trunk upright. In other words, keep your legs straight and use the strength of your legs to lift your body up. Never use the method of bending your waist and sticking your butt out to straighten your legs. This way, the body stands upright, the range of leg muscle stretching and contraction is the largest, and the exercise effect is the best.

5: When doing squats, you should reduce the number of times and slow down the speed. Keep a constant speed throughout the process, and don't do it too fast. Generally, 10-15 reps per set, 2-3 sets are enough.

After we have learned this, the next step is to act according to this knowledge. We should also insist on doing our own exercise every day, so that we can get the body we want better. At the same time, we should also pay attention to our diet in daily life, so as to effectively avoid excess energy intake.