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A lot of the difference is ankle mobility, westerners don’t sit in the resting squat position often and their ankle joints have less range of motion as a result
by eightysixfour 8y ago
A lot of the difference is ankle mobility, westerners don’t sit in the resting squat position often and their ankle joints have less range of motion as a result.
Many westerner’s heel will lift off the ground attempting an Asian/Slavic squat.
- ghthor 8y agoWhich puts a lot more stress on the knee joint. It's also hip mobility that causes this, people and unwilling or unable to press there abdomen against there thigh, which is much more supportive and helps get into a proper squat.