Robert Smith Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Is there a mobility foundations? I have foundation one and I am about 2 months in on week one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Slocum Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Foundation *is* the mobility foundation. Half the work is mobility. What more are you looking for? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Smith Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 my ankles are tight and I can't get low enough for the deck squat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Douglas Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 General advice is to do standing squats to loosen up if deck squats are still a little out of your reach. It may also be a technique issue preventing you from getting your feet underneath you; feel free to post a form check video in the F1 forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Smith Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 When I squat down my heals are about 3.5 inches from the ground. From what I read is to do a deck squat a person hamstring needs to touch their calves, mine don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Wadle Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I found that spending a lot of time in a resting squat was helpful for ankle ROM. If you can't hold it at all, squat in front of your stall bars or something else to hold on to and try to accumulate at least 10 minutes of squatting a day. The ankles will come around if you give them a chance. Don't squat with heels off the floor. it gives high sheer pressures across the patella and isn't helping you at all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsMB Mansvelt Beck Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 It may very well be that your general flexibility is not any longer what it used to be when you were younger (say 8 years old). That seems to be the experience of most Foundation practitioners. The mobility elements of the Foundation course (and strength elements that require more than “average” mobility like deck squats) then become more of an obstacle to progress than otherwise (??) necessary. Quite a few people on this board have decided that focused stretching (as a supplement to the Foundation courses) is in order. If you search, you will find quite a few other people with deck squat problems and discussions of what they did to overcome those problems. Most likely, your calves, quads and hamstrings are all too tight for deck squats (and quite a few other Foundation elements) and could benefit from a good stretching program (spending 5 to 10 min’s a day squatting down is part of that, but not enough). Good luck and be patient, it is all worth the time you spend on it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonasPortugal Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Do the deck squats on a small elevation. I do them on a carpet. That small bit is enough to do the deck squats. I have unproportionally long legs compared to the torso, so I don't consider it cheating for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Haimann Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Do the deck squats on a small elevation. I do them on a carpet. That small bit is enough to do the deck squats. I have unproportionally long legs compared to the torso, so I don't consider it cheating for me.well it still is, since i have the same issue and can squat comfortably .reach to become ur best possible self and dont limit urself like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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