So I fell for it. For me, it started with Mark Rippetoe's book but had spread across the internet by the time I looked into it. Do not let the knees move past the toes when squatting.
Except it is bullshit. Turns out the study only noted less "knee strain" but at the expense of vastly increased back strain. A completely impractical level of back strain and knee position contradicted by every picture and footage of a real lifter in the Olympics moving hundreds of kilograms with their knees past their toes.
Turns out I went from the right technique to placing blocks of wood in front of my toes and knees for the Rippetoe squats. Everything felt shit for years. I had to stop squatting at all it felt so bad. Weight through the heels ruined my running I am having to train my calves to resent with the rest of my leg during runs.
Now I think of it, I never had knee problems until I changed my bicycle to stop knees pas the toes. Before then I rode and squatted completely pain free.
Another 10 years I cannot get back.
