RECONsider... Squat Assessments: Everyone Gets This Wrong with Bill Hartman | Episode #73

Stop guessing with assessments. Start learning from the source.

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Think you know how to assess a squat? Think again.

In this episode, Bill Hartman and Chris dismantle the myth of “squat as pattern” and show you how to actually use squats as diagnostic behavior. The focus is on propulsion, internal rotation, and how the system expresses its real strategy.

You’ll never look at a butt wink, heel lift, or shift the same way again.

What You’ll Learn

Why squats are not universal patterns. They are outputs of constraint

How to read internal rotation within a squat

Why “fixing form” can remove the evidence you're looking for

How propulsion phases show up during descent and return

Why ramps, heel lifts, and load are strategic resistance

The difference between limitation and protective behavior

How to connect squat behavior with table test findings

Why “stance” language confuses what is actually happening

Episode Timestamps

00:00 – Squatting Isn’t a Pattern

01:26 – Strategy Over Shape: Reading the Squat

03:48 – Stop Over-Coaching: Let Behavior Speak

06:13 – Observation over Correction: How to Set It Up

09:05 – Shifts, Reach, and Posterior Orientation

11:44 – Complex Movements Mirror the Table Tests

14:19 – Squatting as Phases of Propulsion

17:34 – Manipulating Propulsion with Constraints

20:34 – Strategic Resistance: Ramps, Heels, and Load

25:35 – Goblet vs Plate Reach: IR Strategies in Action

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