One of the age old debates of the health, fitness, and training worlds  – and of course in the age of social media is one that everyone has a view on – is the question of whether knees should pass over toes when we squat…?

If we look at the first principles of physics, that can help us understand that the centre of mass of an object needs to stay within its base of support  – combing this with an understanding of functional anatomy helps us to answer the question:

knees over toes is not only an acceptable position, its also a necessary one

My answer to why knees over toes is not only acceptable, but also necessary is in this video below: