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[Supertraining] Re: Overhead Squat Progress John Stevens Fri Jul 11 05:33:01 2008

Dan Partelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Todd,
> 
> Thanks a lot for outlining this to me. It is very intetresting to me to
> realize many things which happens there.

That's ironic.  I was going to reply to Dan's post that I didn't understand why 
so many 
people think that it's hard to learn to squat.  I grew up in a fairly rural 
area where kids 
played outdoors in the woods or fields.  When we got tired from walking, 
running or 
climbing, we "hunkered down" in a full squat position and stayed there until we 
were 
rested.  It was a very natural thing to do, because there weren't too many 
places we could 
sit without getting our clothes stained with dirt or mud.  Nobody had to tell 
us to do it...or 
how to do it.

That was back in the '60s and '70s...I guess not too many kids hunker down any 
more?  I 
visited Nanjing, China in 2006, and my Chinese guide told me that Chinese 
parents 
increasingly complain that all their kids do is sit around the home playing 
video games, so 
it's not just happening in America.

Regards,

John Stevens
Ardmore, PA