My Achilles heel is performing the squat — I have such tight ankles and struggle to find a tall and proud back position deep in the bottom of the exercise. No matter how much I work on them, they’re always my most problematic of the ‘big 5’ lifts.
While scrolling through the Pliability mobility app recently, I found the “Live Below Parallel” path. It’s a three-week lower-body mobility series focusing on finding depth in the squat (below parallel) and improving mobility around the hips, knees and ankles. The path includes two sessions per week for three weeks, all lasting between 23-26 minutes a session, and can be cycled every three weeks for maintenance.
