Squats

This is a quote on squatting from one of the most quoteable and knowledgeable strength and conditioning coaches out there, Mark Rippetoe.

"The Full Squat is a perfectly natural position for the leg to occupy. That's why there's a joint in the middle of it, and why humans have been occupying this position, both unloaded and loaded, for millions of years. Much longer, in fact, than quasi-intellectual morons have been telling us that it's 'bad' for the knees."

Rippetoe has a knack for summing things up very succinctly and elegantly. If you don't know who he is, look him up, I think you'll like what he has to say. Rippetoe deals almost exclusively with the barbell, but his principles are the same as those that we apply to kettlebells. Same but different... sounds familiar.

-James