Deep Squats, Tired Hips

[yassinator]

Last few weeks I have been concentrating on making sure my Squats go deeper then parallel. I have then noticed that my hips feel a lot more used and tired. Par for course?

 

[Adler1983]

You're likely feeling your hip flexors. This is entirely normal. As you squat deeper your body recruits your hip flexors to move the legs to parallel.

 

[Danger_Dave]

yeah, when I started going deeper my glutes were feeling sore as heck too. Don't worry abot it unless it turns into real pain.

 

[Karky]

Adler, how does the hip flexors work like that? I was under the impression that they could only move your legs up towards your body, not push them down..

 

[yassinator]

Thanks for the info guys, and confirmation.