Getting your squat back - your way

It’s not about THE squat.

Yesterday my son and I built a squat into a ninja, balance, don’t-touch-the-ground kind of obstacle course… and he didn’t think once about “form” or “depth” or “knees out.”

He just… used it.

Because the squat is something your body does when life asks you to lower, catch, stay, respond.

Here’s where it actually lives:

→ when something comes toward you and you need to absorb it
→ when you stay low to keep playing, moving, building
→ when you change direction mid-step
→ when the ground isn’t predictable and your body has to figure it out

That’s YOUR squat.

Not a rep. Not a rack. Not a correction.

A response.

And most of us?
We can still go (run, push, produce)
But we’ve lost how to receive! So:

The knees talk.
The hips grip.
The back steps in.

Not because you can’t squat… But because your body doesn’t trust that shape anymore. So instead of doing more squats,
what if you started using them again?

Catch yourself.
Stay low longer.
Move through it, not just into it.
Let it be messy, reactive, human.

The squat isn’t something you need to perfect. It’s something your body returns to when it trusts itself again.

The squat isn’t a thing you train — it’s a shape your body drops into when life demands it.