Groin pain

I had terrible hip mobility while squatting due to sitting and playing video games so I've spent the past 3 months training the side splits. I haven't gotten anywhere near actually being able to do them but its made my wide stance squats feel amazing and I don't get hip flexor/groin pain from squatting like I used to.

I gotcha. These are only a 10.5, so no dice there.

The Converse are okay, and I started in them, but the change when I switched to the ones with the elevated heels, the difference was VERY noticeable.

Brace your core better. Do more front squats. If you can't from squat with a barbell use a kettlebell and do goblet squats. More deep lunges or bulgarian split squats aswell. Before squating do deep lunge stretches to stretch the psoas muscle. Warmup your legs and body before squating. 5 minutes on an exercise bike suffices. Anyone who says you don't need to stretch or warmup is trolling and wants you to snap your shit up.

thanks mayne I'll try that

This. Probably impingement.

I have this too. Some people aren’t built to squat. It took me two years of injuring myself to finally stop doing squats. You can replace them with lunges or one legged variations.

The only remedy is squat to parallel and be careful about your depth, but I have yet to try that theory.

I used to have this as a beginner, but I ignored it and grew out of it. Looking back this was a stupid thing to do. Deload and make sure you have an excellent form

Sometimes form isn’t the issue and it’s the exercise that is the problem. Not everyone can do squats properly and safely, even with perfect form and mobility.

OP here

Will definately deload and focus more on form. Thanks lads.

I have the same problem. I found that keeping my knees forward and my feet at less than 5 degrees fixed the issue. I'm probably doing something wrong though, doesanyone know if this is inherently bad?