Feet:
- The pressure is on the front of the ankles (cue: push the big toe down) 1:17
The Descent:
- Simultaneously unlock the hips and the knees 1:45
- Maintain pressure on the forefoot 2:05
The Ascent
- Keep the knees forward  and drive straight up 2:29 3:26
- The best cue for fixing shaky knees on the ascent is to grab the ground with the big toe, little toe and the heel (screw your feet to the floor) 4:55

5 pillars for the deadlift? Please...

Squatting with Hodor

5 pillars series are so good, Ima need 5 pillars for everything, bench deadlift OHP, heck even the bicep curl

Such a simple cue. Keep knees forward. Been following the Starting Strength method, and the HIP DRIVE cue started to have me constantly doing a good morning. Keeping knees forward has come to the rescue, and my quads have blown up since. Numbers steadily increasing.

One of the most informative videos regarding the squat. As a long limbed giraffe like figure (big back with spaghetti legs) the squat has been by far the hardest exercise for me even though i have great mobility since i have weak ass quads. After i have been focusing especially on keeping the knees forward and driving the bar straight up for a long fucking time i slowly started to activate my quads more than my hip and hamstrings. Amazing video.

Best visuals and explanation I’ve seen on squat technique!

My squat has really progressed thanks to this series. Tks!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this video!!  I've struggled with my squat turning into a good morning  for a long time now (butt shooting back out of the hole and putting all the load on my back/hamstrings).  I've tried all the common recommendations: squat in heels, knees out, get your quads stronger, do a lot of front squats, work on sitting back more, try to stay more upright, etc.  I can squat light weights with perfect form but even with working on all those cues my butt would still shoot back once I got anywhere near 80% of my 1RM .

This is the first video I've seen to direct my attention to keeping my knees FORWARD and not just spread out.  I tried it and it made everything feel so much more solid and I can finally maintain tension in my quads during the ascent!  AWESOME and extremely helpful explanation!!

Patting your head and rubbing your belly is so difficult, even the great Chad Wesley Smith can’t remember which one goes where
Video series suggestion: “five pillars to patting your head and rubbing your belly“

Great stuff! Only 1.5 years into weightlifting and this such great content (and the channel, overall, too). "Pillar#1 - Setup" helped my wife and I hit new PRs last week. Looking forward to the final episode...

Just watched your podcast with Jordan F. and how you guys have some disagreements with the SS squat. I should mention that I am a follower of SS and train their methods. After watching this video, I can say that although the cues are very different from each other, the end goal in the mechanics of the squat for the SS method and JTS methods appear to be the same. The squats look quite similar. I think the misconceptions about SS methods are the main problem and there should be more clarifications about them from Rippetoe. I am lucky enough to understand body movement and learn the SS methods effectively without coaching and few to no errors in the process.
In the end, I don't think you guys should denounce the SS methods due to the fact that you both have similar end goals as mentioned in the Jordan F. podcast. I think both SS and JTS are great in their own ways, only differences are the different approaches to coaching. Keep up the good work!

I love this series! ❤ thanks so much for great content. Also; well done to all 3 of you on usapl raw nationals. Great performance and great coaching! ❤❤

Something clicked after seeying this series. #4 and #5 especially. Thanks a lot! Had a great squat session

The pillar series is probably best series on internet for exercises - I found bench invaluable and today while squatting I used technique related to breathing and knees and my squats felt so damn light??!! It’s almost like magic - I had same experience with bench pillar - I was stuck at 150 - just broke with fundamentals described in bench pillar … thank you Chad and Marissa

"Remember to skrew your feet for the skwats!" JTS 2K17
Very good video!

Great series. I show all of my friends your videos.

This foot screw cue is perfect.  Going to use that with my clients as well.  Thanks for that one!  I was using something similar... but this is a much better mind body cue.

Awesome video

This best squat technique coaching ever.