The Old Man and the Toilet

A doctor once told his elderly patient: “Never squat. It’s bad for your knees.”

The patient asked: “Then how do I get off the toilet?”

The doctor didn’t have an answer.

The squat is not an invention of coaches or gyms. It’s how humans sit, stand, and move. If you can’t squat, you can’t function. The back squat just makes you better at it.