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Did you follow a training programfotr rest squats, or just try to do it for as long as you could each day? I'm interested in any resources on this you may have
I did a 30/30 squat challenge on Facebook back in the day. I no longer have FB, but am sure there are many of these available online elsewhere. I definitely wasn't able to do the whole 30 minutes every day, but it still made me a rest squatter.
It was pretty difficult at the start eventhough I was a martial arts and lifting person so I'd go gentle with these. Lots of these contain grifty elements as they are adjacent to those sorts of scenes so the best thing to do is listen to your body and not push too hard. You don't have to do paleo or fast to be able to sit in a squat. :D
I'd start with small timed squat sessions with mobility work and build from there. If anything starts to hurt, honor that.
You'll never lose the ability again or I at least haven't. I definitely only do these hip mobility things now at the beginning of my lifting sessions or when I feel achy/need a strech. It's great as a cooldown too or before cardio. Sometimes months pass when I do none and it no longer matters.