with load I think it’s just the safest bet to keep the knees not from going over the toes.
but with just bodyweight, I wouldn’t be as concerned. Next time you tie your shoe, notice where the knees are in relation to the toe. I think it’s only natural for them to travel over the toes, given it’s not weight bearing.
When weight is involved, just go the safe route and not allow the knees to go over.
depends. everything depends. Femur length, etc. Just like movement at the shoulder, how much the scap tilts when you raise your arm. I am wondering how possible it is to have your weight on your heels predominantly and still be able to move your knee out past your toes to a great degree with a neutral spine. If you have normal motion, your knees will find their happy path, won’t they?
I work in big residential houses and need to run up and down stairs on a daily basis.
Towards the end of the day, if I take one step at a time (where the knees go well past the toe), my knees start to hurt.
Once I skip a step and the knee is above the foot and doesn’t go over my toes, it doesn’t hurt as much, if at all.
Not sure if this has a lot of correlation as squating hundreds of pounds, but I’m sure it has some.
If the knee goes past the toe a little bit, its not going to hurt you. But, if your feet are 12" or less apart when squatting and when you squat, your knees go really far out in front of your toe, then I would recommend spreading the feet farther apart.
I believe my sore knees came from squatting with my feet way too close to each other back in high school. I thought I was so macho when I squatted a lot back in high school with my feet so close together.
Guess I was wrong 