Women and squats

beabria

I think focussing on keeping your weight on your heels is the easiest way to avoid your knees going past your feet. From the angle of your body, it's hard to visually tell if your knees are past your toes, but if all of your weight is on your heels, it's really hard if not impossible for your knees to extend too far forward. Also, these two pages were helpful for me and include videos.
http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/07/08/why-you-need-squats-in-your-workout-and-how-to-do-them-right/
http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2014/03/03/strength-training-101-how-to-squat-properly/

pinkshiningstar

All I can say is:
Be sure you can wiggle your toes when you're down (weight hard onto your heels) and don't add weight until you have your form down. Adding weight to an incorrect form isn't going to do any good. If your mission is to get to the point where you can get deep into squats, make that your first goal, then add more weight

_benjammin

Not letting your knees go past toes will help prevent injury.

False myth.

_benjammin

This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSSDLDhbacc
(Joe DeFranco's Limber 11)
has helped my hip mobility and squat depth.

JoRocka

Increasing your hip and ankle mobility will help a lot. You can find lots of really good videos on YouTube. I recommend Kelly Starrett's Mobility WOD series.

Also doing more squats will make you more flexible. Just keep feeding the beast and it will come. Have some one watch you to give you feedback on your form.

this.

it's probably MORE a matter of ankle mobility than hip mobility- but often times it's both.

Keep working it.

Also- pry squats (holding on to something- feet close- walk hands down the bar - knees open- heels down- so you are in almost a garland pose- a yoga squat if you will)

also- KB/Goblet squats (position is different for those as to where the weight is- but both are helpful)

ski0721

bump for the links and good info.