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True or false ?

When doing squats it is important to insure the knees do not extend in
front of toes. *

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It is a myth, however, that you should “never let your knees go past your toes while doing a squat or lunge." This belief originated from a study that is more than 30 years old (1978 Duke University study that found maintaining a vertical lower leg as much as possible reduced shearing forces on the knee during a squat)
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