蹲

在日常生活中可以说

是个很常见的动作

在中国人的肢体语言中

蹲代表着一种舒适、惬意与放松

而从古至今

国人们也从不吝于表达

对“蹲”这一姿势的喜爱……

在车站、广场、甚至随便一个马路牙子上

都可以看到人们这样放松的身影……

甚至在明星照中的出镜率也很高呢

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燃鹅

就是这么一个不起眼儿的动作

突然就火了

原来，不少歪果仁小伙伴

都表示这个动作根本做不到

不少歪果仁都只能像奥巴马这样踮着脚蹲↓↓↓

而我们的习惯蹲法

则是全脚掌着地

并将重心更多地放在脚后跟上

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不信邪的美国新闻聚合网站Buzzfeed还直接在办公室里做起了亚洲蹲实验，结果几乎全军覆没……

而在中国街采的情况也表明，歪果仁·亚洲蹲·能力值近乎为零……

国外旅行网站BEFORE Travel就掰开揉碎地为小伙伴们讲解了动作：

1. Stand with your feet shoulder width apart

身体站直，双脚分开，与肩同宽。

2. Lower your body until your bottom touches (or comes close to touching) your heels

放低身体，直到你的屁股触碰到（或者无限地靠近）脚后跟。

3.Rest your armpits on your knees for better balance. (Make sure your heels are on the floor!)

为了更好的保持平衡，你可以把胳肢窝支在膝盖上。（确保你的脚后跟着地！）

这篇“亚洲蹲”教程中还表示，掌握了这项技能还有一系列好处呢！

比如说，能增加肌肉的柔韧性，对骨骼有益~

Studies show that there are a number of tendons in the ankle area that our squatting friends exercise while doing the squat. It also requires hip and knee flexibility that many of us seem to lack due to a shortage of practise. Most muscles from the waist down are worked as you squat. Fortunately, there are many benefits! Squatting can also lead to strengthened muscles, and better flexibility and balance.

The “Asian Squat” allows many people to multi-task and complete tasks that require particular exertion. For example, Koreans make Kimchi (a delicious spicy pickled cabbage) for hours on end, simply by squatting.

“亚洲蹲”让许多人能够同时做几件事，并且还是那些需要格外花心思的事情。比如，朝鲜族人可以连续几小时蹲着做泡菜。

Other activities that are useful include playing games, watching sport and television and waiting for public transport. Or, simply having a conversation! When planting and growing, picking up things, cleaning, cooking and washing, the “Asian Squat” is suitable for all circumstances. 

其他可以蹲着做的活动还有玩游戏，看比赛/电视、等公交。或者，聊天！“亚洲蹲”适用于栽种植物、捡东西、打扫、烹饪以及洗涤衣物等各种情况。

没想到一个简单的蹲姿也能挖掘这么多好处

谁都不服就服你……

那么问题究竟出在哪儿呢？

难道真的只有亚洲人才能完成“亚洲蹲”？！……

北美亚裔博客网8asians 发现了一项很有意思的研究：

So we did a test – 100% of the Asians could squat with feet on the ground (P<0.000063) while only 13.5% of North Americans could (p<0.0000043). And of the 13.5%, 9% had part ASIAN ancestry in them. The remaining one was a Yoga Freak.

“为什么亚洲人能蹲得很舒服，而白种人不行？”

“为什么只有亚洲人才能做到亚洲蹲？”

街采中，一众歪果仁对做不来亚洲蹲的回答也是五花八门↓↓↓

而人民网也综合整理出了三大原因：

1.东亚人普遍较矮小，所以平衡点与许多西方人不同。

(East Asians are relatively short, so they have a different equilibrium point than many Westerners.)

那就是说“亚洲蹲”只有腿短的矮个子才能做？

不过很快有人就找到了反例，因为……姚明也能做到完美的亚洲蹲↓↓↓

同为运动员出身的小贝只能尴尬而不失礼貌地跪下（？？？）……

而Quora网友Dennis Lee则提出了一种更合理的说法：

I believe specifically it is related to the thigh to shin length ratio. Being Asian, when I squat my butt rests squarely on my heels--easily touching -- while my feet are flat to the ground. My shins are nearly exactly the same length as my thighs. I have long legs in comparison to my torso, so I don't think that is a factor. My caucasian friends tend to have longer thighs as compared to their shins, forcing them to maintain 3-4 inches of distance between their heels and their butt. This either causes them to come up on the balls of their feet, to maintain balance or fall backwards.

我相信这点尤其与大腿骨和小腿骨的长度比有关。作为一名亚洲人，我蹲下时屁股刚好在我的脚后跟上 —— 很轻易就能碰到 —— 同时也能做到整个脚掌着地。我的小腿骨几乎和大腿骨一边长。和身体躯干相比，我的腿要更长些，所以我不认为这会成为一个影响因素。我的白人朋友大腿骨似乎比小腿骨要长，这在他们的脚后跟和屁股之间形成了3-4英寸的距离。因此，他们不得不将重心移到前脚掌来保持平衡，不然就会向后倒。

2.亚洲人的脚踝比西方人的要柔韧 (Asian people have more flexible heels than Westerners)

这个理由貌似比楼上两条要更靠谱点，不少Quora 网友也表示，这其实就是个多蹲多练习的事儿~

Quora网友Ashley Lippe:

I am a 31 year old American White woman and I can squat and kneel easily even when I was pregnant. I think it is a muscular development issue and has nothing to do with ethnicity. If you grow up squatting and kneeling frequently or practice doing so in yoga or even cross fit as an adult you'll develop the flexibility and strength to do it comfortably for long periods of time. 

Quora 网友 David A. LaSpina：

With enough practice, many white folks can do it just fine. It didn’t take me long in Japan before I learned how to balance myself into a squat and now I can do it quite easily, and it is comfortable. It is hard for many foreigners because they are not used to it and the muscles needed are weak, but with practice they can often do it too.

有了足够的练习，许多白人也可以做得很好。我在日本没花多久就学会了如何在蹲下时保持平衡，现在我很容易就能蹲下了，并且觉得很舒服。这对不少外国人而言很难，因为他们不习惯，所需的肌肉也不够有力，但通过练习他们经常也能做到这个动作。

的确，隔壁的战斗民族也能和我们做到一样的动作，还起了个很酷炫的名字——斯拉夫蹲 (Slav Squat) ，一点也不比“亚洲蹲”逊色噢（笑）~

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