Good girls bend at the knees, not the waist.Yeah, but then You bend over to pick them up and your (sweaty) shirt rides up your back exposing your sweaty skin to your backpack and sometimes, if your bino harness isn’t closed, your binos fall, maybe you even lose a wind checker bottle.
Yeah that's why you have to learn itSquatting to pick something up off the ground is not the natural movement, bending over is. That’s the way body mechanics work.
Yeah that's why you have to learn it
The best and most efficient way of doing things is dictated by the circumstances. In the case of having a heavy pack, not wanting your shirt to ride up and/or binos falling out, squatting is more efficient.You probably won’t find a bigger proponent on Rokslide of the benefits of squatting. My take on this matter is well documented. However, when it comes to picking something up off the ground, your natural inclination to bend over and pick it up is the correct way and from a physics standpoint, the most efficient.