Full Squats

[big MAC]

I now aim to squat with a low bar set up and stop at parallel or go 1 inch below. I've watched enough film of myself that I know just about exactly how deep I'm going.

I wouldn't consider this means a full squat, but it certainly is passable. Every now and then I go high bar and sink them deep.

I guess that makes me a p#$#@.

[rose]

I guess that makes me a p#$#@.

LOL, ummm, meow? :shifty:

[steak]

I now aim to squat with a low bar set up and stop at parallel or go 1 inch below. I've watched enough film of myself that I know just about exactly how deep I'm going.

I wouldn't consider this means a full squat, but it certainly is passable. Every now and then I go high bar and sink them deep.

I guess that makes me a p#$#@.

I dont think so mate

[teamfatboy]

Jeez - would you look at those front squats! Inspirational!

[holdenman]

I now aim to squat with a low bar set up and stop at parallel or go 1 inch below. I've watched enough film of myself that I know just about exactly how deep I'm going.

I wouldn't consider this means a full squat, but it certainly is passable. Every now and then I go high bar and sink them deep.

I guess that makes me a p#$#@.

Well according to some people who have posted in this thread.. Although they seem to have gone quiet..

[steak]

Jeez - would you look at those front squats! Inspirational!

your not wrong

[Old Bull]

I now aim to squat with a low bar set up and stop at parallel or go 1 inch below. I've watched enough film of myself that I know just about exactly how deep I'm going.

I wouldn't consider this means a full squat, but it certainly is passable. Every now and then I go high bar and sink them deep.

I guess that makes me a p#$#@.

Just a really big strong one

none of these are deep as described. how would you count a squat thats shy of parallel as a full squat when a full squat is far deeper than a parallel squat?

In high bar squats the Knees travel foward and down making it harder to hit below parallel as you have to chase your knees, sitting back low bar with the shins verticle makes it is easier to go bellow parallel PL style.

BM,

posted your respone from the PH thread

From my observation, that's only somewhat true of high bar squats. Sitting back (which you do well) with a low bar, the oly shoe pushes your knees forward and I believe increases your ROM. If you boil things down, an ATG squat is really measured from how close your butt is to the floor. If you watch alot of heavier oly lifters, you'll see they're getting their butts real close to the floor, but by powerlifting standards, they're not breaking parallel by much.

[ohjoshua]

I am glad this topic turned back towards logic. Full squating just not to look like a pussy doesnt make sense to me.

[big MAC]

Jeez - would you look at those front squats! Inspirational!

Thanks, that was quite a while ago though, think I was 19. Hoping for over 270kg this year.

[runveerun]

Quick fix syndrome without the hard yards? Gen Y all over innit? Vee will know, she's been studying them.

It's not politically correct to teach hard work anymore is it?

Otherwise known as laziness IMO, we are amongst the generation that realises hard work doesn't pay off, smart working does. :roll:

[Nik Antunovich]

How to do the hard work; Rippetoe on squatting if anyone's interested. I know he uses low bar squats.

Heaps of other vids of him coaching. Though it's all basic technique for beginners you can't vary to much from good form and setup.

[HumanPerformance]

How to do the hard work; Rippetoe on squatting if anyone's interested. I know he uses low bar squats.

Heaps of other vids of him coaching. Though it's all basic technique for beginners you can't vary to much from good form and setup.

Exellent video in that it highlights the difference in the way bodybuilders and those training for strength or power should be squatting.

It is not so much the depth of the squat that causes glute hypertrophy but the angle of the torso. As Rippitoe states in the video when you lean forward and you are activating the glutes and hams and therefore creating more power, which of course results in greater hypertrophy in the glutes.

This is why powerlifters have alot bigger glutes than bodybuilders( even though the BB may have alot bigger quads) If you look at bodybuilders like Kai Green,Tom platz, and other top pros they dont have big behinds at all because they form they use is does not activate there glutes (even though they squat all the way down). Bodybuilders like these squat with there torsos as errect as possible and there chest held high.

Over the years I have witnessed many BBs glute size reduce dramatically once they are taught the correct way to squat for bodybuilding. Yes the weight they are able to squat does go down somewhat but they end up with bigger quads and a smaller butt.

[olympia]

After watching that clip and seeing what Human performance wrote i now see i was squatting powerlifter style. Its straight back only for me from now on . :nod:

[ThePman]

[Sakura]

Thanks for posting that vid Nik. Awesome 8)

I had read that the angle of the torso was important for hitting glutes but I think I'm still too upright (keeping my head up too much like the dude in the vid). Seeing what I need to do is way better than reading.

I inherited my mums flat bum and have been trying to remedy it but my quads are getting scary, compared to the rest of me.

[knock knock]

My Physio taught me to do squats like that! Lean forward!

[Rhinox]

full squats are the best squats

[severe]

in terms of full squats, i hirt my knee doing squats partial range reps and then got into powerlifting training and never had my knee looked at by a professional, but since starting doing full range squats, given that i started from scratch doing like 40kgs for full range i have never to date had knee problems again.

i dont stretch anything except my hip flexors and i have no problem going below parallel. Full squats are amazing, its great feeling the whole lower limb working.

Just my opinion tho.

I had wondered about low squats actually strengthening and helping out my knees, which are generally painful even when doing lunges. So far, I haven't achieved a pain free existance, and they do hurt still, but I do squat below parallel.

I generally only squat to just below parallel, but that is only because of dodgy knees from far too many sports related injuries. If I could go lower I would. My knees have a tendency to go through phases of fine, niggly, sore, semi unstable, and damn near useless. On a "good knee day" I probably could drop my weights and go lower, but even on those days I am cautious (maybe paranoid).

I too, have this anxiety, but damn, it feels awesome to push through it and get my sets done.

My knees suck. Spending my teens and 20's doing martial arts has taken it's toll (which is the nly thing that has been hard on my body, excet for weight training).

I never used to like squats, but I totally wouldn't be without them now. They are teh exercise I love to hate, and hate to love... :nod:

[Sakura]

I had wondered about low squats actually strengthening and helping out my knees, which are generally painful even when doing lunges...

Regular lunges hurt my knees too. Have you tried static lunges? No forward momentum so they don't hurt my knees.

[big MAC]

I cannot lunge to save my life due to knee pain, but squats of all sorts are fine.

[rose]

Some of you sound really broken :shock:

[Sportsgirl]

Some of you sound really broken :shock:

I have sellotape and staples :grin:

[teamfatboy]

Some of you sound really broken :shock:

I have sellotape and staples :grin:

Tried that, moved on to duct tape and #8 wire. Still broken! :pfft: