Why don't you squat?

I'd rather work on power, not strength. I feel my legs are getting stronger that way and not bulkier.

Craptastic knees that cast off cartilage in favor of bone on bone fun filled days.

Mmmm... kettlebell goblet squats!

Yeah I've noticed I'm the only one at my gym who does c*ck pushups

All I see in this thread are a lot of excuses

I see people squatting at our gym all the time. Always a line for the rack.

I started doing all the things people told me were bad for my knees....and my knees have never felt better.

People who are too lazy use this as an excuse. Outside of people with legitimate knee issues. So no one attack me for that. But, when I started running, my 300+ lb father said "that's bad for your knees" and I thought, "it'd be bad for YOUR knees, with all that weight."

He said similar when I told him I squat 135 the other night and leg pressed 300.

Pffft. SUUUURE.

I don't do them because I'm doing it wrong and get pain in my back. Can't find a way in which it doesn't hurt, no matter what I do and how much I looked it up on the internet.

At your age you shouldn't be getting pain at all unless you have another condition. If you can record yourself doing it on video, post it to the Bodybuilding group here on MFP and we can help you correct it. Do it with an unloaded bar to begin with until you have the form correct.

Main points are you need a tight arch in your back, not over-exaggerated, bar resting on the traps and not your neck, bend at the hip, knee AND ankle, chest up, pull your shoulder blades back and down toward the middle of your back.

We squat our *kitten* off at my gym!

Case in point. Another instance of prolapsed rectum from squats.

WTF I want to be at your gym. I'm stuck on the Smith machine 90% of the time because the squat rack's always taken by some big beefy dude who judges me for even being in the weights section.

WTF I want to be at your gym. I'm stuck on the Smith machine 90% of the time because the squat rack's always taken by some big beefy dude who judges me for even being in the weights section.

Push the lunk alarm. If they don't have one, bring your own

I noticed at my gym I am the only one that does a true barbell squat not with a smith machine but an actual squat rack, and regular 45lb barbell. so what holds you back from squatting?

Because Zercher Squats are way more bad *kitten*!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tq1maZuQTgI

whoa! this made me feel all warm and happy...guess who is trying these this weekend?

Zercher squats are fun, but wreck my elbows.

I do. I have an Olympic bar and squat rack in my garage.

I noticed at my gym I am the only one that does a true barbell squat not with a smith machine but an actual squat rack, and regular 45lb barbell. so what holds you back from squatting?

Because Zercher Squats are way more bad *kitten*!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tq1maZuQTgI

whoa! this made me feel all warm and happy...guess who is trying these this weekend?

good luck ... only way to be bad *kitten* is to do them with the bar starting on the floor like in the video ;-) If you use a rack then its not as bad *kitten*!!... true story !!!!!!!!

Okay. So... power = strong. Strength = bulky. power =/= strength.

I think I got it.

Think you got it wrong, bulk doesn't necessarily mean strength, I mean it [someone's mass] could be a general indicator but there are people smaller/my size that can lift weights I'm nowhere near lifting.