Squats--1/2 way down or butt to ground? See pic
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I am happy to hit parallel, but I have hip issues and don't try to go further. I don't want to go back to surgery just to have a lower squat. So, if I look like a "chump" in the gym, so be it.0
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I always go parallel. If I can't go parallel that day I lower weights.
Not Every Squat Day is a best squat day for me.0 -
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When you all say that you go down slightly past parallel (or even to parallel) and then back up, are you consciously making the effort to reverse directions at that point or is that as far as you can go, at which point you automatically reverse directions? I always wonder that when this comes up.0
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I go *kitten* to the grass0
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When you all say that you go down slightly past parallel (or even to parallel) and then back up, are you consciously making the effort to reverse directions at that point or is that as far as you can go, at which point you automatically reverse directions? I always wonder that when this comes up.
Personally I think I get to a point where I think 'if I go any lower there's no way in hell I'm getting up again with this on my back"
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My advice? Pick a squat type (low bar or high bar) that you can do with good form given your particular anthropomorphy.
Then consistently improve it and add load to it whilst striving to maintain good form.
Changing your squat style based on a single training article when you're not having problems with your existing set-up (or one's that can be fixed with minor tweaks) is nuts.
^This. And there are better ways on focusing on your glutes both with the squats you are already doing (focus on squeezing your glutes to get you up and hip drive) as well as adding in accessory lifts that train the glutes specifically (hip thrusts and glute bridges are both great).0 -
I would say break parallel but dont go all the way down so that you're sort of resting on your haunches at the bottom of the movement. Does anyone else notice that, when going all the way down, there's a rest there?0
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My trainer explained it to me this way:
If you squat to parallel you'll still be working quads, hammys and glutes but your quads will be doing more of the work. If you go below then they're all having to work just as hard so it's more of an all rounder.
But like others have said, it really depends on your flexibility. I go *kitten* to floor because I can, but a girl I work out with can't yet so she just gets as low as she can with good form.0 -
My warm ups are very low with a pause. My work sets are below parralel.0
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My advice? Pick a squat type (low bar or high bar) that you can do with good form given your particular anthropomorphy.
Then consistently improve it and add load to it whilst striving to maintain good form.
Changing your squat style based on a single training article when you're not having problems with your existing set-up (or one's that can be fixed with minor tweaks) is nuts.
^this. If you want more glute and hamstring involvement then do wide stance, low bar squats as deep as you can without your lower back rounding. Throw in some romanian deadlifts and glute bridges and you'll have a kadungadunk in no time.0 -
I hit, at a minimum,parallel on my squats. While I was doing ATG squats I discovered that I ended up hurting my ankle. How? I have no clue but it was the same ankle I sprained a lot from high school sports and I made the decision to stick with parallel.0
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I go just to parallel or a little below. Like another poster said, my warm ups are A2G, though they are lower weights. I also do other things besides squats to work my posterior.0
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I have arthritis in my knees so I am unable to go A2G when squatting heavy, I tend to go just below parallel. I used to feel bad about it until I saw DLB in training video explain why she doesn't do A2G. I forget when she said, but I'd say, she's doing ok without going all the way down.
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When you all say that you go down slightly past parallel (or even to parallel) and then back up, are you consciously making the effort to reverse directions at that point or is that as far as you can go, at which point you automatically reverse directions? I always wonder that when this comes up.
Personally I think I get to a point where I think 'if I go any lower there's no way in hell I'm getting up again with this on my back"
That makes sense. I'd say that my train of thought is "I've hit bottom, time to go up," with anything lower than "bottom" being the point at which I'd be stuck.
I prefer front squats so I think of those as being mainly for my quads, RDLs for hamstrings, glute bridges/hip thrusts for glutes.
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I meant hamstrings aren't as tapped *above* parallel, what is wrong with me0
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in my experience, it is also dependent on how heavy one is going. When I squat lighter I can hit below parallel no problem; however, as I go up in weight I am at parallel or a tad below....0
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Alternatives that get at the Glute max in addition to what's been mentioned are: high step ups, walking and reverse lunges, and Bulgarian split squats0
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