Daily reminder that low bar squats are absolute, utter shit.
The only people who low bar squat are fat ugly nerds, dyel redditors, and those fat fucking "powerlifters" you can smell from across the gym.
Fat sits make you fat as fuck and unathletic. Girls dont even give a fuck about legs and "muh strength". ALso, enjoy your herniated discs.
Do yourself a favor: get some class, get some self respect, and quit being a fucking nerd.
![Squat-ass_to_grass[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/dJMN64s.jpg "Squat-ass_to_grass[1].jpg")
Front squat masterrace here
>>35996161
doing a certain lift won't make you fat you fucking mong
>>35996205
Guy would be fat as fuck if not for all those roids.
>>35996190
>being a 90lb twink
>not being a gorilla with a big ass who can just grab women and carry them away to your skyscraper
>>35996161
>not doing practicing all squat forms: lowbar, highbar, and front.
>only picking one to feel like an elitist
found the weak and unathletic skinny twink
Here is an "athlete" according to powerlifters.
>>35996312
has to be Americunt in that case. No where else would consider something so fucking obese to be athletic.
>>35996312
>cherrypicking
>>35996161
>>35996312
>mfw sport is called "power"lifting but these hamplanets can't even jump two inches let alone power clean 1pl8
all jokes and circle jerks aside im about to get meta.
i dont understand the edgelord mentality where people use their own spare time too create troll post on the internet. do you have nothing else to do? what were you doing when you decided to submit this post?
>>35996394
Not based Zerchers for sure
>>35996161
>>35996190
Low bar front squats are best of all.
>>35996356
>Powerlifting
>Power
They are strong, but not powerful like weightlifters, who have the speed
>>35996161
>get some class, get some self respect, and quit being a fucking nerd.
says the basement dweller, trolling an internet forum
kek, sucks living with your parents bruh.
>>35996161
Low bar squats are so unnatural, I ruined 2 years of potential gains trying to fucking make that shit work.
>>35996441
I feel like a beast doing these but they seem to put a lot of pressure on the upper part of your spine. Feels dangerous compared to butwink
>>35996161
why are you so angry though?
You must be incredibly weak and insecure
>>35996441
So what's the purpose of zercher squats anyway?
>>35996796
There is none. Like low bar squats, they are done by people to look "cool". NErds low bar squat because none of the cool jocks do it and have to be unique.
What the hell is with all these anti powerlifter threads recently? Some skellie twinks must have been cucked by Dan Green or something.
>>35996161
I'll just leave this here.
>>35998344
It's one guy repeatedly posting all of them.
He's probably just mad because he's weak.
>>35998428
>>35998440
>MUH WEIGHT
Literally the only argument for low bar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLVJTBZtiuw
>>35996336
Sumo.
>>35998480
Thats high bar you idiot
>>35998568
No it fucking isn't
>>35996796
>>35998230
Zerchers are dope. Can't do as much weight but it makes a whole lot easier to achieve depth and its a great full body exercise. Its not absolutely necessary but they are a fun exercise.
>>35998568
I might be. His kness go forward a lot but the last bit looks like low bar. I guess it's just a bit harder to tell when its someones 1RM since form isn't always perfect when doing it.
>>35998652
That's fucking Mike Tuchscherer, lad. He's among the best powerlifters in the world.
Knee travel is very much present in low bar squatting as well for most people. Just look at great powerlifters like Jonnie Candito, Brett Gibbs, Josh Hancott, Jesse Norris, Garrett Blevins etc. To find someone with no knee travel is extremely rare.
High bar squats feel ridiculous. Front squats and low bar squats feel much more natural.
>>35999286
>low bar squats feel much more natural
High bar is literally how humans are supposed to squat.
Mandatory Cuban Supreme Form
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcEsmhVag1c
>>35999339
>Supposed to squat
What does that even mean? The barbell was around before humans and through natural selection the human body has adapted trapezius muscles which perfectly cushion the wild barbell when they squat for nourishment?
There's nothing especially natural about squatting a barbell and a high bar squat doesn't precisely resemble how people rest in the squatting position.
>>35999407
Based post in thread.
>people who dont do lowbar squats one day
>high bar the next
>front squats somewhere in between
step it up, fellas.
>>35999407
>hurr durr i'm retarded
>>35999407
rofl
![hunchback-of-notre-dame-update-greenlit-420-75[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/gAGyPc7.jpg "hunchback-of-notre-dame-update-greenlit-420-75[1].jpg")
>>35999339
Humans with correct posture, that is
>>35999339
Except it isn't. It's just a retarded version of a front squat.
>>35998568
It's lowbar.
>>35998480
I thought we were talking about, you know, lifting weights?
>>35999900
Yeah, because increasing the weight is the only thing that matters.
>>35999846
But it isn't, you have to be more upright than normal in order to balance the bar, and even if it was, it wouldn't make low bar any better.
>>35996312
>westside
>lolfedders
>multi ply
literally nobody in powerlifting respects any of that shit
>>35999937
increasing weight is the only thing that matters you massively autistic faggot
>>35996312
When will you idiots realize that you're considering one weight class? Out of the 8 or so classes, maybe 1 is filled with fatties. And also theres lots of fat olympic weight lifters.
>>35996796
Different loading pattern, holding it in front of you makes you use your upper back more.
Also allows for greater depth to be achieved providing some extra posterior chain activation, plus it hits dem biceps mayne.
>>36000116
Alright lets all just do the whatever one lift that allows us to use the most weight. See how that logic is fucking retarded? Whats the point of doing an exercise to measure the strenght of your legs when your back is doing a good deal of the lifting?
>>36000206
Its not supposed to measure the strength of your legs, its meant to measure your ability to put weight up. Thats the entire point of powerlifting, not to even be strong but to lift the fucking weight. If it were to be strong, then why fucking bother using the most mechanically efficient technique?
Just fucking squat. Do what works best for you, what is most comfortable, and allows full rom. This argument is tired boys.
>>36000206
What the fuck are you on about?
The whole point to powerlifting is moving the most weight possible. How do you not understand that?
Question:
I'm 2 weeks into SS and I've been doing high bar squats. I recently read SS (the book) and now I'm considering switching to lowbar. My highbar is currently higher than my lowbar by a marginal amount. My lowbar is 200lb and my highbar is 215.
is there a point to switching over to lowbar while I'm only 15lbs behind my highbar? Will the weight I can lift increase at the same rate for each one? Would the lowbar increase faster because the deadlift and lowbar complement eachother? (do they?)
>>36000236
>>36000236
Then just do fucking deadlifts, it's more weight.
>>36000285
you can generally move more weight lowbar, but if you're not going to be competing, or find high bar more comfortable then just stick with that. It doesn't really matter
>>36000325
This guy gets it
>>35996190
That's a clean you mong
>>36000104
Sorry, Jeff Lewis was IPF
Do high bar squats and steroids and you too can achieve this body
>>36000206
>your back is doing a good deal of the lifting?
Please tell me how your erector spinae can extend your hips
>>35999436
my nigga.
the one dimensional DYEL's will never have the versatility that we have
>>35996394
>I'm about to get meta
No one cares
>>35996161
enjoy ur no gains faggit
>>36000600
I never said thats what they do.
>>36001060
Then your back is doing none of the concentric, only isometric. So your back isn't doing a 'good portion of the work', and you're wrong.
>>36001076
>isometric contraction isn't work
>>36001088
Of course it is. But it isn't taking from the work of the concentric, the part done by legs, so your post means nothing.
>>36001097
You should be able to tell how the lower back does the last bit of the squat where your back does a hinge motion, your torso doesn't stay still the entire time.
>>36001196
False, that would necessitate lumbar flexion, what is actually happening is the gluteus and hamstrings extend the hips.
>>36001222
So you're saying literally everyone who talks about how low bar uses the posterior chain more is wrong.
>>36001298
No. I'm not sure you really understand what's meant in my post or even by the phrase 'posterior chain', that or you don't understand why an increased isometric load on the lumbar wouldn't mean there is a lower concentric load on the legs.
Daily reminder that all squats are a meme. Just use the leg press.
>>35998568
Blind idiot
>>35998480
>lowbar makes you stronger and lets you lift more
>that's the only reason anyone would want to do it
Damn, you got me, I feel so ashamed now. Really cut me deep there.
>>36001012
sorry your dad left you
>>36000206
>this is what a high-bar advocate looks like
>mfw
>>35999436
>I also like to sometimes deadlift my squats
>sometimes I press my squats
Bro lowbar squats are not the same as highbar squats, and interchanging them like they're the same is more retarded than either.
>>35996394
Do you really not understand it?
Dude, spend some time on [s4s]. You'll soon realize that all of life is [s4s], and to post unironically is the only thing one could truly cringe at.
>>35996744
Start light and progress naturally. Technically the upper part of the spine should be neutral with the weight - you can zercher less than you can deadlift, if you feel the pressure your t-spine is weak and needs catch up.
>>35996796
for powerlifting: deadlift assistance movement
for strongman: assistance movement for (in decreasing order of importance: conan's wheel, sandbag carry, tire flip, stone lift. I do strongman so axle bar zerchers are my primary squat variant.
for MUHFUNCTIONALSTRENGTH people, like roadies and porters and such: anterior loading as would befit a real-world carry, as in helping move someone
for first responders or anyone who wants conditioning: trains you to work with your diaphragm compressed - really strengthens the abs and ribcage.
>>35998230
Incorrect, see above.
>>35998651
It is also excellent training for banging someone while standing up.
>>35996161
>lifting for girls
Lol
>started eating right and lifting 6 months ago.
>learn low bar squats because sticky talks about how great ss is so might as well listen to the guy made it.
>now people are coming out of the closet and bashing low bar
>6 months wastedo
>never gonna make it
feels bad
>>36002413
>>6 months wastedo
dude as much as /fit/ loves bashing low bar it will give u dat posterior chain better than any other lift, the carryover to deadlift is much higher than a highbar squat. that being said highbar just feels a lot more natural and i cant really see myself doing low bar ever again
How do I learn high bar? I'm never sure where exactly the bar is placed
>>36002946
place bar on traps, stay as upright as possible, break at knees. there u go now you know high bar.
>>36003174
So on my shoulders?
