This is it, /fit/.
Today we make up our minds forever and decide which is better:
>low bar squat
>high bar squat
>>35290059
>shit mobility
Low bar
>good mobility
High bar
Idk desu senpai i'm dyel as fuck and my max squat is 165lbsx5
>>35290059
>Diagrams from starting strength
>implying Rippetoe knows how to coach the Squat
>implying anyone whose done SS had an impressive Squat at a powerlifting meet
>implying anyone whose done SS went on to win at an Olympic weightlifting competition
Are the knees meant to track so far past the toes on high bar? I was under the impression that would fuck you up after awhile.
>>35290059
high bar, it gives u more room to correct form, and if bend a bit u end up in low bar... its just a bit of a saftey net
front squat is the only true measure of your squatting ability. back squats are just too easy to fudge and not good for anything
>>35290155
underrated post
>>35290155
Yes
All those Olympic lifters Back Squat because it's useless
>>35290155
Snatch grip Deadlifts from a 1 foot deficit are the only true measure of pulling power, anything else makes it too easy for advantageous leverages to let the lifter fudge the exercise
>>35290059
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8zyw3fXZes
>>35290260
It's an extremely useful exercise. Just not the best measure of leg strength.
>>35290128
I heard oly lifters let their knees go past their toes. Something about natural postion. The thing that fuks up your joints is something else that i forget
>>35290059
Excellent choice of thread to start a big clusterfuck of people touting their own personal preference as "better".
>Next we will decide once and for all which is better: Fapping with your right or left hand?
>LOLOLOL LEFTY FAGGOTS ITT THINKING THEY KNOW HOW TO FAP
>FUCKING RIGHTY SCUM
>>35290128
Nope. That's a myth perpetuated by bro-science PTs everywhere. There's no truth to it.
>>35290285
The best measure of leg strength is a movement that doesn't allow you to use the full strength of everything in the lower body?
>>35290289
What fucks up your joints is what's called a "valgus knee collapse". It's when your knees collapse inwards and don't track in line with your toes. Pic related
>>35290319
I've seen this in gyms and I never got how it happens. How does your body think this will make lifting a weight easier?
I don't think my legs can even do that.
Something in my hip crease has been hurting whenever I try to squat hi bar. time to switch to low?
>>35290289
Is it maybe that one weird trick that doctors hate?
>>35290302
>implying that was not the point
>>35290370
It happenned to me when I was starting to squat.
I thought "shit so thats how you squat,finally" thinkig that I just found how to properly squat,lmao.Good thing is that I was squatting shit weights and didnt fuck up anything
I squat twice a week, I do both high bar and low bar
>>35290116
Issy from powerliftingtown.org
>>35290128
Squatting too shallow is what fucks your knees.
www.lookgreatnaked.com/articles/the_biomechanics_of_squat_depth.pdf