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Ass To Grass RSI guy !HjbWRiSTJ.
two different staff at my gym are telling me deep squatting is bad. saying parallel is enough. can injure myself. but rippetoe that's paraded here all the time says to saying bring your ass to grass, or at least as much as you can without injuring yourself. at least go below parallel. these dicks Both say parallel is enough, I might not have the right body type, BS.

So why the fuck shouldn't I go for my full range of motion? They're all giving bullshit reasons that don't address my achievement. I pick weights i'm always in control of. there's got to be a reason they have their panties bunched up. I can't figure it out.
>> Anonymous
EXPLOSIVE KNEE INJURIES.
>> Anonymous
>>250971
I loled
>> Anonymous
btw i mean normal squats
>> Anonymous
I got, it, they're gay.

I mean, going to parallel isn't a bad thing, but ATG squats are good to.
>> Anonymous
>>250971
my knees feel fine?
>> Anonymous
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Rippetoe doesn't condone ass to grass unless your hamstrings are flexible enough where your lumbar doesn't deactivate. He condones your hip going just a bit lower than your knee, as in pic. This is for reasons I don't remember. Look it up in SS and then tell the guys what you read.
>> Anonymous
>>250977
one's a trainer, told me he never heard rippetoe before. sent him the link to http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=998224
i'll see him in gym again monday probably
>> Anonymous
According to Rippetoe, going to parallel IS a bad thing.

And that woman has dismal form.
>> Anonymous
>>250989
I'd dismal her form, if you know what I mean.
>> Anonymous
>>250989

Tell that to her face. She'll clean and jerk you into the ceiling.
>> Anonymous
>>250997
I'd clean and jerk her ceiling, if you know what I mean.
>> Anonymous
>>250998
Care to elaborate?
>> Anonymous
>>250999

I'd elaborate her care, if you know what I mean.
>> Anonymous
i'd care and elaborate her ceiling if you know what i mean
>> Anonymous
>>251006
I'm not quite following, could you explain in greater detail?
>> Anonymous
>>250981
Thanks. I'm reading it now. although I must admit I don't know what lumbar deactivation is about. I failed googling it
>> 04 !!LtgOgT0wJFN
I've never had problems with it, and I have pretty tight hamstrings and muscles in general, because not stretching after a workout makes me more manly than you, obviously. The main problem you're likely to have with squats is fucking your pzoas.
>> Anonymous
That chick's knees are all rotated to hell, yikes.
>> Anonymous
>>251008

I'd mean her you know if you know what I mean.
>> Anonymous
>>251127

I'd rotate her hell if you know what I mean
>> Anonymous
http://www.t-nation.com/article/performance_training/6_mistakes_fitting_round_pegs_into_square_holes
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TL:DR Deep squatting isn't for everyone and yes you can get injured
>> Anonymous
>>251115
well you can get injured doing anything. it doesn't take much especially with heavy weights.
>> Anonymous
I'm an olympic lifter. We squat ass to grass (like in the picture), and the weight pretty much falls on us as we clean, yet you never, ever hear of knee injuries. If you have the flexibility, do it. Don't just sit there and make up your theories about what's hurtful when you hardly have any experience doing this stuff.
>> Anonymous
When I used to weightlift, I was told to always deep squat with lower weight, but when I was approaching my max (75% and up) to not go past parallel.
>> Anonymous
>>251242
sounds like some shit someone made up because they were too lazy to squat ass to grass with heavy weights.
>> Anonymous
EVERYONE

JUST SHUT UP AND FUCKING SQUAT
>> Anonymous
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>>251240
i concur, its a question of flexibility

>>251135
no i dont know what you mean.

>>251127
artist here,
no, it's just the perspective and how the human body is made.

>>251273
advice of the day
>> Anonymous
why would you even go parallel? I only go 1/2 way to parallel down. i thought that's how you're supposed to do it
>> Anonymous
>>251326

2/10
>> Anonymous
>>251326
Yeah. Any further than that and you could hurt your knees. Besides, you can use more weight the smaller your range of motion... the deep squatters are mainly just scared of moving heavy weights like us so they act like their shit is better.
>> Anonymous
There's a famous old study where a guy supposedly proved that deeper squatters had weaker connective tissue in their knees, This has been totally disproven but it remains as sort of a fitness myth on the scale of 'don't eat before you swim or you'll cramp and die'
>> Anonymous
You go down below parallel to tighten your ass and adductores.
They'll load up like a coil.
If you don't, the weight will rest on your knees, which is bad.
You don't want to do a standing leg press, you want to use THE ASS DRIVE.
Drive the weight up with your ass.
You go below to benefit of the full motion.
You don't benchpress half way either do you?
If you do it right, there is no problem with knees, to the contrary, you strengthen them.
>> Anonymous
>>251351
0/10

You're just too weak to squat heavy deep.
>> Anonymous
>>251351
Posted by Mark Rippetoe, pg 18, Starting Strength. If it's too heavy to squat below parallel, it's too heavy to have on the back.

>>251357
>>251389
thanks. good ammunition