Well, there goes my afternoon...

Who cares

She'd get the tip and half the shaft.

I care. Form is important during workouts to avoid injury.

Strong is the new sexy.
That limp bean doing back squats with a broom handle doesn't so it for me.

I need a view from the rear, to properly ASSes...

No, the thighs should remain parallel to the floor. Getting the butt lower than the knees will strain the knee.

That's true but at this point, what difference does it really make???

Too low (the knees go forward at the bottom) and caving on the top. Watch the elbows go forward. If she had any weight on the bar, she would get stuck off the bottom from the forward lean. Pretty girl though, and at least it is not a half squat...

If you talk to a knowledgeable person ( as in a physical therapist with a PHD , they will tell you that is a myth. If you only squat to 90* then you try to go 110*, you most likely will not get the weight up because you have no strength down there.

If the hinge of the hip isn't below the top of your knee you aren't squatting.
But that isn't what this is about.
That "strong" chick is doing a nice front squat.

Thanks, guys. I thought the first girl was taking it too deep.

Girl one is perfect on depth, but needs to use weight if she ever wants to progress. Girl two has the most awesome back positioning I have ever seen, but would be better off dropping to the bottom of her natural range of motion. That bit of stopping at parallel will screw up her knees after a bit of time. Don,t take my word on it though, google up dr. Ken Leistner and get his info. He has been teaching the NFL and strongman competitors how to get the most out of squats for over thirty years. Also look up some pictures of Arnold and Dave draper squatting, heavy weight, no wraps and ass to the grass. Go deep! Good to know there are some lifters here.

I'd hit it.

Works for me

I still can't pull off overheads.

In the first .gif it looks like she has a hip tilt at the bottom and toes lift just a bit. I've heard/read that is bad form?

Yes, and no... The problem is getting the knees too far ahead of the feet, creating some off balance loads on the knee. If you go low like that, you MUST sit back more to unload the knee. The Russian lifters are strongly influenced with Olympic type training, and are VERY strong at the bottom of the lift. In Powerlifting competitions, it is only necessary to go just below parallel. I think the Russians get some momentum from going so deep...

RW, She can squat on my face any day!

I'll send an email telling her to get in line.

she stops for 6 months and that ass goes pickle barrel

You want the shins to remain behind the toes and as close to perpendicular to the floor as possible. Westside is big on setting back when you squat not sitting down.


Overhead Squats are the real deal. Nothing like being a good squatter and having to start with a broom stick to make you feel like a panzy. I managed to workup to 225x3 and 300x1 but the 300x1 was on the pins of a power rack in the bottom position so I didn't have to pop it overhead first.

And now you know why her azz is super-sized!

Not everyone has the same proportions of lower leg length, femur length, or torso length. All of these affect body position in the squat. Folks like me with long femurs will always look wrong to benchman for knees too far forward of feet and wrong to everyone else for flattening back angle. So, I have the choice of either not squatting because I can't "do it right" in their collective opinions, or just doing it.

Points of emphasis:
1. feet flat on floor, weight centered between heels and arches.
2. Torso straight (not arched, not bowed), deep breath, build abdomen pressure by tightening abs and attempting to exhale against your closed glottis (throat). This unitizes your torso and keeps it straight.
3. Depth to hips below knees, with top of thighs parallel or deeper. Don't use the squish in your knee joint to bounce against - that's too deep for most (exception for elite olympic lifters). Your glutes and hams have a contraction reflex at or below that depth, which you can train to trigger getting out of the hole.

btt

My squats involve TP. Form is important!

I choose door #1

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I see what you did there..........