squat form

[didelydoo]

Halb said:

OP.

http://www.strengtheory.com/its-time-to-end-this-n...

Good article

[TheBALDpuma]

didelydoo said:

Halb said:

OP.

http://www.strengtheory.com/its-time-to-end-this-n...

Good article

Yep I agree. Nail on head really.

Tbh this got a bit off topic for the OP! Who started the high bar/low bar fight!

[MurderousCrow]

didelydoo said:

Good article

Agreed - good article. Nuckols makes a lot of sense in general, he thinks hard about his reasoning and is willing to be flexible in his thinking. The only point he misses there is the issue of knee torques and how that pertains to beginners. His points are absolutely relevant for when a lifter's form is fully established: if one isn't doing the horrific valgus 'knee collapse' then it really doesn't matter if peak compression forces in the knee are high(er) or not. With healthy movement patterns it won't make any difference. The only real point I tried to make above was this. Given the low-bar is equally effective for strength development etc., and given it produces lower peak knee force, it's probably safer for people beginning strength training (especially so when many people don't have the active ROM to safely achieve good high-bar squat depth).

Grammar again.

Edited by MurderousCrow on Sunday 30th August 16:32

[MurderousCrow]

TheBALDpuma said:

Yep I agree. Nail on head really.

Tbh this got a bit off topic for the OP! Who started the high bar/low bar fight!

Some people got a bit dogmatic about it and I think I bit...

[Meoricin]

If you want a simple way to force yourself to improve form, run through the weight building process again with front squats instead. If you get accustomed to those then proper back squats will be easy again.

[Halb]

didelydoo said:

Good article

Yip, I think (it was a while ago) this is the article that made me go back to high-bar with the difference on strength v numbers.

I try and do the same with my other big lifts, make things slightly more difficult.