full squat/squat

[MilitiaGuy]

what do u prefer doing in your leg workout : squat or full squat?

[KeyMastur]

full squat being going all the way down, ass below parallel almost hitting the floor ??? i just go legs parallel, real deep.

[footballcat]

I dont like going all the way down, it hurts my knees, is there any advantage to going all the way down

[skiboy]

going to 90' is good, it incorporates all the leg muscles , going ne deeper can lead to knee problems and u are more likely to tip the weight over and crash
peace

[xxxl83]

If you could learn to sit back and not down during the squat so that your knees don't ride out over your toes the stress on your knees is greatly reduced.

Footballcat the lower you go the more glutes and hams you use.


xxxl83

[BigGreen]

I agree with the poster who suggests going low for glutes and hams...hams specifically in my case. There's only so many stiff-legged deads and leg curls I can do before they start to stagnate, and in the short time i've been squatting deep, my hamstrings have really caught up to the rest of my legs.

Also, and other may be able to support this (or not), i've found personally (at 6'1"), and many tall people concur, that going deep is often easier on the knees for taller people who may have done all their growing rather fast (i went from 5'7" to 6'1" in one year and some change). I wish i could offer some scientific/kiniseological explanation for it, but i know that my knees used to kill me after a squat workout until i started going deep.

[skid]

I prefer not to squat deep (genetically week knees) but on machine presses I go as low as possible, also to hit the hams and glutes

[palme]

Under parallel is what powerlifters do to get a bump in the end to help them up?

[03733+$]

Originally posted by Little Girl
Always under the parallel! Just like this!

LG

I like that diagram! Did you make that your self, or where did you get it?

[footballcat]

Im not allowed to squat, but i went light today, and it fells alot different, i wonder if i could do front squats and go deap

[the next big thing]

all the way down to the floor thats what builds big legs total hardcore.

[MilitiaGuy]

actualy dudes for me ( i am 6.3") going deep dont hurt my knees ,yesterday i tried the paralel squat and it was realy painfull
i have 1 more question in the powerlifting they do squat or full squat

[MilitiaGuy]

thanx coz i will do a transfer from bb to owerlifting and i want some tips and help

[MilitiaGuy]

ok thanx i will do that