Full Squats with lower weight vs 1/4 squats with insane weight

**brad1986** · 08-26-2011, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by Nooomoto

Stretch, stretch, stretch.

yes. Stretch and warm up with light wieght or even body wt to get yourself moving in full ROM. Alot of times just lightening up th wieght will do wonders for your form too

**zaggahamma** · 08-26-2011, 03:05 PM

guess i've been only getting past the first phase of stretch...

**gmantheman** · 08-26-2011, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by dec11

i have competed plifting all my adult life and i can assure you that neither myself or anyone i know in the sport does 1/4 reps. dont believe all the crap you read

On paper, the 1/4 squat idea seemed logical but like I said, I have only used it maybe a handful of times. I try to go to parallel all the time.

**dec11** · 08-28-2011, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by gmantheman

On paper, the 1/4 squat idea seemed logical but like I said, I have only used it maybe a handful of times. I try to go to parallel all the time.

its not logical in any sense mate, think about it

**Tyger** · 09-11-2011, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by FireGuy

Squatting ligther weight may be humbling but it's 10x better than being the guy in the gym with the bar loaded doing partial partials that everyone is snickering at under their breath.

This is why people in the gym should apply this exact same idea to all their lifts. Totally agree.