Legitimacy of the height "excuse"....

[OTCbooty]

Let me start by saying I'm just a shorty and just curious...

Seems like I hear a lot of people cite their height as a hindrance in weight lifting...greater ROM, greater lb/sq. in. load on their muscles...and so on.

But my bro-in-law was making reference to his "deep" squats...parallel, by his own description. Now, the dude's 6'9" and I have respect for the challenges, as well as I am able to at 5'3", but does that really redefine the exercise for the tall person? A parallel squat is a parallel squat, at any height, right? Guess I'm just looking for better understanding of how the mechanics differ. What do you other tall folks do?

 

[needsize]

The longer the range of motion the harder is is to lift heavy, that's why powerlifters will do some crazy shit to shorten that range. But it's not all bad either, I have long arms and short legs so find squats and deads easy, ie, from the first time I picked up a bar to deadlift I pulled a 500lb single 8 weeks later, but my long arms make benching a bitch. The positive is that the long range that my arms travel mean that I get really great chest development from benching even though I struggle with going really heavy, it's all good, you just have to put it in perspective