New Squatting Technique I Found.

[HoneyBadger50]

In the gym I workout at on weekends there is this dude that's just massive and incredibly strong. I usually see him do squats, I saw him squatting today in the bottom range, he only went from as far down as possible back to parallel. Is this some new squatting technique to develop ridiculous leg strength? Someone please let me know if you have tried or seen someone else do this.

 

[Headholio]

Never saw anyone doing this, although partial reps in general are a common technique.

 

[stevesmi]

as long as he is giving the muscle tension then different strokes for diff folks

lets remember what we want to accomplish when we workout.

in no particular order the main things we want are

1. shuttling in nutrients, oxygen etc into the muscle ie: 'the pump' .. yes the pump is a good thing
2. breaking up muscle fibers
3. rest, rest, rest
4. whole foods, carbs, cals, protein, nutrients, minerals. not gonna grow eating fruity pebbles and hot dogs.
5. releasing/activating hormones in the body

if he is creating a blood rush into the muscles, releasing hormones and breaking up the muscle fibers and doing 3 and 4 as well then hence why he is so huge. the key thing though that is a negative to 'poor form' is the injury factor which will eventually come back to bite you. hence why i tell guys to avoid the smith machine and if it hurts then dont do it. a lot of guys try to do too much weight so they end up lifting with their tendons/ligaments and not their muscles. this is counter productive

 

[etown_fit]

I use this technique when training for doing heavy cleans. I usually encorporate these types of squats once a week and do 4- 5 sets for reps where I do 1 full squat then up to parallel hold 3 secs then back down to complete squat in the bottom then bounce out of the bottom. This deifinately is great for strength training if that is your goal! This among some other new squating/ clean cycles have brought my Squat clean 1RM from 170 to 185 in about a month.

 

[joeblow12345]

He was most likely just working on his strength out of the hole. Experienced lifters know that the only way to progress through advanced levels is to make weaknesses a strength. So if your weak coming out of the hole on squats work that range with partials, dead stops, pauses etc. that along with accessory moves to bring up a weak posterior chain will improve your strength out of the hole.

 

[LiamThompson]

I have never heard of anyone doing squatting with such interest. It is good for keeping our body fit but it is difficult too.

 

[jeremyng25]

I have never heard of anyone doing squatting with such interest. It is good for keeping our body fit but it is difficult too.

Thank you captain obvious

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