Squats weak when going into the "hole"

[Cynical Simian]

I still say that whatever allows you to take the heaviest load safely through a full range of motion (i.e., Olympic squats with no pause) should be your main squat variant. mm107, I can see how an advanced lifter might have benefited from working on weak points in the lift. But if the option of simply starting light and putting more weight on the bar is available, it seems like a much more direct way to get stronger on the weak point and the lift as a whole.

 

[Kabeetz]

Being that I just read the chapter in SS multiple times..I am kinda reminded of when Rippletoe writes that you should not pause in the hole, but rather immediately should bounce right out (from the hips).

He goes on to right that this book is not being written for powerlifting, etc. and plenty of coaches might take issue with that point, but that from his strength training point of view, he did not recommend pausing.

Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks, I guess.