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Even if it hurts your feelings because you have to drop weight do it. But come one, squat deep. Go below parallel. Deep. Guarantee you will develop your legs more going below parallel with 225 than you will going parallel with 405.

Bam!
 
Agreed. I recently swallowed my pride and did this. Cut my weight in half, but the gains are very noticeable, even after only three weeks. I get a little of that pride back however, knowing that my legs are bigger than most of the guys who barely bend their knees with 495 on the bar.
 
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You know its true after you do it the first time because your damn legs are going to hurt twice as bad.......pain don't lie.
 
there was a guy in my gym who was doing squats one day. the guy is huge but he lacks good form on his lifts(he relys on 10 dbol tabs a day for growth) anyway he was at the squat rack with 405 on there and was struttin around like he was the shit. I watched him move that bar about 1-2 inches. Total waste.

He's one of those guys that everyone has at their gym. Huge with a bloated roid gut.
 
I agree 110% I love it when I go to the squat rack and someone is on the rack next to me squating big weight, yet their range of motion is about 3cm. I get up there and squat ass to grass and put that person to shame.

Tonight was leg night, after three sets I was limping a little and a regular (who thinks he is a hard ass) says "what`s wrong with you?" I point to the squat rack and his reply is "you only doing 225?" WTF? I politely informed the dumbass that it`s not how much weight you move, it`s how you move it.

What`s even worse, I have had many people come up to me and say stuff like..."you know you really shouldn`t go below parallel, it`s bad for your knees." Yeah whatever, that`s just what people with chicken legs say.
 
Any excuse for not going ass to the floor is exactly that, an excuse!
 
Anyone else have ACL surgery (or any other knee surgery for that matter)? I'm only asking because my doctor told me I would probably never be able to do squats again after the surgery without a great deal of pain. However, I have no problem squatting to parallel. I know that going below parallel does stress the knees a bit more. I'm curious if anyone has had any experience with this.
 
needsize said:
Any excuse for not going ass to the floor is exactly that, an excuse!
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Lack of proper hip flexibility? :D

(I go below parallel, so don't give me that. But wide stance ATF just doesn't happen, even without a load on my back)
 
Belial, at least you're going as far as your body will let you, and it's below parallel, that's better than 90% of the guys at any gym I've ever trained at!
 
Belial said:


Lack of proper hip flexibility? :D

(I go below parallel, so don't give me that. But wide stance ATF just doesn't happen, even without a load on my back)
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Maybe you should try more weight. :)
 
Good thinking. From now on, I'll just do a single heavy ATF negative. My legs will be HUGE!


*pop crack squish AIIIYEEEEEE*
 
Now that's the spirit!! Long as you break that physical barrier, along with your knees and pelvis, you'll have something to be proud of........long after you're home from the hospital.
 
Belial said:
No doubt. Quarter SMITH squats seem to be the latest "mass builder"
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these seem to be the trend at my gym. muthas load up the bar with 8 plates total and do those .25 squats, straining in agony. shit, 1st of all, you gotta be able to support that weight standing up and be able to take a couple of steps with it. jeesus..
 
Going below parallel can be really beneficial but depending on how much weight is involved I would recomend a spotter for sure, I usually go below parallel only if Im using a Smith machine. The more you increase the weight the more you increase the risks of not being able to get it back up after you dip below parallel.
 
Power Rack

Power rack is best, not a hell of a lot a spotter can do if you can't get up. Smith machine squats really are not the same as a free bar. Gotta get under the free bar to truly squat.
 
I've gone up to 4 plates(405lbs) for sets of 5 ass to the floor, never found any use in the smith machines, I've always done them in the power rack with the pins set just below where the bar drops to during my reps, that way if I fail I just sit.
 
Hell yeah. I like self-spotting with the pins a hell of a lot more than with a spotter. Adds a bit of desperation to it, when you know if you give up you're gonna have to let the bar crash down and let everybody know what just happened. Smith.... no. I see guys doing 400+ on it that still have chicken legs, and can barely do 225 on the free weights. That's not the kind of strength I'm looking for. In some ways, (mechanically and practically speaking) smith squats seem like a glorified leg press.

:D
 
I agree. There's something about that fear factor that sort of acts as a spotter in itself. I've found it works on the bench as well.
 
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I was in a gym once that the squat room was upstairs, was 10pm, closing time and they did not check to see if anyone was upstairs. had 515 on my back and my spotter behind me, the lights went out. He said what do we do, I said get the fuck out of the way and dumped it...kaBLAM! Put a crack in the ceiling underneath about 30 foot long. They started to bitch and I said WHOA, CUT THE LIGHTS OUT AND I"M SUPPOSED TO TRY TO RERACK IT?
 
Okay guys don't jump on me...........Is it okay to do parallel squats and ATF squats in the same workout. Going below parallel works the glutes and hams more right? I need to bring up my hams but I also want to put some more size on my quads because I want them to be freaky big (for a natty :) ) So give me some advice on a leg workout!!!!!!!! I've been doing about 5-6 sets of parallel squats pyramiding up in weight up to 225 for 6-8 reps. I also do SLDL. I go for about 6-8 reps with about 145 lbs (yes I'm weak....... don't let Grizzly find out) . Then its on to the leg press and lying leg curls. Critique and give me some tips.
THANKS FELLAS!
 
bronzed one...

your going to get bigger quads going below parallel than using a heavier weight going only to parallel, also will develop the teardrop a lot better. yes do stiff legs in same workout but anytime you squat go below parallel.....

Remember squats should always be ASS to the GRASS.

I pm'ed you back girl.
 
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