Is pic related low enough for squat depth? Saw you guys saying

>>38778569

You're about an inch or two high. Gotta get the top of the knee below the hip crease to get the white lights.

>>38778588
thanks man, I feel like I'm going to fall down any lower but I'll work on mobility

>those delicious hips made for the sole purpose of carrying my seed
>those thick thighs
i will fuck bats into a coma

>>38778588
For white lights? Not really. For full functional depth, yes.

>>38778617
what do you mean? that it's low enough as is?

>>38778617

Which fed do you compete in that consistently white lights squats above legal depth?

>>38778569
what the fuck?

also ask in /plg

>>38778635
I didn't understand your original statement. So you're saying lower too?

>>38778569
couple inches off. work on hip mobility, make sure you warm up well before your sesh

>>38778691
How long do you think it would take to correct it assuming I start now? I'm going to find some mobility stretches.

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>>38778635
Two inches is far below depth in OP
>le lolfed
Nah, OP would get whites in a lolfed where she's at

>>38778569
T H I C C

>>38778617
SPF please leave

>>38778712
literally one session, provided the correct stretches.

also, what kind of shoes are you wearing and what weight are you lifting?

OP are you in the picture or are you someone else? Because the picture has a lot of fat which makes it more difficult to see the crease.

>>38778740
RUDE

>>38778735
I'm wearing chucks and I'm just starting intermediate range. I just want to make sure I am squatting to depth before I add more weight.

>>38778740
I'm not in the picture. I just squat about that depth as well.

>>38778748
recommending you buy wl shoes and hop on youtube for some foam rolling and hip opener vids

>>38778766
I read that wl shoes put more shear force on knees?

>>38778599
learn to take advantage of that stretch reflex. you really don't feel it until you get to the very bottom of the hole.

Are you trying to bully bats?

>>38778775

They do. That doesn't mean you can't use them.

Anything that moves your knees further forward is going to increase force on the knees. That's true whether its from using heeled shoes or improving your ankle mobility so you can push your knees further forward.

>>38778789
So you're saying it may be a lack of ankle mobility rather than hip mobility?

>>38778569
Borderline. Hip crease and top of the knee are about level. Drop a little lower to be safe and you're golden. As someone else said it shouldn't take more than one session to fix.

A good starting point will probably be to shove your knees out a little harder on the way down. This not only helps you achieve depth but creates tension that prevents you going too deep.

>>38778784
Not at all. I saw her videos and thought she was going to depth but when I saw the criticism it made me want to check my own form.

>>38778803
>>38778789
different dude but he's mostly correct. they can be used for increased dorsiflexion.

you're squatting low bar (I'm assuming based on the pic) but wlifting shoes have quite a few benefits.

separately, and depending on your limb proportions, you may be better suited for high bar

>>38778811
Thanks, I'm searching on youtube for stretches. I always read you should avoid stretching before lifting. Any videos you recommend?

>>38778834
stretching shouldn't be done as a replacement to warming up, especially on big lifts. and in this case you're not adding stretches for the sake of stretching but to build mobility.
check out 70's big 3 stretches for lifters

>>38778861
ok thanks man

>>38778569
I don't understand how people can't squat ATG. Is that a low bar problem?

>>38778951

Squatting atg with good form takes really good mobility (unless you're super well built for squatting and even then it takes a bit). After years or decades of sitting down for hours a day most people don't have that.

And you can't really squat ATG lowbar in most cases. Physically doesn't work.

>>38778951
I have some injuries, m8. I just feel safer with lowbar.

>>38778967
>And you can't really squat ATG lowbar in most cases. Physically doesn't work.

this. unlike high bar where the back remains vertical in the motion, low bar has the back at an angle on decent. as a result, you can't squat down past a certain point without the center of gravity (the weight) moving past midfoot (i.e. the point where the weight is balanced). any lower and you fall over.

>>38778569
If your goal is to build big legs then it's definitely low enough. If your goal is to compete in IPF powerlifting, build functual strength or pleasing /fit/ then no.

>>38778967
>>38779044
>Can't squat atg lowbar

I don't know if this only counts when squatting really heavy, but I can squat at least 120kg atg lowbar in a relaxed squatting position before going back up.

>>38779104

I would be very surprised if that's true atg with good form. Most people can't pull off an atg lowbar squat because it simply takes an insane amount of mobility to pull it off without something going to shit, even with fairly favourable leverages. If you're not built to squat its probably not happening even with great mobility.

Not unknown though. Just rare.

>>38779104
you're loading the bar too high

>>38779103
It's to eventually do powerlifting so the consensus has been I need to go a bit lower.

>>38778716
You just memed so hard in a non plg thread that not a single person understood a word you just said.

>>38778716
fuck of loli fedder

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>>38779131
>>38779149
Is this right or not then? It's how I've always squatted.

I only did the first rep properly atg though, since I generally don't do it besides on warm up sets.

Does bats live in Texas?

If so, I'll teach her how to squat

>>38779791
Fucking up your back desu.

>>38780178
only a tiny bit at the bottom

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Is this high bar or low bar?

>>38778588
>hip crease
Not what the rulebook says

>>38780611
hybridy but mostly high

>>38780250
that's not a tiny bit I suggest you lessen the depth that's too much buttwink already

>>38780997
I'm the original poster of the vid, and he's not me, but I don't go lower than just below parallel when I squat, besides when I'm squatting <=2pl8. The buttwink was due to the fact that I was going a lot lower than usual at a higher weight than I'm used to.

>>38778569
It's good, you're fat enough that most side refs won't really see that you're not quite at parallel (see: Ray Williams).

>>38780611

Hig. Low bar would sit right on top of the letters on his shoulder with elbows pointed upwards

>>38781628
Thanks, what I thought all along.

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Reminder that if you don't squat like pic related your cheating yourself and your max has no meaning

>>38780611
Low bar.
>>38781628
No.
>>38781719
>heeled shoes
>belt
>barbell
lmao get that fake squat outta here

>>38781719
>wearing a belt for that tiny ass weight
Kek
>>38781733
>fake squat
Let's see you so atg high bar without lifting shoes faggot. Until you squat 4pl8 atg you need to stop posting.

>>38781875
I squat 220kg in deadlift slippers, I've box squatted 175kg barefoot for reps. I should probably be able to hit at least 180kg barefoot, yeah.

>>38781907
>implying box squats mean anything
And IF you can do 220kg atg then you're in the minority of people that have the genetics for that kind of mobility.

>>38781939
I've only done it to IPF depth, haven't tried ATG.

We use a very low box in training though, it's definitely a deep high bar. Considering I can rep them, paused, I'm fairly sure I could hit full depth with 180kg for a single.

I was also memeing about calling the original squat a fake though, just mocking those memers that do that every time someone wears a belt or knee sleeves or whatever.

>>38781719
>Everybody has the same bodytype, therefore everyboys squatposition must look the same

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>>38781018
Fat people look like they are squatting high if you're watching from the front

>>38779713
Nah m7 OP is only just above parallel. One inch more is "depth" definitely.

>>38782177
Ray definitely squats high, just like Norris is definitely on gear.

Let's not kid ourselves here Aaron.
>inb4 he accuses me of being a mad gibbslet yuropoor

>>38778569
Can't tell with all that fat. I mean, the ass looks level with the knee indicating parallel, so it seems deeps enough imo

>>38782177
what garbage form is that
how has this person not killed himself yet squating like that

>>38779791
lel this is semi highbar

>>38782177
>those retarded huge thighs

>>38778716
>RAW
AHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>38779791
who would ever wear converse to the gym.

>>38783055
The same people who deadlift without shoes.

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>>38782238
You are not a ref nor do you see weekday they

>>38782562
[Can you even unrack that intensifies]

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>>38783143
>weekday they
Fug, what they* see

Can I get a source on that video senpai? (Hoping that's female.)

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>>38780611
>>38780618
>>38781628
>>38781733
>>38782177

Another better view. High or low bar?
This is the only place the bar fits. Any higher it sits on my cervical vertebrae, any lower it slides off my back.

>>38778599
Looks like you're already falling over. I know it's powerlifting low bar, but in the position in your pic- if you straightened up-just a little - while still down there- where do you think your hip would go?

This thread is all over the place. So what's the proper form to squat?

>>38784519
>>38785482
bump

>>38785973
I think the consensus is that op needs to go an inch or two Lower for powerlifting but for leg development it's fine.

>>38785482
Top of thigh lower than kneecap in reference to floor

>>38784519
High bar 100%

>>38783050
raw means no suit

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>>38778569
The crease of your hips are higher than the top of your knees, so you should squat lower. What helps me reach depth is remembering that how far you bend over is irrelevant to depth.