What puts less stress on your knees, high bar or low bar?

>>42566562
no bar do leg press

>>42566562
Typically low bar, because there is usually a less deep flexion at the knee joint. This depends on the individual's form though.

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>>42566575

>>42566575

Post the gif, boys.

>>42566585
jokes on you my calves are wayyyy smaller than that

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>>42566562
Doesn't matter, only thing that matters is depth.

>>42566616
ATG all day

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>>42566562
>low bar
>supposed to have less shear stress on back
>dramatically increases back angle while marginally decreasing fulcrum length

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>>42566697
Who claimed literally any of that? The only reason anyone lifts low bar is that in the vast majority of cases it leads to a performance increase.

>>42566562
Has anybody experienced pain in the groin/hip flexors from squats? How did you fix it? I'm concerned this pain indicates impingement and that I can't actually do squats.

>>42566697
wtf nobody ever said low bar decreases "shear," which isn't even really a thing. Low bar does decrease spinal compression.

>>42567159
Not that anon but sheer force is even really a thing.

>>42567152
I did when I first started. It got so bad I had to stop squatting for a couple weeks. Fixed it by doing daily hip flexor stretches for 1-2 minutes before and after sleeping. Your form might be a problem too idk.

>>42567152

Do your knees stay in track over your toes when you go deep? Knee collapse in is the major issue for this. It's fixed by squatting and getting that groin stronger.

>long torso
>short shins, long thighs
>big, flat feet
>one leg is an inch longer than the other
>suffered for scoliosis as a teen, shoulders still not really even, probably a posture problem
I was not designed to squat, or use my legs really

>>42566697
its more the fact that it uses the erectors more which can lead to injury if not managed with caution

>>42567206
I'll try this, thanks. It's only my left hip flexor that is hurting. After pulling my groin, I took 5 weeks off. I felt 100% after that, until the very first day I went back to squatting. Now the pain is back.

>>42567241
Yes. Feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart, feet angled out 30 degrees, knees tracking over toes. Your hip abductors are in charge of pushing the knees out, anyway, not the hip adductors (i.e., groin).

>>42567192
kinda like there's a shear in your shoulder from benching right

it's bullshit
either your muscles are strong enough to support your spine, or they're not, in which case you make them strong first
and they don't get strong by avoiding to incorporate the back muscles in your squats with highbar squats you know

not saying highbar doesn't have its place
but for the back, lowbar is definitely better, it fixed my backpain and it never appeared again

>>42566562
I high bar because I find low bar very uncomfortable, and my knees are fine.

Having said that, they WERE bad, but that was due to poor form. I fixed that and me knees don't hurt or ache at all know; all in the quads and my glutes.

>>42566585
That guy posted his legs after people started making fun of him and they were jacked

you're a newfriend, you can't bench 2 plates and you should stop trying to fit in by judging one's legs by his calves

>>42567260
>>long torso
>>short shins, long thighs
>>big, flat feet
>>one leg is an inch longer than the other
lmao are you me, dont have the flat feet though the rest is identical

it took me a while to find a proper stance for the squat though but I eventually got it, its a bit wider than shoulder with with the feet angles around 30 degrees, longer leg slightly more

>>42566575
Youre still loading weight where your knee is the lever

>>42566697
No memes, yesterday I tried low bar squatting for the first time (have shite shoulder mobility) and not only did it feel much easier, but it put zero stress on my low back, while high bar squatting kinda does