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Originally Posted by Buck
Ok well I always go below parallel. I was reading some kind of argument online that it's not useful for anything...
I can feel it working out my stomach a little when I go below parallel vs just parallel. Not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing.
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How would it not be useful? A squat is not a squat unless you are at or below parallel. How anyone could argue different is because that person can't take the training and hard work it takes to master the harder lifts. Of course the only exception is injury or physical deformity.
Best squatters in the world or Olympic Lifter and they go lower than anyone else. There is nothing dangerous about it if you focus on form and flexibility first before adding weight to the bar. Those who say it is dangerous results from that person's own errors to not teach themselves the correct way to do the lift and nothing more.
And yes....your ****ing knees can go past your toes! That is the proper way to force the hips into a natural tracking pattern and activate your posterior chain for squatting when going below parallel.