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I like this thread and Its a good initiative. But since the norm in S & P is lowbar squat, I feel that highbar squats sometimes gets a bad rep around here, e.g. the idea that highbar squatting puts much more stress on the knees.
I would like to point out one reoccuring misconception of olympic squats.
And as usual, I feel like the nay-sayer amongst all PL here but here it goes:
The knees in an olympic squat does not stay forward throughout the lift, hence the bad rep about kneeinjuries is overstated.
IŽll repost a post from a couple of days ago:
If you watch Olympic lifters squat, youŽll find that the knees drift forward in the bottom to keep the back arched throughout the lift. As soon as the lifter goes back up, they immediately drive their asses back which causes the shins to be more upright (not as upright as in a PL squat, but noticeable more upright than in bottom position).
Letting your knees drift forward is only bad if the knees stays forward throughout the lift. This is seen in most beginners. And most beginners starts out with highbar squats.
So the illustrations of mechanics of highbar vs lowbar squat is somewhat flawed, since it only shows bottom position.
Some videos for illustration:
at 1:40
at 2:10
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Could a mod move lard-ass's post to being the first one in the thread? Is that possible? It conflicts with my personal beliefs (though I'm no expert, as stated) but I think his opinion should be read by any new people as well.
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