Deep squats

[Mary Jane]

Its leg day! love leg day!:grin:

Deep squats.... is going DEEP good or is it gonna fuckup my knees and lumbar spine region? See so many different articles on it.

[redback]

I go until my thighs are parallel. I think any lower might be dangerous. Go by feel.

[Mary Jane]

I go until my thighs are parallel. I think any lower might be dangerous. Go by feel.

I don't like using heavy weight while doing free squats, use HEAVY on the seated leg press.

[MattG]

I think it depends on the person, their build,leg length...personally i go all the way down as far as possible, i have less joint pain that way vs stopping sooner. Other ppl are exact opposite though usually

[ROCKETW19]

yup my legs to long no way I'm going down all the way I will use back and who knows what else to get back up but it won't be quads. I go just past 90 keeps constant pressure on my quads and nothing else.

[ROCKETW19]

then again my leg shape sucks they pretty strong and they def big but the shape suxks maybe i should go lower lol
I think genetics is my problem

[MattG]

yup my legs to long no way I'm going down all the way I will use back and who knows what else to get back up but it won't be quads. I go just past 90 keeps constant pressure on my quads and nothing else.

Makes sense, youre half a foot taller than me. Im 5'9" so big difference. For whatever reason if i stop where you usually do, i cant handle as much weight because the pressure on my knees is painful. If i go all the way down they get a break at the bottom...

[jadenmiller]

Deep squats might actually increase knee stability.But I think extra attention needs to be paid to mobility, flexibility, stability, and on coordination.

[Ashop]

I go until my thighs are parallel. I think any lower might be dangerous. Go by feel.

I go the same parallel and no lower. And I also agree,,,go by feel,,,we are all built different.

[trophywife]

I have chicken legs no matter how i did squats... did wonders for the butt but Ive always just had dancer legs- lazy stripper legs and not the ballerina kind unfortunately! lol

[speedracer59]

I feel like full range of motion is better. You may have to decrease weight but imo going all the way down (WITH GOOD FORM) is better in the long run. You will improve flexiblity and improve knees. To me, not going all the way down when squatting is the equivalent of doing rack pulls. It has it place but a majority of the time it full squats for me (and my knees are worn out from being a catcher in baseball for over a decade).

[jadenmiller]

I personally feel that Squatting is less about mobility and more about control.Stretching anything other than the squat movement won’t help your squat.