The exxagerated downward gaze is pointless. Obviously, you don't want a hyper extended neck looking upwards, but in my experience, under heavy loads, people will naturally look forward. I don't see a benefit in fighting that. If handling maximum poundage is the rationale for low bar, why not widen the stance as far as the lifter can reach depth? That will place the greatest possible load on the hips.
@@startingstrengthgyms If the rationale for choosing lifts is incorporating the most muscle over the longest effective range, and the rationale for the entire program is that poundage drives growth, what argument is there against what I described? What muscles are less involved by widening the squat? We aren't "doing quads," we're squatting. If a wide squat adds weight to the bar, every muscle involved--the same muscles--will get stressed more.
Go as wide as you like as long as you're not compromising range of motion or keeping your joints in a favorable anatomical alignment. That's what we do. If you go too wide, knees start to collapse to hit depth, producing unnecessary torsion at the knee.
At best, this is *a* right way to squat. Calling it *the* right way is misleading clickbait. If you're a new lifter watching this, it's a decent enough intro if you want to do a low bar squat with a focus on hip hinge, but this is not the only way to squat and depending on your goals it might well not be the best way for you to squat.
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The exxagerated downward gaze is pointless. Obviously, you don't want a hyper extended neck looking upwards, but in my experience, under heavy loads, people will naturally look forward. I don't see a benefit in fighting that. If handling maximum poundage is the rationale for low bar, why not widen the stance as far as the lifter can reach depth? That will place the greatest possible load on the hips.
Because “handling maximum poundages” is not the only priority.
@@startingstrengthgyms If the rationale for choosing lifts is incorporating the most muscle over the longest effective range, and the rationale for the entire program is that poundage drives growth, what argument is there against what I described? What muscles are less involved by widening the squat? We aren't "doing quads," we're squatting. If a wide squat adds weight to the bar, every muscle involved--the same muscles--will get stressed more.
Go as wide as you like as long as you're not compromising range of motion or keeping your joints in a favorable anatomical alignment. That's what we do. If you go too wide, knees start to collapse to hit depth, producing unnecessary torsion at the knee.
All of the best squatters in the world look up. Never fucking look down.
Nobody tell him.
At best, this is *a* right way to squat. Calling it *the* right way is misleading clickbait. If you're a new lifter watching this, it's a decent enough intro if you want to do a low bar squat with a focus on hip hinge, but this is not the only way to squat and depending on your goals it might well not be the best way for you to squat.
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