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Originally Posted by Beefster I can only dream of being a badass one day because it is the true measure of a man. <said with obvious sarcasm>. LOL
Freddy or AM, do you consider the squatting depth of the guy in the pic as going ass-to-ankles or just below parallel?
Thanks,
Beefster
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I consider that midway between the two. Deeper than just below, but not ass-to-ankles by MY training "standards".
Ass-to-ankles varies from athlete to athlete. Its another way of saying, "as deep as you can possibly get". I'm constantly bragging about how one of my older training partners can touch the ground with his butt. None of the rest of us can do that, but we can get close.
Generally, you want to be deeper than this picture. Go so deep that you can't possibly get any deeper.
This picture is still considered an "oly squat", because its a high bar, narrow stance, raw, squat done as deep as this particular athlete can go. No where near as deep as others can get, but deep for him. You'll notice that his hamstrings are resting on top of his calves.
He could probably get deeper if he took his stance out wider, and brought his hamstrings INSIDE of his calves, but I imagine he's chosen that particular stance because it best carries over to his competition movements (the snatch and C&J).
Remember, his goal isn't hypetrophy, like you guys...his goal is to win an olympic medal.
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