[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
I train both ways but find ATG squats the most beneficial in my workouts. I have trained myself to take 700lbs to the bottom and hold it for a count of 5 and then power it up. After that every other leg exercise seems easy. It has also developed a great deal of hip, glute and ham strength. pause squats ATG have given me a lot of strength in the initial pull with my sumo’s. Right now I can lock out close to 700 on sumo’s but becuase of the ATG pauses, I can peel almost 800 off the ground to about knee level.
my two cents
meat[/quote]
Very interesting. Do you squat in powerlifting competitions as well? Do you alter your technique? What can you do parallel versus ATG?
-MAtt