I don’t get it …with all this squatting going on, they should have glutes like an African tribeswoman. Nothing but flatASSorexia is all I see.
Maybe lightweight squatting thins out the ass muscles.
There’s a good butt toner for women with tooooooo much junk in the trunk.
merlin
This thread confuses me a bit… if I saw someone’s lower back rounding like that during weighted squats, I’d be concerned for their safety. Here’s Mark Rippetoe’s take on squat depth:
"Squat depth is critically important, but so is correct form. ATG-level depth most usually requires that the lumbar muscles relax the lordosis and that the hamstrings relax before extreme depth can be reached. It doesn’t sound like a good idea to me that anything be relaxed in a deep squat, since doing this kills your good controlled rebound out of the bottom and risks your intervertebral discs.
Those rare individuals that can obtain ass-to-ankles depth without relaxing anything might be able to get away with it, but as a general rule you should squat as deep as you can with a hard-arched lower back and tight hamstings and adductors. This depth will be below parallel, but it will not usually be “ATG”."
www.strengthmill.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2250
Thoughts?
[quote]IronKid wrote:
i wonder how they take a dump in those toilets if they had extremely sore legs from a hard squat session[/quote]
From personal experience it’s because there’s nothing more motivating to grit yourself through pain than the fear of falling into your own faeces.
[quote]Irish Muscle wrote:
this thread rocks.
good job OP for introducing a different topic
i cant believe you were so observant to take pictures of people in china squating while you were on holiday.
your deserve a high five sir.
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Seconded.
[quote]CrispyFish wrote:
This thread confuses me a bit… if I saw someone’s lower back rounding like that during weighted squats, I’d be concerned for their safety. Here’s Mark Rippetoe’s take on squat depth:
"Squat depth is critically important, but so is correct form. ATG-level depth most usually requires that the lumbar muscles relax the lordosis and that the hamstrings relax before extreme depth can be reached. It doesn’t sound like a good idea to me that anything be relaxed in a deep squat, since doing this kills your good controlled rebound out of the bottom and risks your intervertebral discs.
Those rare individuals that can obtain ass-to-ankles depth without relaxing anything might be able to get away with it, but as a general rule you should squat as deep as you can with a hard-arched lower back and tight hamstings and adductors. This depth will be below parallel, but it will not usually be “ATG”."
www.strengthmill.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2250
Thoughts?[/quote]
Mark Rippetoe is the ****! He was willing to talk to me for over an hour on the phone about the Squat Rx videos and lifting in general. Just an amazing and generous coach who knows his stuff in and out. I know I sound like some kind of suck-up but he is great.
Anyway, I think sitting that way is a great way to develop flexibility at the bottom of the hole - isn’t the way you should squat, but it’s good practice.
I like how this thread started as squatting depth and ended as a discussion as the best position to crap in! Hhhhaah I poop on you!