[quote]Amsterdam Animal wrote:
And I am getting a little sick and tired of people using height as an excuse to discredit legit lifts by others.
Do shorter people have an advantage so to speak when it comes to ROM? Perhaps. Should you whine about it on an internet forum? Defintely not.
Look at it this way, you are taller so there is more room to add mass to your frame. Maybe a little more lifting and a little less whining and you would have something more to show for after 10 years of training.
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Shadowzz4 wrote:
Not saying you shouldnt front squat because of a forward lean. I just dont want midgets and dwarves taking credit for their 8inch ROM benches and straight backed front squats. Thats all.
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Yah but is that what he’s saying? I’m 6’4" and the way I see it, the form that short people use on squats is simply not going to happen with me. I lean forward. It is not possible for me to go straight down with a flat back, if I do I will fall backwards.
I regularly hear advice of ‘this is the only way to do them’ when it’s just impossible for a taller lifter to do it that way.
That may be but I responded to him calling folly a midget and indirectly discreting his lifts because he is shorter. I happen to compete against folly and some other guys on this site and front squats is one of the excercises we are competing in.
Back squats, deads, bench and incline are the others. I just started doing the front squats and I am getting my ass kicked right now. Do you think me bitching about his height is going to add any more weight to my bar?
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[quote]Sxio wrote:
Amsterdam Animal wrote:
And I am getting a little sick and tired of people using height as an excuse to discredit legit lifts by others.
Do shorter people have an advantage so to speak when it comes to ROM? Perhaps. Should you whine about it on an internet forum? Defintely not.
Look at it this way, you are taller so there is more room to add mass to your frame. Maybe a little more lifting and a little less whining and you would have something more to show for after 10 years of training.
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Shadowzz4 wrote:
Not saying you shouldnt front squat because of a forward lean. I just dont want midgets and dwarves taking credit for their 8inch ROM benches and straight backed front squats. Thats all.
Yah but is that what he’s saying? I’m 6’4" and the way I see it, the form that short people use on squats is simply not going to happen with me. I lean forward. It is not possible for me to go straight down with a flat back, if I do I will fall backwards.
I regularly hear advice of ‘this is the only way to do them’ when it’s just impossible for a taller lifter to do it that way. [/quote]