Good question. He has been rather elusive about goals, so I just assume he is using the squat to increase strength/muscle/overall athleticism, and looking for the safest most effective way to perform them with those goals in mind. His having not posted this in the P/L section suggests that.
yeah. i’m doing a course at the moment and we looked at ‘functional movement patterns’ last week including ‘squat’. i was nearly having a fit that they didn’t get more particular about what style of squat they meant…
turns out a middle way between hip and knee dominant is thought to be the ‘natural’ one. i’m not entirely convinced… i reckon it depends a lot on your levers…
but meh. don’t suppose i’ll be writing / researching a dissertation on this anytime soon… perhaps…
– i think often people get the different kinds a bit jumbled up…
GOALS op??
Levers play a big role, but for me, the positioning of my hip joint makes it painful for me to squat open stance, even though I have (relative to my body) long femurs. I had to relearn to squat (close stance) to take the pressure off my hips, and although it was difficult to change, now I can squat hip-pain free.
So although levers are a huge determining factor, there are other problems, and many of which I have no idea about. All I can say from personal experience is that I switched from powerlifting style squatting to Olympic style squatting, and my back and hips THANK me 
i think what you are talking about might have something to do with the structure of the ball and socket hip joint? different people have slightly different shapes… some people have deep sockets and some people have shallow sockets… there is an angle… that seems optimal. for a sitting back style squat… if you don’t get that right (for your joint) there can be painful jamming…
i think that is something that can go on (go wrong?) with stance width…
I like the PL squat because It lets me lift more weight, and puts less stress on my knees than with an Oly squat. My hobbies and injury history include alot of hard impacts and ankle damaging. Luckily I haven’t had any direct knee injuries, but a few months ago I was having knee pain that I’m assuming came from improper tracking over my ankles. mob-ed the shit out of them and they’ve been getting stronger, but I have so much scar tissue that my ankles look permanently swollen.
As for Goals, I generally just want to get stronger. I’m a Martial artist among other things, and being faster and stronger is always a good thing.
in other news, I squatted 315x1 last night. I was pretty happy with it, I didn’t film this time but the depth felt good. right knee got a little shaky and caved a bit though.
Breykdown, you little shit, own up to your roots: you’re a trickster.
-anfeyd
But if it feels good, then keep going for it. As a trickster, the type of squat you do has little bearing on your success. Your legs are getting stronger, and that’s what’s important.
[quote]Anthony Mychal wrote:
Breykdown, you little shit, own up to your roots: you’re a trickster.
-anfeyd
But if it feels good, then keep going for it. As a trickster, the type of squat you do has little bearing on your success. Your legs are getting stronger, and that’s what’s important.[/quote]
haha yeah I know, but no one knows about tricking here.
I do still train traditional MA and like to pretend I’m a real martial artist, if there is such a thing anymore. I plan to join my schools collegiate sparring team next semester, but I don’t actually know If I’ll have time. Gonna be taking around 24 units so I can hurry up and finish my degree so I can get a grown man job like you