Squat Form Check

Check out these videos. These are of high caliber PLers each of whom uses very different squat styles. That is, pick a squat style best suited for you. If you look at a lot of Eastern Europe and Russian IPF lifters, you’ll see a lot more high bar, oly shoes, and vertical . This is in part because IPF has strict standards and its easier to reach depth this way. Also, PLers from this area of the world often have a background in Oly lifting.

You can actually squat in a Oly style doing low bar and I see this a lot in IPF squats a lot. Just because the bar is lower on your back doesn’t mean you have to sit way back with a lot of torso lean. Granted if you go low bar, your going to start with a little more torso lean before you even descend so you can keep the bar over your mid-foot.