I’m happy that various approaches to training work. I have no desire to train like you.
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I, also, have no desire to train like I do, haha.
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Numbers don’t lie. But the people who use them do.
There’s a couple of ways to tweak statistics in favor of showing your desired result. So if you’re reading a paper and just gloss over which statistical analysis they used or how they analyzed the data, that could be a loop hole.
Also, statistical significance is not the same as clinical (or practical) significance
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There is a fantastic short book called How to Lie With Statistics that I feel I want to mention in this context
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Today I noticed my best friend re-posted this Instagram story she had originally put up one year ago. I didn’t notice she was taking a pic and, surprise surprise, apparently I was surfing t nation on my phone when she took it lol
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Confession: bought some 1inch heels cuz they were 52% off… Still squatting low bar in them.
Ankle mobility is for chumps
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Nothing wrong with low bar in squat shoes. It’s what I do, even if I can hit depth in flat shoes.
Mainly because low bar is the best squat.
Flame free.
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Tons of people squat low bar in heels.
Not sure why this is a confession, I also squat in heels, because I’m stronger that way, I squat low bar too, because I’m stronger that way.
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I was under the impression that a big enough heel would more or less force an upright position.
Was using half inches so thought 1 inch would be some sort of miraculous life changing experience
I’ve never squatted low bar. Never tried.
Last time this happened you were talking about TnG deadlifts. I had never done them and we know how it ended.
Why do you keep doing this to me?
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If you can dream it, you can lean it.
@Samul I squat low bar because I’m fairly certain I couldn’t squat high bar if I tried. I effectively have no torso. When I went to pin my race bib to my shirt for my half marathon, I didn’t not have enough real estate on my torso to have it NOT be in my chest. This, when paired with long legs tends to force weird squatting mechanics.
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Maybe our bodies were mixed up in the factory. I have a long torso but when it comes to legs I come up short. If I set on a aircraft my head is usually one of the highest on the plane and I can see right down the plane. Then I stand up and I am not any higher 
You are built for weightlifting.
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That just makes me feel like even more old and weak !! I really need to left my game.
I mean actual weightlifting: the snatch and clean and jerk. The attributes you describe are good ones for it, whereas they’d be less ideal for certain strongman events.
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Thanks for clarifying, I’ve never tried either of those moved properly and not sure at my age it’s a good time to start. I always new passing up the opportunity to join the weightlifting team at university was a bad idea 
I knew I picked the wrong sport. Have the 1in heels now so may as well transition
When I was beginning lifting, the bar sitting on your back and not rolling off made zero sense to me.
I’m built in a similar way. At 6 foot, I have the same length legs as my 5 foot 2 girlfriend.
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