I’m posting this here because I want perspectives from every training discipline (olympic, powerlifting, etc).
What is the perfect squat? What does it look like? What do you use it for?
Right now I’m under the impression that there is no perfect squat, and that all of the stance variables exist for different purposes. Thoughts?
You’re better off posting this in the Powerliting, Strongman, or Oly lifting threads. Th
The Third-World Squat
[quote]Oleena wrote:
Right now I’m under the impression that there is no perfect squat, and that all of the stance variables exist for different purposes. [/quote]
This. There is not a perfect squat for Oly lifting, or for powerlifting for that matter. Why? Because everyone is different.
Right now i got to ask why you needed to start this thread 3 times !?
come on ?
One in which you let off so badly that the smell causes the guy in the rack next to you finish up early and not perform his last set.
no wonder he have over 6 posts per day since his join date !!
What is the Perfect Squat? I don’t know.
But I know what a perfect snatch looks like. 
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
What is the Perfect Squat? I don’t know.
But I know what a perfect snatch looks like. ;)[/quote]
[quote]blunt wrote:
no wonder he have over 6 posts per day since his join date !![/quote]
teehee.
Pushmepull me you have 8,6 posts a day ! 
[quote]blunt wrote:
Pushmepull me you have 8,6 posts a day ! :P[/quote]
Are you the internet police?
[quote]blunt wrote:
Pushmepull me you have 8,6 posts a day ! :P[/quote]
Damnit, I’m never gonna catch X.
oooo oooo how many posts a day do I have!!! Wow that’s a real neat trick…do you use one of those new-fangled abacus?
[quote]Oleena wrote:
Right now I’m under the impression that there is no perfect squat, and that all of the stance variables exist for different purposes. Thoughts?[/quote]
That is correct.
There is no perfect squat. There is the one that gets what you are doing done.
is there really such a thing?
high bar, close(r) stance, ass to ankles depth - olympic lifting
low bar, medium stance, hip crease lower than the top of the femur near the knee depth- ipf/usapl/etc
low bar, wide-stance, femur parallel with floor depth - apf/uspf/wpf/etc
I guess it’s whatever suits your goals/sport.
Going to sit on the toilet is a real squat.
[quote]Fuzzyapple wrote:
Going to sit on the toilet is a real squat.[/quote]
Yeah, but it’s not a full squat… unless you like a wet ass.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]Fuzzyapple wrote:
Going to sit on the toilet is a real squat.[/quote]
Yeah, but it’s not a full squat… unless you like a wet ass.
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Whoa, there, shorty. Sitting on the toilet certainly gets me past parrellel, speak for youself.
oleena on rockula seems more than perfect.