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What are 1/2 Squats?How do you do them?
hardknuckle
04-09-2002, 03:51 AM
Set your power rack pins half way and only do a 50% range of movement. Make sure you're lifting more weight than usual.
Powerlifter16
04-09-2002, 04:47 AM
Dont do half squats...here is why:
Contrary to popular belief, squatting above the
parallel position -- knees at approximately 90 degrees flexion -- is
actually more dangerous that going to parallel or below. There are two reasons for this. When you look at the structure of the knee, you'll note that at about 90 degrees flexion, the tibia's sloped shape allows it to shear upwards and over the femur. This causes a lot of compressive force against the patella, and pulls forcefully against the posterior cruciate ligament. These potentially destructive forces become significantly less as you descend further into the squat postion, largely due to the fact that the tibia's surface isn't as sloped posteriorly, where it articulates with the femur. The second reason is that, because of better leverage while doing partials, you're obliged to use a far heavier weight in order to gain any sort of adaptive overload on the muscles involved -- dangerous to the entire shoulder girdle, neck, low back and knees. -- Fred Hatfield (Dr. Squat)
lifter
okay,i'm gonna roll with that.Dr.Squat knows what hes talking about.So,everytime you Squat,you should go all the way down{below paralell}?
Powerlifter16
04-09-2002, 05:52 PM
Yes.
lifter
pure_power
04-09-2002, 06:03 PM
You might want to try walkouts.
I'm not quite sure I agree with Hatfield on partials being dangerous but they're not optimal anyway.
Walkouts are superior if you're trying a supramaximal isometric to potentiate the nervous system anyway.
Strong quads will not help your squat.
-Zulu
Originally posted by pure_power
You might want to try walkouts.
how u do those?
You walkout with heavy weight and just stand there for a few seconds then rack the weight again.
-Zulu