Is there any benefit behind 1/2 squats? Like Really?

[semperfi122]

I just joined a gym, before I was working out with the football team but I decided to stop. In football squats were ATG or it didn't count. I was at the gym and I watched a few people squat, and all of them were barely half squats, it looked like a 1/4 squat. Is there any benefit at all to doing anything but ATG or 90 degree squats?

[Trauma5951]

You work half the muscles


Honestly i think thats actually dangerous...


If you train that way and lets say somehow you get up to 400+ lbs, and one day you go too low, your going to crash and burn.

[tylersexsmith]

parallel squats are very beneficial. quarter squats don't do sheet and they can fuk up ur knees. if u can do ATG stick with it. i dont count it if its not at least parallel, but in the first few reps of the set i try to go ATG if i can

[corozco]

Welcome to the world of commercial gyms. Quarter squats and huge bonebreaking bounce benchpressing are the norm. In my gym I have seen skinny guys "bench" with only half the range of motion. 275 halfway down and the guy was feeling like a total badass......

Have been approached numerous times just because I squat very deep, I find it pathetic. Keep your technique the same and ignore these elite half squatters and bounce benchers.

[chase007]

Welcome to the world of commercial gyms. Quarter squats and huge bonebreaking bounce benchpressing are the norm. In my gym I have seen skinny guys "bench" with only half the range of motion. 275 halfway down and the guy was feeling like a total badass......

Have been approached numerous times just because I squat very deep, I find it pathetic. Keep your technique the same and ignore these elite half squatters and bounce benchers.

I agree people give me a pat on the back for my deep squats.

[tylersexsmith]

I agree people give me a pat on the back for my deep squats.

lol. everyone in my gym always cheers me on when i did squats. [ i was on the 20 rep squats program] i thought it was kinda cool. but then someone would try and do the same thing i did, but with 1/4 squats and shrug it off like im a pussy

[semperfi122]

Alright, thanks guys. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing out on anything.

[chase007]

lol. everyone in my gym always cheers me on when i did squats. [ i was on the 20 rep squats program] i thought it was kinda cool. but then someone would try and do the same thing i did, but with 1/4 squats and shrug it off like im a pussy

yeah I am so close to a 2x bw squat another 15lb at 265, then my next goal will be 295 then 315 3 plate squat will be godly i'l be so happy.

[tylersexsmith]

yeah I am so close to a 2x bw squat another 15lb at 265, then my next goal will be 295 then 315 3 plate squat will be godly i'l be so happy.

u should try the 20 rep squat, it brought my squat up almost 100lbs in the 6 week cycle. u add 5lbs to ur squat every workout, and i worked out 3 times a week, so in 18 workouts u get a significant increase in poundage

[AlldayKK]

Welcome to the world of commercial gyms. Quarter squats and huge bonebreaking bounce benchpressing are the norm. In my gym I have seen skinny guys "bench" with only half the range of motion. 275 halfway down and the guy was feeling like a total badass......

Have been approached numerous times just because I squat very deep, I find it pathetic. Keep your technique the same and ignore these elite half squatters and bounce benchers.

OH MY GOD!!!

I just laughed so hard outloud at work on accident people looked at me like BERT!

This is what got me

Welcome to the world of commercial gyms. Quarter squats and huge bonebreaking bounce benchpressing are the norm.

who doesnt see those people with like 2 plates on each side just using their sternum as a trampoline!!! So funny because its not me!!

[Twstd]

oh my god!!!

I just laughed so hard outloud at work on accident people looked at me like bert!

This is what got me

welcome to the world of commercial gyms. Quarter squats and huge bonebreaking bounce benchpressing are the norm.

who doesnt see those people with like 2 plates on each side just using their sternum as a trampoline!!! So funny because its not me!!

wow man!!! Just woweeeeeee!!!! j/p lol

[bbqq]

Well, if squat partials don't do anything, I guess paul anderson was just ****ing retarded then.

[JC_Strongman]

parallel squats are very beneficial. quarter squats don't do sheet and they can fuk up ur knees. if u can do ATG stick with it. i dont count it if its not at least parallel, but in the first few reps of the set i try to go ATG if i can

You do know parallel is where the most stress is put on your knees right?

[awithey]

Not sure if you want to use this as a fully credible source, but its a reason.
http://www.muscleandfitness.com/raw_...egs/videos/160

[HankZuckler]

Not sure if you want to use this as a fully credible source, but its a reason.
http://www.muscleandfitness.com/raw_...egs/videos/160

Good source, but the guy sounded like an idiot

[Johnchallis]

Quater squats actually work the tear-drop part of your quad to a much higher degree than a regular squat...

they dont involve the glutes, hamstrings etc as much, thus focusing soley on the main quad, and due to the extra weight you can put on, they can be used alongside squats to receive some very good leg gains (size, not strength, but this isnt a powerlifting forum)

Nice article i read in FLEX a few weeks ago, i guess its common sense

BUT guys on here will say "nah bro, it wont make you grow because it dont count in no powerlifting comp"

end of the day, squats > half squats, but half squats if used correctly can add some mass and shape to your quads.

[Zincton]

Your still working the muscle to an extent, it's like doing half bicep curls, your not getting the full ROM but your still working it, it won't kill you to do some of them. For some reason everyone has the wierd mindset that you have to do a full ROM on every rep for every set for every exercise. Not true