I'm doing madcow but want to switch back to atg squats

[discombobulat3d]

I used to do olympic atg squats all the time back when i was doing olympic lifting, since I quit and changed to bodybuilding/powerlifting I started doing high bar parallel squats thinking they're safer


but actually they're not....


So I'm back to atg squatting now


did 3x375lbs parallel high bar on friday, now decided to go back to atg, my form still appears intact, i'm decending slowly now tho compared to when i was doing olympic lifting

I did 5x300lbs and decided to call it a day since I'm not accustomed to them anymore


Should I consider this a "reset" of the leg part of the program and build up from here?


Basically I want to build up my atg olympic squat so I can go back to my old gym and get respect. Lol, I know it sounds funny but that's my main reason for going back to atg


So what poundage should I shoot for on friday with the 3 rep piramid? Take it easy and go for like 330?


thanks

[Heavy_Beats]

I used to do olympic atg squats all the time back when i was doing olympic lifting, since I quit and changed to bodybuilding/powerlifting I started doing high bar parallel squats thinking they're safer


but actually they're not....


So I'm back to atg squatting now


did 3x375lbs parallel high bar on friday, now decided to go back to atg, my form still appears intact, i'm decending slowly now tho compared to when i was doing olympic lifting

I did 5x300lbs and decided to call it a day since I'm not accustomed to them anymore


Should I consider this a "reset" of the leg part of the program and build up from here?


Basically I want to build up my atg olympic squat so I can go back to my old gym and get respect. Lol, I know it sounds funny but that's my main reason for going back to atg


So what poundage should I shoot for on friday with the 3 rep piramid? Take it easy and go for like 330?


thanks

I don't know what you should aim for off the top of my head, perhaps you should find out what the spreadsheet says. Good move on the deload though, changing squat technique can through everything out of whack so using a weight low enough to be able to do them correctly with the technique you are now going to use is your best bet.

[discombobulat3d]

I don't know what you should aim for off the top of my head, perhaps you should find out what the spreadsheet says. Good move on the deload though, changing squat technique can through everything out of whack so using a weight low enough to be able to do them correctly in with the technique you are now going to use is your best bet.

I guess I'll go for the 330 on the 3rep thing on friday and then keep adding 1.25kilo plates to each side every workout (which is 10kilo increase per month), that way I should be about where I am now in wo months, but with deep squats instead of parallel. Maybe that's a "too careful" approach, I don't know but two months isn't that long anyway

[discombobulat3d]

what's weird actually is that when you squat high bar, a parallel squat isn't that much higher than an atg one, but it's still a noticably different movement

[austin.j.taylor]

if you can oly squat atg without butt winking, i think its the way to go. I have notice since my switch to low bar and wide stance that my quads fell hardly worked at all. I plan on going back to high bar oly style once my knee feels better.

[strongozilla]

OP could you pliz post a vid or two so we can see what constitutes your "ATG" or "parallel" squatting. Have you ever done a meet?

[rancid_theclash]

Right now I'm in the middle of the TEXAS METHOD..
I find my arms REALLY hurt from low bar afterwords on volume day... but do like using the technique if I'm just doing one PR set on friday, seeing as I can do more weight.

What do you guys think of doing high bar a2g on mondays volume day and low bar on fridays for the pr day... or would that be a bad idea.

I think if i was on madcows I would go until I stall out before changing the style just because its a stricter routine. If you do change it though I dont think you'd need to reset as in do the deload but just try and find your current a2g high bar max. maybe take off 5 pounds the first week if you feel its affecting your form. good luck either way dude

[discombobulat3d]

OP could you pliz post a vid or two so we can see what constitutes your "ATG" or "parallel" squatting. Have you ever done a meet?

am i detecting scepticism? if so not worth shooting a video for. feels awkward filming in a public gym