How Deep Do You Squat?

03-29-2005, 03:16 PM

How deep do you guys squat?

I've always only gone parallel, any time I go below parallel my knees crack and hurt. I just ordered some knee wraps, hopefully I'll be able to go a bit deeper now.

03-29-2005, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by USMuscle9403

I take a wider stance and go as deep as I possibly can. It is the only way to squat if you're a bodybuilder, IMO.

I've read that quads aren't involved that much after you pass parallel. I can't speak from experience though, that's why I bought knee wraps.

**Sholiz** · 03-29-2005, 04:14 PM

Front squats and hack squats are the only squat variation I do, and I go calves to hams. Or, as deep as I can friggen get. Feels alot better on my knees after a heavy day too.

03-29-2005, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Sholiz

Front squats and hack squats are the only squat variation I do, and I go calves to hams. Or, as deep as I can friggen get. Feels alot better on my knees after a heavy day too.

Why don't you do back squats?

**Sholiz** · 03-29-2005, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by IronRapist

Why don't you do back squats?

Weak core, I lean foreward at the bottom and then come up and do kind of a good morning at the top. Weird, but I'm working on it.

sfiximo · 03-29-2005, 05:47 PM

if going to parallel is level 5, and ATG level 10, then I go between 7-8.
I lose form when I go ATG but my hips are getting more flexible from every workout so in a while i will be able to do it

mivi320 · 03-29-2005, 07:28 PM

ATG-ass to the grass.

Ironrapist knows my ATG 20 rep squats are wicked, eh?

muscleboy333 · 03-30-2005, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by mivi320

ATG-ass to the grass.

Ironrapist knows my ATG 20 rep squats are wicked, eh?

I know too

waitlifter82 · 03-30-2005, 01:43 AM

1'' below parallel for me

mivi320 · 03-30-2005, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by muscleboy333

I know too

Whats up muscleboy? Good to see you here bro!

03-30-2005, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by mivi320

Ironrapist knows my ATG 20 rep squats are wicked, eh?

Yeah, yeah...

muscleboy333 · 03-30-2005, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by mivi320

Whats up muscleboy? Good to see you here bro!

Thanks man!

Oldtime · 04-02-2005, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by IronRapist

How deep do you guys squat?

I've always only gone parallel, any time I go below parallel my knees crack and hurt. I just ordered some knee wraps, hopefully I'll be able to go a bit deeper now.

im more einto powerlifting so i only go parallel,plus it hurts my knees if it go too low with the stance i use.(wide)

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Samsara · 04-02-2005, 08:26 PM

Depends on the weight I'm using, If I'm over 225 I really don't like to put my back through going ATG. I'll go just parallel. but warmups are always atg...

Hey mivi, nice to see you over here... You do have some serious 20rep squats!!!

taffer · 04-02-2005, 11:35 PM

ATG, only way to squat

all the pussies at my gym either use the smith machine, or just go 1/4 of the way down (with a bench underneath just incase their legs give out even though they are using a weight they could do 100reps on)

**warriors** · 04-03-2005, 12:19 AM

i just go to parallel and that's it. If i go below that than i start to feel it in my lower back, hips, and knees too much.

kwyckemynd00 · 04-03-2005, 05:38 AM

I was doing ATG for a while, and it was great for my knees...but, when I wrapped and just went to parallel....OMFG it was a diff world. My hams and glutes got so trashed (obviously they were weak) it was ridiculous....

I think I'm going to incorporate ATG and parallel squats as two of my three leg workouts (third hacks).

Master Of Puppets · 04-24-2005, 09:12 PM

parallel. i do hack squats cause i don't have a squat rack.

Flowsybaby · 04-24-2005, 10:38 PM

same here. Hoping I'll get a squat rack soon.

Master Of Puppets · 04-25-2005, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by USMuscle9403

Guys if you're having knee problems I suggest that you try widening your stance if you haven't already. Knee wraps are great too. Hell you could just use some really big elbow sleeves over your knees, both will work. Make sure to keep that back in a naturally comfortable and uncompromising position. Also it seems to me that hacks and leg extensions are usually the creator fo knee problems, so if you're using them you might want to rethink it.

you are right. ever since i started doing hack squats, my knees started to crack and stuff at the bottom of the squat.

**warriors** · 04-25-2005, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by USMuscle9403

Guys if you're having knee problems I suggest that you try widening your stance if you haven't already. Knee wraps are great too. Hell you could just use some really big elbow sleeves over your knees, both will work. Make sure to keep that back in a naturally comfortable and uncompromising position. Also it seems to me that hacks and leg extensions are usually the creator fo knee problems, so if you're using them you might want to rethink it.

i agree about the hack squats. they kill my knees

**jiza101** · 05-07-2005, 11:12 PM

Ive also just started getting pain in one of my knees doing squats. So i stopped, i go a bit below parallel, ill try widening my stance like USMuscle said

**johnsbod** · 05-08-2005, 04:02 AM

I don't like to take a wide stance because that takes too much emphasis away from the quads. I like a normal stance and do full squats.

The reason I hate the Smith Machine for squats is that it basically forces you to use bad form. If you are squatting and using good form, the bar does not move in a perfectly straight vertical line. The Smith Machine forces you to go in a straight line and your chances of injuring your back are higher. I do my 20 reppers at the power rack.

03-29-2005, 03:16 PM	#1
IronRapist Posts: n/a Recipes:	How Deep Do You Squat? How deep do you guys squat? I've always only gone parallel, any time I go below parallel my knees crack and hurt. I just ordered some knee wraps, hopefully I'll be able to go a bit deeper now.

03-29-2005, 04:14 PM	#3
Sholiz Soldier In Progress Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,431 Recipes: 3 Rep Power: 230	Front squats and hack squats are the only squat variation I do, and I go calves to hams. Or, as deep as I can friggen get. Feels alot better on my knees after a heavy day too. __________________ You hear me before you see me, I got King Kong in the trunk

03-29-2005, 05:47 PM	#6
sfiximo Pro Stature Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: a Posts: 303 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 7	if going to parallel is level 5, and ATG level 10, then I go between 7-8. I lose form when I go ATG but my hips are getting more flexible from every workout so in a while i will be able to do it __________________ check out my journal (its somewhere in the workout log section)

03-29-2005, 07:28 PM	#7
mivi320 Amateur Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 88 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 9	ATG-ass to the grass. Ironrapist knows my ATG 20 rep squats are wicked, eh? __________________ "Bodybuilding is a martathon, not a sprint."

04-02-2005, 08:26 PM	#14
Samsara New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 21 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	Depends on the weight I'm using, If I'm over 225 I really don't like to put my back through going ATG. I'll go just parallel. but warmups are always atg... Hey mivi, nice to see you over here... You do have some serious 20rep squats!!! __________________ "The passionate pursuit of perfection." ---Raider926---

03-30-2005, 01:43 AM	#9
waitlifter82 New Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 14 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	1'' below parallel for me

04-02-2005, 11:35 PM	#15
taffer New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 2 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	ATG, only way to squat all the pussies at my gym either use the smith machine, or just go 1/4 of the way down (with a bench underneath just incase their legs give out even though they are using a weight they could do 100reps on)

04-03-2005, 12:19 AM	#16
warriors The world is yours Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,127 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 29	i just go to parallel and that's it. If i go below that than i start to feel it in my lower back, hips, and knees too much. __________________ Not Around...

04-03-2005, 05:38 AM	#17
kwyckemynd00 Amateur Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 34 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	I was doing ATG for a while, and it was great for my knees...but, when I wrapped and just went to parallel....OMFG it was a diff world. My hams and glutes got so trashed (obviously they were weak) it was ridiculous.... I think I'm going to incorporate ATG and parallel squats as two of my three leg workouts (third hacks). Last edited by kwyckemynd00 : 04-03-2005 at 05:41 AM.

04-24-2005, 09:12 PM	#18
Master Of Puppets Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,019 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 47	parallel. i do hack squats cause i don't have a squat rack.

04-24-2005, 10:38 PM	#19
Flowsybaby Pro Stature Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 9	same here. Hoping I'll get a squat rack soon.

05-07-2005, 11:12 PM	#22
jiza101 Rocco Siffredi Join Date: May 2005 Location: On Set Posts: 621 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 10	Ive also just started getting pain in one of my knees doing squats. So i stopped, i go a bit below parallel, ill try widening my stance like USMuscle said