that's not accurate.
if that were true, champion, world record squatters would use a high-bar,narrow stance for squats to "turn off" the hips/glutes/hams..
but, they don't... they use a wide stance and initate the movement (with a low bar) to DE-EMPHASIZE the quads and focus on the hips and glutes.
hips/glutes/hamps are FAR SUPRIOR strength-wise than quads.
quads are the weak link.
Well, you're wrong and right. Wide stance works for some, mostly for equipped lifters.
This is world record squat in IPF. 400kg, stance is wide but not ultra wide. This is best raw squat in the history (of IPF)
The reason why olympic lifters do not have best squat in the world is that they don't (can't) use as much PEDs as everyone else. They just use dianabol and test because they are tested extensively.
In gold soviet era when everyone abused PEDs:
http://www.dynamic-eleiko.com/sportivny/library/news/nv005.htmlB.C. What strength exercises do you favor?
Taranenko: The back squat is the most important strength exercise. I usually squat every day, sometimes more than once-a-day. My best back squat is 380 kg (837 lbs). But this is with a two-second pause at the bottom.
http://www.dynamic-eleiko.com/sportivny/library/farticles004.htmlThe author witnessed the Soviet superheavyweight Aslanbek Yenaldiev pinned with a 240 kg clean at the 1979 Spartakiade. He tried bouncing 6 - 8 times but was physically unable to recover form the squat. He was the "champion squatter" among the soviet lifters with a 455 kg back squat (23).
Many soviets could squat well over 400kg with narrow-medium stance and high bar.
300kg atg squat @ 82.5kg... No powerlifters can beat that.
The reasons why powerlifters use low bar are:
- low bar uses just a little bit less quads and more hams and lower back. hams are fast-twitch dominant, quads are 50-50, glutes are slow twitch dominant.
- best powerlifters are naturally strong in deadlift, low bar has greater carry-over from deads than high bar