You see your poundage claims are meaningless unless we can see what kind of form you use so why bother? I see way too many people doing partial reps and thinking they are doing the weight, or using everything but the intended muscle in an effort to heave the weights around, it makes me laugh. The only thing they are training is their ego.
Concur.
I see this in every type of lifter I encounter.
Whether it's recreational lifters or even heavy lifters.
Form is what keeps you injury free and builds true strength.
Allowing the muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints to move the way they were intended in unison.
These partial reps are not true movements, but static in nature and can lead to injury if not corrected.
Full range of motion is what the body was meant to do, as that would be the case if you were a primitive living in the wild and had to move things out of your way, or in some cases off of you in order to survive.
I think people forget what the functionality of the muscles are and what they were intended for.
It wasn't to lift weights, it was to lift WHATEVER in order to survive.
Not two inches, but feet at a time in some cases.
Its a good idea sometimes to get an experienced person you trust, cause experience does not always equate to knowledge. I had been squatting for 15+ years, always a good squatter, short with big legs. Anyhow I was talking to this old power lifter one day telling him when I squat heavy I had been injuring my knees a lot lately. Well he said lets check you form. Turns out I was what he called a knee squatter. The problem was the first thing I was doing in the initiation of the squat was breaking with my knees. He told me the first thing that should move should be my ass, dropping that ass first is important for proper form and minimizing the stress on the knees. Also trying to keep your weight on your heels.
So an old dog was able to teach this younger old dog some new tricks. Yep a good idea if you are having problems especially, to have someone observe you.
The squats are all about the glutes, quads and stabilization muscles.....
It should feel like you're trying to sit down with the weight, your knees mainly there as stabilization.
If too much of the weight is bearing on your knees, you're leaning forward too much.
Spine should be tilted slightly and form should be compact.
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