argument with my dad about squats led to an interesting phone call

[djeclipse]

Mine is a bit more than opinion. I always bend over to pick stuff up, including 20 kg plates at the gym. I'm 50 years old and back is rock solid. Never have any hint of a back ache and it's strong.

I've noticed that my Asian gf (20 years old) and all her young family also pick stuff up by bending over too. They don't live in the US and have never read any books on how they are supposed to pick stuff up. They do everything instinctually, and instinct dictates that bending over is the way to go. It's so obviously the way to do it I cannot believe anyone started squatting to pick stuff off the floor.

I haven't watched babies pick stuff up, but do a study on kids who haven't been brainwashed yet and I'm sure you'll find they all bend over.

The back is designed to bend and the problem is westerners are constantly brainwashed into believing that they should keep their back straight and not bend. If nature dictated squatting to pick stuff up, then why did humans evolve with a very flexible back? A flexible back is something you will never have if you keep it straight all the time.

You'll end up being the old man with a sore back, not me. It's better you start using commonsense now before it's too late.

This has the be the biggest load of crap I have ever read on this site.

This is a joke right? Who is the alter here?

 

[dabuffguy]

Mine is a bit more than opinion. I always bend over to pick stuff up, including 20 kg plates at the gym. I'm 50 years old and back is rock solid. Never have any hint of a back ache and it's strong.

I've noticed that my Asian gf (20 years old) and all her young family also pick stuff up by bending over too. They don't live in the US and have never read any books on how they are supposed to pick stuff up. They do everything instinctually, and instinct dictates that bending over is the way to go. It's so obviously the way to do it I cannot believe anyone started squatting to pick stuff off the floor.

I haven't watched babies pick stuff up, but do a study on kids who haven't been brainwashed yet and I'm sure you'll find they all bend over.

The back is designed to bend and the problem is westerners are constantly brainwashed into believing that they should keep their back straight and not bend. If nature dictated squatting to pick stuff up, then why did humans evolve with a very flexible back? A flexible back is something you will never have if you keep it straight all the time.

You'll end up being the old man with a sore back, not me. It's better you start using commonsense now before it's too late.

Every PHd doctor who specializes in the back and spine will disagree with you.

Picking up weight with a bent over back is the EASIEST way to injure yourself.

Having an injured lower back, I was specfically told NOT to ever lift anything of significant weight with a curved back.

Come on bro, really?

 

[the_alcatraz]

It's due to inflexibility as you get older. Most babies can pull their feet over their head like it is nothing. As we get older things get tight, and if we don't stretch we loose all that flexibility.

+1

you lose flexibility with age

 

[bblazer]

+1

you lose flexibility with age

My wife's flexibility has gotten much better with age.

B-

 

[SaiBoT]

My wife's flexibility has gotten much better with age.

B-

My soon to be wife it's way more flexible than when we first met

 

[bblazer]

My soon to be wife it's way more flexible than when we first met

Its amazing what a good stretching program (that we provide) can do for them...

B-

 

[FunFun]

Every PHd doctor who specializes in the back and spine will disagree with you.

Picking up weight with a bent over back is the EASIEST way to injure yourself.

Having an injured lower back, I was specfically told NOT to ever lift anything of significant weight with a curved back.

Come on bro, really?

Yes bro, really!

You make no valid counter arguments (other than your educated doctor told you so) to what I stated about natural behaviour in native people who don't visit PhD back specialists yet bend to pick stuff up instinctually.

Even in deadlifts there is a limited amount of leg involvement. Watch the videos of guys picking up 900 lbs plus in competition. There is no full squat involved in those lifts, yet you believe I should full squat to pick up a light object off the floor.

Check out Andy Bolton's world record deadlift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5groVHlMkRE. A quarter squat at the most - not much more than a slight dip of the knees. That's exactly how I bend over to pick anything off the floor - with a bend at the knees, but there no squatting going on.

 

[FunFun]

This has the be the biggest load of crap I have ever read on this site.

This is a joke right? Who is the alter here?

Since when has it become ok to flame here? There have been some posts by moderators about flaming just this week. I'd like to tell you where to stick it, but I'll be banned if I do.

You're flame reply is a joke because there are many points made in my post which cannot be refuted (my age, my own back health, the way native people I've observed pick up objects etc). Others points are obviously debatable (that's what we do here) but if you're too lazy to make any counter arguments then just cool it and keep the abuse to yourself.