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I have a few questions:
1. Some advocate full squats because it's a full range of motion, etc. and some are saying only go to parallel because more depth will damage the patella and cartilage. Who's right? Why should I go full? Why should I not? I just want this to be resolved because I keep hearing one sided arguments.
2. In the above mentioned article, he recommends only doing presses with dumbbells and the eccentric motion only being until your shoulder is perpendicular. Do you have a reason to disagree with this? I do standing overhead presses down to my chin and dumbbell bench presses down to my chest. Should I change that?
3. Are dips really dangerous? Only dangerous when you go all the way down? Or safe if you go to perpendicular?
My shoulders crack ALOT, but I have no pain. When I saw a doctor for my knees he said I have "loose joints" and recommended incline presses over military presses. He said I could not do anything to fix my shoulder integrity. I find that hard to believe since he also told me to do leg extensions over squats. Shows how much he knows.
It just seems weird to me that people are saying all these exercises are dangerous. Gymnasts do tons of dips and olympic lifters do tons of overhead presses and full squats. How are their joints?
It just scares me that my joints used to crack a little and now crack alot more. I cna definitely see how dips did this. I was going past parallel on those, so I think I'll stop going so deep, but I really like that exercise and don't want to stop.
My knees used to grind alot. They've stopped doing that, but now sometimes they feel tight and I have to squat down so the joints pop. They pop pretty loud sometimes.
I'm lifting for general strength, size, and explosiveness as well as basketball. So, I'm not just concerned about looks, I want to make sure my body is healthy. Hopefully some of you all can help.
I have a few questions:
1. Some advocate full squats because it's a full range of motion, etc. and some are saying only go to parallel because more depth will damage the patella and cartilage. Who's right? Why should I go full? Why should I not? I just want this to be resolved because I keep hearing one sided arguments.
2. In the above mentioned article, he recommends only doing presses with dumbbells and the eccentric motion only being until your shoulder is perpendicular. Do you have a reason to disagree with this? I do standing overhead presses down to my chin and dumbbell bench presses down to my chest. Should I change that?
3. Are dips really dangerous? Only dangerous when you go all the way down? Or safe if you go to perpendicular?
My shoulders crack ALOT, but I have no pain. When I saw a doctor for my knees he said I have "loose joints" and recommended incline presses over military presses. He said I could not do anything to fix my shoulder integrity. I find that hard to believe since he also told me to do leg extensions over squats. Shows how much he knows.
It just seems weird to me that people are saying all these exercises are dangerous. Gymnasts do tons of dips and olympic lifters do tons of overhead presses and full squats. How are their joints?
It just scares me that my joints used to crack a little and now crack alot more. I cna definitely see how dips did this. I was going past parallel on those, so I think I'll stop going so deep, but I really like that exercise and don't want to stop.
My knees used to grind alot. They've stopped doing that, but now sometimes they feel tight and I have to squat down so the joints pop. They pop pretty loud sometimes.
I'm lifting for general strength, size, and explosiveness as well as basketball. So, I'm not just concerned about looks, I want to make sure my body is healthy. Hopefully some of you all can help.
