Question about the Squat

[Robert Jan]

I quote Arioch in his squat article

" Many misinformed individuals caution against squatting below parallel, stating that this is hazardous to the knees. Nothing could be further from the truth. (2) Stopping at or above parallel places direct stress on the knees, whereas a deep squat will transfer the load to the hips,(3) which are capable of handling a greater amount of force than the knees should ever be exposed to. "


now im not a genius.... but how at any time during the squat will your knees not have to bear the full weight of you plus the weight?

 

[Fatty4You]

My knees are crap. I dont know how it works man, but i did sqauts last night and i noticed that when i bottomed out, my knees dont feel as bad. Although, maybe its cause at one point your legs can't go any farther down, so its the lack of room that delivers the impulse force to the weight, instead of the muscle having to deliver the impulse force. Maybe this has something to do with the stres?? I dont know, i dont know much about physics.

-Fatty