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Jim Ouini
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So, I read the squat article from the link curgeo posted http://purepowermag.com/samples/pdf/squat1to39.pdf
Real interesting read and great pics ta boot.
Among other things, one of the issues they address is muscle activation on the quarter, parallel and full squat (135, 90 and 45 degrees, respectively).
The breakdown as something like this (if I can legibly copy the table):
Muscle Quarter Parallel Full
Hammie 13.4 15.4 15.0
Glutes 16.9 28.0 35.5
Vastus M 30.9 18.9 20.2
Vastus L 38.8 37.8 29.3
My question is (and admittedly I may need to re-read it and the article gets cut off), does it suggest that depending on your goals you may want to incorporate all 3 depths for full leg development e.g. do quarter squats (yay I can load up the plates
) if I want to emphasize my inner/outer thigh and do full squats for best glute development?
Plus I would've thought there'd be more variation in hamstring recruitment at the different depths.
As they walk through the different scenario's they do state that one needs to look at their goals and applications, but all the recent things I've read is that full oly squats are 'most beneficial'.
Anyway, not that I'm rock bottom right now but I'm working on it and I'd have a hard time switching to quarter squats at this point (even if I could wow the gym with 5 plates per side
).
Real interesting read and great pics ta boot.
Among other things, one of the issues they address is muscle activation on the quarter, parallel and full squat (135, 90 and 45 degrees, respectively).
The breakdown as something like this (if I can legibly copy the table):
Muscle Quarter Parallel Full
Hammie 13.4 15.4 15.0
Glutes 16.9 28.0 35.5
Vastus M 30.9 18.9 20.2
Vastus L 38.8 37.8 29.3
My question is (and admittedly I may need to re-read it and the article gets cut off), does it suggest that depending on your goals you may want to incorporate all 3 depths for full leg development e.g. do quarter squats (yay I can load up the plates
) if I want to emphasize my inner/outer thigh and do full squats for best glute development?Plus I would've thought there'd be more variation in hamstring recruitment at the different depths.
As they walk through the different scenario's they do state that one needs to look at their goals and applications, but all the recent things I've read is that full oly squats are 'most beneficial'.
Anyway, not that I'm rock bottom right now but I'm working on it and I'd have a hard time switching to quarter squats at this point (even if I could wow the gym with 5 plates per side
).
