My squat video: 405+chains for 3x5

**Emevas** · Posted On: 10/04/2008 11:43am

Thanks dude. Yeah, I looked over the raw footage with the pause feature, and it looked like I hit 13 of my 15 squats at the depth I intended. My hamstrings get real tight when I don't regularly perform low box squats, so once I re-introduce them into my program, I should be good to go.

**Emevas** · Posted On: 10/04/2008 11:43am

Originally Posted by Sakmongkol

Hmm I thought he said it was becuase to reach the required depth the hamstrings must relax. This opposes the idea of hip drive utilising the stretch in the hamstrings, its also inherently dangerous to lift heavy numbers with anything relaxed in the bottom portion of the squat.

I think lumbar rounding, or at least butt wink is standard in many lifters squats, tbh. I think you can see a small one in Marks' squat video.

Yeah, I remember the hamstring relaxation issue brought up as well. I feel like he talked about the lumbar rounding, but I might be confusing him with another source.