At my gym, which is a real bodybuilding /powerlifting gym I have had numerous people tell me to stop going ATG,now in my squats as I am loading up far too much weight, on the rack and due to this I should only go slightly below parallel, as going ATG with the weight Iam using will fukk up my knees/ lower back etc etc. Apparently ATG is fine for lighter weights, but at my level I need to stop it.
So today I had someone watch my form,. and I went down to just below parallel,using the same weights, and did the same reps/sets, yet after I had knee pain for the first time, in ages, it was my right knee. It's gone now, it didn't stop the rest of my leg training, but obviously that concerns me a bit.
Just wondered what others thought about what I have been told in my gym,should I listen to them and perserve with doing heavy squats the 'right way', or go back to ATG, . , I do wonder whether because Iam six foot 3,which for bodybuilders especially these days is quite tall, maybe ATG squats suit me better. Now the peoplle advising me, aren't just regular gym goers, they have competed in bodybuilding or powerlifing competitions, one won a mr universe back in the seventies, If it was just random people who might have tead the latest mens health article on squatting I would ignore it.
So today I had someone watch my form,. and I went down to just below parallel,using the same weights, and did the same reps/sets, yet after I had knee pain for the first time, in ages, it was my right knee. It's gone now, it didn't stop the rest of my leg training, but obviously that concerns me a bit.
Just wondered what others thought about what I have been told in my gym,should I listen to them and perserve with doing heavy squats the 'right way', or go back to ATG, . , I do wonder whether because Iam six foot 3,which for bodybuilders especially these days is quite tall, maybe ATG squats suit me better. Now the peoplle advising me, aren't just regular gym goers, they have competed in bodybuilding or powerlifing competitions, one won a mr universe back in the seventies, If it was just random people who might have tead the latest mens health article on squatting I would ignore it.
