I've been doing Rippetoe squats for a while but I'm starting to think they're a meme. Everyone at my gym has told me to keep my back straight.
What do?
Rippetoe Squats or Olympic?
Wyatt Edwards
Jack Stewart
Do whatever you find more comfortable, it really doesn't make a big difference.
Robert Perez
>not keeping back straight
>squatting properly, any style
Pick one
Daniel Cook
Depends on what you find comfortable.
I can't do low bar squats for the life of me because I always end up tilting forward. And I always try to do ATG without realizing it.
Julian Collins
The low bar squat has a better activation of glutes and hams, which is also why most people can lift more weight low bar squatting.
Thomas Taylor
By back straight I assume you mean back vertical?
Anthony Mitchell
Yes they say I lean forward too much. My back doesn't round
Jonathan Howard
I squat highbar ass to motherfuking grass but I feel like i use my hipflexors more than glutes.. How does one activate the gloots?
Isaiah Anderson
>Doing Rippetoe anything
Camden Clark
Ask them why they think leaning over in a squat is a bad thing. They give you some bullshit answer like 'uhhhh shear on the lower back' that's totally irrelevant and not much else.
Keep doing things the way you're doing them, it's fine. If you go to any serious gym nobody would look twice at somebody leaning over when doing low bar.