I was at the gym today waiting for a squat rack and the guy using it had the safety rails up to his armpits. He appeared to be doing squats (barbell on back 2 plates), but he was just barely bending his knees. I've heard of people doing half or quarter squats before, but he was barely even moving. That he had the safety rails up so high indicates that he was probably aware of his shitty range of motion.
He was pretty buff though, so I'm confused. Is this a legit exercise? Rehab exercise maybe? He took forever too. He was in the rack already when I came in and was there for another 30 minutes or so doing these knee bends.
I'm always irritated when I have to wait for equipment due to someone using poor form, so on a scale of 1-11, how annoyed should I be?
I mean it sounds like hes sort of doing pin squats but with 2 plates I doubt it
Andrew Ramirez
i seen a guy do this. His squats were 1 inches total. he racked up 6 plates each side and left the weight there once he left
Austin Parker
Watched a video. Way too much movement and the rails are lower.
Amount of bend in the knee is more comparable to the pic I posted and I never saw the bar hit the rails despite them being so high.
Owen Green
Sissy squats? They look dumb
Oliver Turner
my vote is that its a rehab thing.
Luis Morris
whats that picture showing?
Isaiah Jackson
my bet is he's just a big guy who likes trolling autists like you
Logan Scott
>He was pretty buff though
you'd be surprised to see your image of "buff" change once you get stronger
on a scale of 1-11 you should be at 0 because there's nothing you could do about shitty people hogging equipment, except maybe find a better gym. sucks but that's how everything in life is desu familia
Elijah Ramirez
This shit is infuriating but ykno whatever.
Ian Brooks
Not op, but it shows his ROM i guess
Evan Collins
This probably. I had surgery on both my knees and do extremely small ROM "squats" to get my legs to work normally. Although I do those at home because I don't want to be the topic of a thread on mongolian tapestry forums.
Austin Russell
>225 lbs as a rehab weights
Honestly probs not.
My guess is if he's like me a full squat doesn't target the area he wants to specifically tone. Sounds like an isolation exercise to me.
Daniel Ward
Range of Motion. He was literally just bending a little at the knees and then popping back up.
Rationally I know people with bad form pay the same gym membership I do, but while I don't begrudge people who are clearly putting effort into their fitness, it drives me fucking nuts to have to wait for someone who is just pissing away the time anyway.
Nathan Sanchez
No, he was definitely doing reps, he just went down like an inch.
Ethan Roberts
He said the bar was on the guy's back, so no
Liam Jones
He could have been doing jerk dips if he was an oly lifter. It'd be a bit strange to have it on his back, when you jerk from the front rack position, but behind-the-neck jerks are a fairly standard thing for training purposes, so it wouldn't surprise me to have somebody doing it with the bar on their back.
Two plate would seem very light for it though, especially if he was buff to begin with. I'm weak as shit and can barely manage to bench 225 for reps and can only strict press 135 for a triple, but a 225 jerk isn't too difficult at all, just a technique thing.
Still, wouldn't be completely outlandish.
Charles Turner
Actually I take that middle bit back. 225 foe a single jerk isn't difficult, but if I were to do jerk dips with it for sets of eight or ten, it'd ve pretty difficult, the short range of motion and springiness required actually add to the difficulty.
Kevin Ross
You sure he wasn't just doing calfraises?
Xavier Cruz
I saw a guy doing 1/8th squats with 275 today
Not sure what the point of that is
Nathan Perry
If he was, he was doing them weird going down and not up. Knees were definitely bending, just not much.
There is such a thing as a squat walkout. You can get your cns rolling pretty well by walking out something higher than you can 1rm
Ian Walker
Would this be a good thing to do to make my working sets seem lighter
Christopher Taylor
Yes, though bar was on his back, rom looks similar.
Easton Rogers
>fit tells me to squat >lots of squats >I'm the only one who ever seems to squat in ny gym >Never see strongmen in gym squat
Are they a meme? Have I been memed?
Jonathan Clark
Lucky you. It's nothing but squatters at my gym. If I pull up and there's a bro truck parked nearby, I know the rack is in use.
Bentley Cox
There is not a strongman in the world who isn't at least a decent squatter, if not a great squatter.
Random gym rats are a different story.
Nathaniel Jenkins
Most ive ever seen is 3pl8 in my gym
Charles Wood
What's so good about them
David Rogers
Oh I do this, Worked up to 360kg once (looked like I was shitting myself). It massively helps with confidence and connective tissue strength. Makes squatting 220kg+ pain free and less scary. Also massively builds isometric strength for the Abdominal cavity, I can really maintain IAP better since doing them.
Can't remember where I picked up the idea to do them, it may of been Kelly Bagget or some powerlifter. No idea but it seems useful. Didn't know the Chinese Oly team do it too.
Aaron Roberts
>tone
Nicholas Thompson
Yes, actually. Also, pin squats are even better for that purpose
Asher Johnson
>Are they a meme? Have I been memed? Yes. Squats are hugely overrated on the net.
Also the guy in the OP was likely doing something sports-specific. Sports-specific lifts often look outlandish.
Xavier King
>tone zone
Levi Edwards
I've been doing paused squats up to 3pl8 as rehab for hip tendonitis.
Get stronger faggot
Charles Collins
Only reason to have safty bars so high is for pin squats. They're more of an exercise to acclimate to immense weight though. Pretty easy to do with ~100 or more pounds than your 1RM. I find they are more for core bracing and back position than anything.
Jacob Morgan
>I'm always irritated when I have to wait for equipment due to someone using poor form this
Dylan Ramirez
>I'm the only one who ever seems to squat in ny gym >tfw this is me >tfw see everyone staring when I squat deep >eyes bulging out like "holy shit he can go THAT LOW with all that weight on the bar??" haters gonna hate man, shit never changes
Joshua Robinson
No rack I've seen in my entire life lets you put the safety bars that high
>ITT: shit that never happened
Brayden Walker
>mfw I go to the YMCA >most I've ever seen someone squat to depth was 3pl8 >lifting for 2 months hit 280 yesterday a2g >fuck boy 16 y/os quarter squat 2 pl8 and think they're the shit
Kill me now please
David Lopez
>doesn't go to a gym with real power racks >goes to some shitty commercial gym
