Squatting and Back Stability | Yago Ferreiros

[stef]

What will be shown here, from first principles and using basic physics, is that squatting with a more horizontal back, as described by the Starting Strength model, will actually significantly help your back to stay stable throughout the movement. The typical squat with a more vertical back is not only not safer, but it provides the lifter with a less stable movement pattern.

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[PenguinArmy]

What will be shown here, from first principles and using basic physics, is that squatting with a more horizontal back, as described by the Starting Strength model, will actually significantly help your back to stay stable throughout the movement. The typical squat with a more vertical back is not only not safer, but it provides the lifter with a less stable movement pattern.

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Isn´t F Perp a lot lower with a more vertical back angle though? Surely that means that even though the delta is larger, it´s starting from a smaller load?

[Yago]

Isn´t F Perp a lot lower with a more vertical back angle though? Surely that means that even though the delta is larger, it´s starting from a smaller load?

Sorry, somehow I missed this! The fact is, if the weight is heavy, the back is going to go to the correct more horizontal angle in order to squat the weight up. That’s a big shift in f_perp, the bigger the more vertical the back angle. And we talk about heavy weights because we are talking strength training, who cares about light weights? With lighter weights of course stability is easier to achieve in general.