Partial squats from bottom?
Okay, I'll apologize up front if this is a stupid question. But lately I've seen several online "coaches" perform and recommend a squat variation which is essentially a 1 1/2 squat, where you perform full below parallel squats, but every other rep only comes halfway up, then back down before returning to full standing. Now I understand it's not part of the program the way they were performing the move as they perform it involve high reps, but could the lower end from below parallel to halfway up be adapted as an assistance move? My guess is the answer to that is going to be no, but I could be wrong. So where did such a variation come about and why?