Originally Posted by
Nockian
Get around parallel. I've explained. The bottom of the squat is the stretch feel in the hamstrings which happens at parallel. You can go a bit lower if you prefer, but that's not a necessity. Whilst you are using that dumbbell you won't learn to feel the point when the hamstrings stretch, instead you will become reliant on the touch of the dumbbell. Think of it like driving a car, when turning a corner you don't require to know how many degrees to turn the steering wheel every time, you learn by doing the repetition succesfully a number of times until you don't think about it. Get someone to watch you and shout 'lower' 'higher' etc until it's more obvious what it feels like, but for Gods sake throw that fucking dumbbell away.