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user-inactivated  ·  3388 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: August 19, 2015

I'm a low bar squatter as well so right on. I'm always going to recommend someone to squat to competition standards which is below parallel. Parallel being the crease of your hip dips below the top of your knee. Many people have issues hitting depth because of mobility. Best way to fix that is stretching your hip flexors, ankle flexibility helps as well. Also taking a wider stance with your toes pointed out (if you don't wear oly shoes) will help a ton. My favorite video to show off on how to squat correctly is Alan Thrall's video here.

And thanks for the good luck, I'm hoping to take my states Junior 83kg records this year.