re: Anybody do "bro squats"?

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It's actually harder and more damaging to stop prior to parallel to change direction.

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True - as long as proper form is followed, throughout, the lifter should always go as low as flexibility allows - again - without breaking form to "go lower" - the natural pause at the bottom "in the hole" as they say - is the cue to contract the glutes, initiating the concentric phase of the lift. Too many people view this as a quad/knee movement and that is why they get hurt. The squat is a rare combination of press, posterior chain, AND full body exercise, with the primary muscles involved are the glutes, with the quads secondary. The rest of the body supports the lift, more or less, isometrically - although there is some shortening/lengthening of the hamstrings and lower back muscles - these are more heavily involved in the eccentric phase of the lift.

Anyone squatting with heavy weight and simply cannot go to parallel - I would recommend getting an evaluation with a professional trainer and determine if it is simply natural (unlikely), the result of other medical/structural issues with the back and/or hips, or that flexibility needs to be improved.

Proper form is to squat back, then down, keeping the knees in line with the toes (no buckling inwards, so the toe line should be adjusted to insure this), feet slightly wider than shoulder width, and the knees should remain "behind" the toes throughout the lift - no bending at the waist, only at the hip crease, to the limit of the lifter's flexibility. The "press" or concentric motion should be initiated by contracting the glutes and "press" upwards - the best visualization is to imagine the feet pressing downward and puncturing the floor- with the body reversing the motion of the eccentric phase, up, then forward to the standing position. Back neutral throughout - spine "noggin to tailbone" remaining in a straight line throughout - no sideways motion and no bending of the waist in either direction.

It is so simple a child can do it.