Form Check Friday Ep.16: How to Squat Deeper 

600lbs for 2in.

Short kings gotta show off somehow.

Getting a proper forged steel squat rack with HEAVY safety/spotter arms (forged in Aucland, God Defend) is one of my favourite purchases ever. 100% worth it, the peace of mind has gotten me quite far.

I will never understand people that squat heavy outside of a rack or without spotter arms in case things go wrong. It's just ridiculous.

I don't love the safety there. Hope he's good at bailing out of a squat.

And make them different categories.

I just think they need to red light people who grip inside the start of the knurling on the smooth and make up an excuse in the rules like it’s a lifter safety hazard. that’s how all the zero rom lifts in the ipf happen with sumo, people just grip the smooth and hold the bar as far down into their fingertips as possible edit: I’m pretty sure in some other federations there was a rule that you can be red lighted for squatting with the bar too low on your upper back

the kabuki bar has knurling even farther towards the center of the bar so it’s already over for all the federations that for some reason decided to adopt kabuki shit

Simply using a stiff bar is all you need. Even the most advantaged pullers still need to do a real lift on a stiff bar with calibrated plates.

Tiktok. Not even insta is really into that style of pulling.