Well that's how it is.
This from last years unequipped world champs show similar squatting:
That is extremely refreshing to see.
The need for a bar indicates flexibility problems, which means I'm even more curious to see your squats.
I certainly do have some flexibility problems when squatting, they don't get in the way of depth as I go as far as is possible, I do however sometimes end up with one of my shoulders hurting because of my width, I sometimes have to hold my arms quite narrow to be able to rack and unrack the bar without trapping my fingers.
My lower back is also crap, like with dead lifts, I'm the opposite of most deads I see, I pull the bar up quickly until my lower back comes in to it and then it's a grind to lock out, whereas I see most people slow off the start of the pull and then when their lower back activates, they snap up straight.
Thick legs are relative
Certainly so, mine are about 34" mid thigh.
Right, so you don't actually have a problem with parallel squats, you just don't like high squats.
I realise I've not been particularly clear with what I've said, my attempt at qualifying it earlier when I mentioned distance rather than actual positioning, however I was talking about (well I had in mind) all the people I've seen squat who stop at "parallel" when they've only gone half the distance they could, you know, thighs 90 degrees to their lower legs sort of positioning.
Saying things like "parallol" just makes it look like you don't know what you're talking about, and are being wildly critical of the sport of proper squatting.
The parallol was in reference to the above, however I do think the term "parallel" itself does have connotations of the above situation where the femur is 90 degrees to the tibia.
I'm not critical of proper squatting, it's just I very rarely see it due to looking at the wrong feds as it seems.
