Going to parallel increases the shear on your knees. Going rockbottom (or ass to grass/olympic/A2G) is better because youre not stopping halfway down, you're riding the weight to the bottom of the natural motion.

Make sure your stance is correct. Usually with A2G's your stance is narrower than if you were going parallel and if your knee's are still feeling sore/awkward I would suggest posting a video of your squats.

In short, yes. A2G will increase the workload in general because of the increased ROM, and tend to hit the quads more because of the 'narrower' stance. But you're also probably not going to be able to squat as much weight compared to parallel.

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