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Originally Posted by Andrew.cook
Now, that being said, powerlifting has prescribed a squat that puts all of your most powerful muscles in play, removes a lot of potential for injury by stressing correct form (though I realize this is only correct in the sense that it meets the standards that WSBB has created). While I think that there is some potential for error and injury, I believe that if coached well, or even if someone were to read and comprehend the instructions (chest high, elbows down, feet wide, start with a hip break, sitting back or "reaching back", shins vertical, spread the floor with your feet, push the knees out, drive the hips through) the true risk for developing some reduced mobility or increased potential for injury are as minimal as they could be.
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No way, man...I completely disagree with that. The PL squat has nothing to do with mobility - it is all about lifting the heaviest weight with the least ROM. Have you ever seen the 1000+ lbs squats? Are you telling me that they have high mobility? One of the big guys who does full ROM squats is Mike Tuscherer (sp?) but he is one in a many. IMO it also has high injury potential because it causes massive wear and tear of the hips.
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Originally Posted by AC
The other factors that would have me teach this method FIRST, before moving on to something more complex, like an overhead squat or a front squat, is that the concepts are pretty simple, and you can effectively utilize some additional methodologies like box squatting right off the bat.
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Actually, I am currently training 4 people right now and I had them all start out with mobility work from Eric Cressey's book. After almost 3 weeks of mobility work (and what I now know to be also "Stability work") all four of them are doing OH Squats much better than I ever have. None of them know how to back-squat properly but they can each do OH Squats and Front Squats with near to perfect form. Given they are all newbies to lifting I believe that having them start out with form drills, etc and then moving onto complex exercises like these is better because otherwise they would be in the same boat as me: I can do a squat properly but an OH Squat is damn difficult. Why? Because I haven't trained it first. However, had I trained myself the OH Squat first, the back squat would've been a zilch.