Perhaps it is a coincidence but I just seem to know and or read about too many long term lifters who maintained back squats as a go to movement - over years - and ended up with back and hip issues.
Competitive lifters, yes. Likewise, competitive cricket players get shoulder problems - should we never chuck a ball? Regular marathon runners wreck their knees - no running?
There's doing the movement, and then there's
doing the movement competitively over decades. Different stuff.
Looks, health, performance. Three different things. Max out on one and sacrifice at least one of the others.
Most of us here are over 40. Our best performances are behind us, and we're going to be old and ugly soon if we're not already. Focus on health.
The common cue back then in powerlifting circles was "arch, arch, arch". For someone who falls into flexion that might get them back to neutral. For me it probably just put huge compressive forces on the facet joints.
Nowadays thanks to Westside it's "hips!" Which then gives them hip flexor problems, especially the long-legged ones.
Homogeneous application of a cue runs into problems with heterogeneous bodies.
Edited by Kyle Aaron on 02-17-21 01:03 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
