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Originally Posted by Young Gun  ROM and correct form are very different.
You can do a heavier weight for a fuller range of motion on the smith but what does that tell you. Your stabilising muscles have developed no where near as well and you now cannot balance with 32kg weight less than your smith weight. Thus your core isn't strong enough to be squatting that and your overall development has not been as good.
A leg press is a straight pushing movement and mimicks a natural movement much more so than a smith squat. But I take your point which is why I don't do them |
Fully agree with the above. Which is why I joined a new gym just to train legs as they had a squat rack
Saying that the 160kg balance issues are when I've gone below parallel - I feel as though on the 'drive' upwards I'm going to fall backwards.
Think I've said it before, but when I do squat, I'm trying to squat as deep as possible (almost ATG, but not quite) without worrying too much about the weight involved and going for reps.
I'll get Pikey to see if he can spot any obvious errors in my form tomorrow.