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Old 04-11-2008, 04:38 PM   #1632 (permalink)
Frank.S
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Originally Posted by Alcoholiday View Post
what do you think about the growing trend of using parallel squats instead of oly for olympic lifters to overload the squat? IMO oly squats are the best strength builder for oly athletes, especially since it mimics the position of cleans. But, i think parallel squats can help out to get used to the weight.

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I think its a great idea

If you are squating 500,600, whatever, to paralell 405 is going to feel like a peanut on your back and you are not going to be missing any lifts with it.
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