Ah, this makes sense: "What happens sometimes is people who don't naturally have great glute activation patterns and don't have naturally good muscle balance (ie. Dont have glutes that are naturally stronger than thighs) get in the weightroom and do exercises that SHOULD be strengthening their glutes but they end up strengthening their thighs and their glutes get very little. When you throw them into an athletic environment the body will naturally use the strongest muscles to control movements, so now their quads and other muscles will want to do what the glutes should be doing."
See, I didn't *think* my quads were all that wimpy because a 30 km bike commute doesn't tire me out too much. This makes sense that the stronger muscles are doing the work.
I thought the pictures posted in another thread, demonstrating ATG vs parallel included a comment on how going below parallel puts additional strain on the knees, increasing the chance of injury.
My knees were already protesting the squats, which is why I'm using the plates.
I'll try without the plates but I'm hesitant to go below parallel at this early stage.
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