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I have been doing low bar squats mostly because I started out with Starting Strength. Is there a good argument to be made, for people who run, to use either the high bar or low bar squat as the primary squat?
I think I saw a comment in another thread that they work out the same amount of muscle mass, but I have also heard high bar works quads more while low bar works out the posterior chain more. I have also seen an older video by Alan Thrall that said that if you are doing deadlift consistently, there's no reason that you should be focusing on the low bar squat since you're already working the posterior chain. (I point this out knowing fully well that his views may or may not have changed because that video was from before 2017, if not 2015).
Anyways, part of this comes from the fact that people have been walking up to me in the gym saying that i'm going to ruin my back by leaning forward to a 45 degree angle. I know it shouldn't get to me, but it's hard to say much when I'm an absolute novice.
I think I saw a comment in another thread that they work out the same amount of muscle mass, but I have also heard high bar works quads more while low bar works out the posterior chain more. I have also seen an older video by Alan Thrall that said that if you are doing deadlift consistently, there's no reason that you should be focusing on the low bar squat since you're already working the posterior chain. (I point this out knowing fully well that his views may or may not have changed because that video was from before 2017, if not 2015).
Anyways, part of this comes from the fact that people have been walking up to me in the gym saying that i'm going to ruin my back by leaning forward to a 45 degree angle. I know it shouldn't get to me, but it's hard to say much when I'm an absolute novice.
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