High Bar vs Low Bar for Runners

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 don’t think it matters very much.

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People say a lot of things in the gym, man. I’d just say thanks and go on doing what you’re going to do anyway.

If you stick with a good training program for a long time and get much stronger than them, they’ll probably be asking you questions instead of telling you things. :slight_smile:

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Just wait till they see you leaning over at 45 degree angle with your “destroyed” back with 4 plates on each side of the bar. That’ll blow their minds :slight_smile:

So funny that this is almost guaranteed to be the type of response out of anyone in the general population when you mention a “high” weight deadlift or squat. “Ouch!” or “oh man, your back must hate you!” type of comments. No wonder people get nocebo’d on the back/knee pain type stuff when socially everyone perpetuates these kinds of stupid statements.