Emne: [Powerliftingwatch] Should Squats be Eliminated from Powerlifting?

[Styrkeboka]

Should Squats be Eliminated from Powerlifting?
11 March 2010, 2:44 pm

Would powerlifting be better off without the squat?

Disagreement over squat depth seems to be ever present in powerlifting. However, the debate over this weekend's squats really put a point on the above question.

It is apparent that informed and honest people see squat depth very differently. The problem, every federation's rules define depth in exactly the same way. By the rules, there is only one determination of what is a good squat. In practice, those rules seem to have been tacitly altered to suit the federation doing the altering, whether by allowing more lenient depth or demanding excessive depth. In turn, that understanding of proper depth has been passed along to the lifters who lift in that federation.

Source: Powerlifting Watch  - Covering the World of Powerlifting