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I don't know. When I get from full knee extension to about 25 degrees of flexion "something" moves on the lateral side of the knee, in that "hole" of the knee.

I know what you mean but after a few workouts you'll find the proper spot. You will never worry about that ever again after that happens.

When I started to low bar squat I had the same issues: the bar kept on sliding on my back and my wrists were straining so hard... everything was a REAL mess. I wanted to quit more than a couple of times but sticked with it. All these issues went away after that. Now it doesn't slide at all, and my wrists are OK. You just need to find that spot and to find the proper grip on the bar (experiment with the grip width). I know people recommend a wider grip for those with tight wrists/long arms etc but I found out that a narrower grip was better, it kept my back and whole body stiffer/stabler when squatting.

And I was really exaggerating lowering the bar too much on my back, I think I'm more in a medium-to-low bar position.

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Well the question is - do you REALLY need to get that heavy when doing your RDLs? Use them more as an assistance exercise in the higher rep ranges.

Man I always screw my de-loads and end up losing strength.


 

Yeah but you really need to ask yourself "am I really losing strength or am I actually losing movement efficiency "strength" in certain gym exercises".

Well the depth jumps are more specific to jumping (especially reactive jumping where the drop-step occurs) and are in the speed-strength realm, whereas the half squat (explosive) is in the strength-speed realm. Also, the depth jump is bodyweight only and can teach you to move your bodyweight (to use your strength to apply movement to the body itself instead of into a barbell) and you also actually jump vs just moving a barbell as in a half squat.

So... it depends what you're after.

Yeah the point is though that if you're indeed progressing then you don't need a deload. If you aren't progressing anymore, a deload might be an option (among others).

No big deal anyway, I don't even disagree with that "When it's the time to deload you'll know it" statement , i would just prefer it to be stated a bit more elaborating.

When it's time to deload, you will know that the macronutrients that nurish the somatic cells have become overwhelmed and it's time to decrease the neural load on the CNS to relieve the muscle cells and ATP stores of this stressful stimuli, doing so will provide a recovery benefit and will boost the creatine stores in the muscle cells, plus some T1-T3 hormone respose mechanisms that mean you're going to squat more after this.

Like this ^^^?