are you suggesting I am lying?
At the end of the day, we are not talking about olympic weightlifters...we are talking about someone who wants to improve his ankle stability for running on uneven terrain.
CL - I can see that you are trying to suggest a suitable exercise. I myself perform squats on a squat machine as part of my gym routine. This is a leg strengthening exercise.
Saz - I also see your point... a non weightlifter performing a full squat without adequate knowledge of correct technique perhaps isn't the best idea.
I re-iterate my point... the best place to gain ankle strength/stability for the fells is in the fells.
Only one who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. -T.S.Eliot
CL - I suggest that you check your knowledge of weightlifting training or your definition of rarely
As for the use of full squats by runners or anyone else - not too long ago I chaired a meeting between the leading S&C coaches in the country (including some international weightlifters in their own right) and various top track and field coaches. The unanimous view of this group was that if there was a benefit of the full squat for t&f athletes (and this was questionnable for all, let alone endurance runners) then this was far outweighed by the injury risk even to athletes who are being fully supervised and who have correct technque
There is a big difference between concenious opinion and personal view or actions
I am not sure I know exactly what a "squat" is but if I had to take advice from:
Sarah: ex-international Marathon, Mountain etc athlete, Journal Editor, PhD, England Team Manager, author, highly regarded in all athletic circles, etc
or
CL: self-opinionated, er, self-opinionated,...
Close call?
You missed out Seb Coe stalker? CL not Saz
http://www.whartonconsulting.co.uk/about_people.htm
Read Saz's profile then decide who might be right.
I think I will keep out of this one from now on!
I still say get yerself out into them hills... best place for training for the hills...is them hills!
Only one who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. -T.S.Eliot
Reality doesn't conform to anyones opinions whether the individual or majority, even if they have qualifications.
The facts are against you as we have seen with Dabyer. If full squats were dangerous as you suggest, then front squating with 200kg for 5 reps would be madness.
The reason Dabyer can squat with so much weight is because his muscles are extremely powerful and his joints, tendons and ligaments have incredible tensile strength.All a direct result of full squats.
Now one fact that should make it clear to anyone with a properly functioning brain. If weightlifters weren't allowed to full squat(because it was dangerous), then the amount they could lift would drop dramatically. That in itself demonstrates the loss of power by not dropping into a full squat.