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i saw this video just now.. which make me wonder.. wtf squat is good for.
He squat 352lbs only.

but again he is only 132lbs

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ACtkXdSf8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ACtkXdSf8</a>

Dude, he squats 2.6x his bodyweight....

I agree a lot of coaches nowadays are overly obsessed with posture and mobility but one worth looking at is ankle mobility. Look at the first video in this thread:

http://www.adarq.org/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/fix-your-squat/

See the assessment at the 6:30 mark. If your ankle mobility is really bad you can fix it pretty quick, and it'll often positively impact your jump and help eliminate knee pain.  I correspond with a guy who coaches a mens pro team in europe and he told me out of his entire team only 2 players could pass that test, but those 2 are the only 2 that leverage strength gains directly into vert/speed improvements without any need for SPP.

Hey Kelly,

Good to see you back as a proud owner of vertical jump bible 2.0. I am 36 years old, and after a few injury riddled years (and the birth of my son) back at vertical jump training. Still an obsession after all these years. My mobility is still horrible. You mention ankle mobility is a pretty easy fix, but I never could quite fix that (hence the injuries). What would you recommend?

Why do you want to strengthen your glutes? Why is it a problem that your glutes are stronger than your quads?

Different dude, huge bulgarian split squat

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB24oz56yLw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB24oz56yLw</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VGmqdlb9Bg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VGmqdlb9Bg</a>

Dude,

I'm 36. Still jumping as high as when I was 25. Only difference is that I'm a lot heavier, and need to drop a lot of fat (I was heavy squatting in the Rippetoe era). Don't worry about age. Keep training, but don't force it, it will only lead to injury, I've been down that road. As long as you keep training, vert will improve. But take your time!

Also, in my humble opinion, full squatting isn't the only way to jump really high. There are tons of other exercises to achieve the same.

Keep it up

the guy who could power clean 150kg!

And I posted it because I remember a very intense discussion between a certain honeybadger and mr rippetoe...

https://www.strengthandconditioningresearch.com/promotions/quarter-squats-transfer-sprinting/