"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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proper squat? how low? do you go?

Zaraza

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How low should you go on a proper squad?
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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Parallel and above=Great stress on the knee.

In a powerlifting squat the hips comes below the knee like Kerpal said, which is probably an inch or so below "parallel".

In olympic squats with the term "ass to grass" is when you go well below parallel. Some do not have the flexibility or bio-mechanics to do this safely however.

So anywhere below parallel, and the important thing is that your back is locked in extension and doesn't round. If you can't go below parallel without your back rounding, you have some flexibility work to be doing, which you should be doing anyway. I have also seen articles by either Mike Roberston or Boyle I believe, stating that muscle imbalances can cause rounding to be a problem as well.
 
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