If you’ve ever worked with a personal trainer, read a bodybuilding magazine, or spent any time on the bodybuilding forums, you’ve probably heard one steady mantra when it comes to squatting – you have to do them, and you have to break parallel. You have read many times that partial reps on squats will damage your knees, and that you won’t see steady gains. You’ve also probably seen many trainers in the gym who train with less than perfect form on squats – not going down all the way. You have probably scoffed at their training methods, as you’ve been conditioned to view their technique as ineffective and dangerous. The truth – according to many chiropractors – is that these “partial squatters” may just be on to something. Scientifically, it’s a fact that the kneecap can only bend ...

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