Squat more with feet closer together?

[Tosa]

Honestly, I think the difference between low-bar and high-bar gets exaggerated, and over thought, a lot of the time. It's not uncommon for some of the lifters at my gym to warm-up high-bar and switch to low-bar for their work sets. If you weren't paying attention closely, or they didn't mention they were did this, you wouldn't even notice.

 

[DrBdan]

I squat low bar with pretty much the same stance as high bar *shrug* it just feels like the most comfortable stance for me no matter the bar placement.

 

[scoopj]

Interesting. I always found a wider foot placement more comfortable with LB. Maybe it comes down to anthopometry. I have long limbs.

 

[TheOnz**]

It's a tradeoff between how comfortable and natural the motion is between how much leverage you get.

 

[Leify]

Then I think shoulder-width is too narrow. In your OP you said you tried squatting with your feet "quite a bit farther apart" than shoulder-width. Why don't you split the difference and see how it feels?

Does anyone else who squats LB squat with a shoulder-width stance? Maybe I'm wrong. And I guess it will also depend on anthropometry.

I squat with a shoulder-width stance. My squat stance gravitated wider and wider for a short period of time, until one day I drove out of my first rep at 260 and was greeted with the feeling that my taint was ripping in two until I got out of the hole.

I've learned my lesson; narrow feels best.

 

[Deleted member 159002]

**Update**

Shoulder-width or slightly less with feet almost parallel is definitely the way to go for me.

 

[MatterOverMind]

The super wide squats you see some powerlifters do are only really useful for geared lifting.

And Lusst.

 

[squatsquatsquat]

And Lusst.

That's a big squat! I have found a narrow stance to be much more comfortable for me but you can't argue with a 520lb squat!

 

[MatterOverMind]

Most people won't have nearly enough hip mobility to hit depth with that wide of a squat.

But Lusst is a bit of a freak.

I think his 600 lb squat was slightly narrower, but it's hard to tell because it was filmed from the side.