I thought this was an interesting article.

http://www.elitefts.com/documents/raw_squatting.htm

Matt Rhoads is a cool son of a bitch, great guy IMHO...and good article.

Personally when I train on squat days, I wear briefs and a belt. The briefs don't give me the kind of support that a full suit does, but it does give me a little "POP" out of the hole. It's my opinion that this is helpful at least psychologically when it comes to handling bigger weights.

Most powerlifting equipment is going to help you the most at your weakest point, that's their entire purpose...right? So the basic idea is (for example) that you might not be able to take 500 lbs. raw on your back, hit the hole and make it all the way back up. However; you might be able to complete a 500 lbs. squat from just past the hole on the way back up. By wearing the briefs, you might be able to complete a lift that you couldn't otherwise handle.

Soooo. Say you compete equipped but you train raw. You can't handle 500 from top to bottom and back up so you have to deal with lesser weights...say 450ish.
Well that 450 lbs. is doing nothing for the top end of your lift, it's just working the bottom half (at the hole). It comes to be meet day and maybe in a tight suit, briefs and wraps you're more like a 600 lbs. squatter but the most you've handle in training is around 450.

Just something to think about...this is why equipped lifting pisses alot of people off, but alot of other people find it enjoyable because buying a piece of gear can help their lifts and keep things interesting when they don't feel they are progressing fast enough.

There's a dude in my gym, probably about 50 years old or so...and he does 1/4 squats with like 600 lbs. Gets all psyched up and grunts on each rep, wears knee wraps, etc...but he's only moving the bar a few inches down and back up. What's up with that?

is there any benefit to do those partial reps with heavier weight?

wow i thought that was unique to my gym! haha is ur 50 yr old man skinny too?

In summary, I think that is bullshit. I did rack presses (squat) for months and all I ever got was a sore back.

Doing high partial reps is a great way to ramp up the CNS and prepare for heavier weights going full range. Even doing unrack and holds with weights I couldn't even do partial reps helped make the weights I could do feel lighter when walking them out. That is a great aid. But don't make it a band aid and do them all the time because if you do then when you rip of that band aid it will hurt like hell.

I like to load up the bar with like 600lbs and just stare at it and curse at it. Gets me pumped up.

I don't know. I can't watch youtube at work.

Sometimes I like to load the bar up with 800-900lbs, get under it in starting position and scream as if I were actually lifting it. Then I'll break it back down. The loading and unloading of all the plates gets me mentally prepared for what it'll feel like to load the bar up with all that weight once I'm strong enough to squat it. It's great for your CNS.

Do u have to go parrallell for it to count like not in a meet or anything but like in general. Cause I go down as far as I can with say 315lbs, but its not quite parrallell its as far as I can till my balls feel like somethings gonna tear. I can throw on there 225 and do it all the way but i feel like im getting bigger going as far as possible with 315. My legs are def getting bigger and I go knees to chest on leg press so I guess that helps. Arnold said its not about ego its about the look, but my question is is not going down all the way seen as pussying out, should a lighter load be used? Seems like the partials and I mean like 80-85 percent of the movemenet not fuckin 1/4 bulk better. Id like to see some response on this cause like it seems like no one really knows...opinions...facts....articles...????