Topic: Possible that ATG squats are IMpossible for some people?

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Posted at August 29, 2006, 10:42 pm:

So after watching a ton of ATG squat videos, I thought, hey I should try that! Well, I did, and failed miserably. Is it possible that some people just cant do it?

Parallel alone is a challenge and ATG is impossible for me.

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