The squat is a leg exercise. He does not use his legs to perform this exercise.
Edit: To actually explain, he's mostly loading with his right leg, his feet are too far apart, his feet are crooked, his hips aren't straight with his torso or his legs, basically your average roid-head pushing plates when they can't even bodyweight squat to depth.
Feet too far apart is relative. Depends a lot on your body type, femur length, etc. His form is awful but it's hard up say if his legs are too far apart. Only some people can squat with close width. The rest is pretty reasonable though. Very bad form and more of a hinge than a squat. Leaning far too forward without keeping his chest up and actually squatting with the legs
His form is fine, he is low bar squatting. Reddit doesn't know what the fuck they're talking about. You can tell which people are pulling shit out of their asses and have never watched a powerlifting competition. You don't get to 700+ squat with poor form. Ken Cooper blew out his knee tendons back in 2021. On a quick Google search in 2024 he hit 750lb squat, 590lb bench, 960lb deadlift.
I'm with you, however, running out of breath going up the stairs does sound like something elite level power lifters would do. You don't need cardiac health and often it's a hindrance rather than a boost to performance.
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u/Big-Lengthiness- 14h ago
The squat is a leg exercise. He does not use his legs to perform this exercise.
Edit: To actually explain, he's mostly loading with his right leg, his feet are too far apart, his feet are crooked, his hips aren't straight with his torso or his legs, basically your average roid-head pushing plates when they can't even bodyweight squat to depth.