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Originally Posted by skunkworks
Malucci - Rip talks about this in his book. It's a trick to raise the heels to allow you to squat deeper when you have hamstring flexibility issues. He somewhat disagrees with using this since it only perpetuates the real issue. Although using 35s seems a little overkill (most use 5s).
ankle mobility is a huge issue that is helped by plates too. moreso than hamstring i would guess (and i may be way wrong, tho the reason is bc its kinda ez to cheat hammy mobility problems by relaxing the back, not that thats good.)
anyway, using heel elevation to find depth is more pronounced with high bar, front, and most of all overhead.