JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================R" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?[KٖcuE` e+33HSa1V`W;&@ FvG54:Κ$Lx?wsҵ#&%QшE .D>՚1$| ْP$lI#8[Efj˵z}qWk9De-ȥHqyYmXdiQ" ܂3ӥszi*}PDD~oݯ'c5q rV]!ִ}6ɴ.ٴ4"U-(ArErVqɩ̎5n ~U$Z,$DI`>RN⹻ZBH$GtN;S9ltg}saa ?~^p8%YC捨pCUx58w$j|7 2EqגMfh]\VZy#mpVp^?Y´v187xxNG?W$EEݢcSe ab;ԓ~*=L ˃Ҳ4[a1Bk;]KaK639'uMIw4Riݝ jWg54lXɖQF:֭i'k.I.N:kϡI~kr*y9`N d*RCc#JZoH-FswCIRGn`'Pꨁo!+5(vᘒrk&A4X81hqQeK^$kh9zldnV 22ʲƃ%龹FX9nǯZχMC%G^Y!z,05u6drkJozNi2*\ylېǐ漿˸mLn?JmE(Xn<^(b͏+qۯ"?(6XN5ڼ2HZKSm-Tie%ݝI (t--nV9d#dvW-w s\mW2V 0\jè5kp`,p=qVv{iܦe9REۍS]MCNv&nUA q Jϛ:ǃ`t1wvv(a9(L`l zw}~+]JcraPi+ɚ^_Ӵ-H$K ȴZ)i 1,A[6qjcn#.4lHWD4lꨬP /kKwڙG-( J[#1hDPZ*mM sҹC'r15Լ)$.bmxZOEW ̹R}9Hs%;ӪlV$1Lf?6a+gnCA- $;a[ wK5U1Y q ɹ\F9A,qPz֕v*G#E% 3hzfgrfKH^AId5emw&9or8TޤYCCMdoI@Ǖ~@m8P 8l1dHr?26d$}V \;ǵzqš 5`h s]u" ^=@#gӭeNW ܎-I&d~ݭ8` sUi,G(NAJ 9P3bDzdEK:y hbOG hPqqR FJ+ gkqg6gifSzTLYЫR3P 2:GVuƎ.giL-E07oGޞwڷEh0л2fH4QI3iӄґE i Q3EOUrh oRi.TsE :苯[hb'Ɗ(E77UnOUt'@E(ɦQ O*dP8 ǓSWTTE2ne01V #E:h7  On the Squat, I spot so their technique is right. I don't touch them or the bar but I'm there to keep them upright. We also had three spotters on each side for his 1,000-pound squat. <br>Bob Jones, who has been an assistant coach for the Missouri Tigers for twelve years, judged the event.  I look at the mid-point of the hip, said Coach Jones. However, I still was not convinced that the coaches judged a Parallel Squat the same way I do. I asked them to judge four of my squats. On the first I purposely went 4-inches high. They said,  Way high Coach Shepard. <br>Next, I went two inches high. They said,  Still to high, coach. For the third squat, I went just a half inch high. Again the responded correctly,  Coach Shepard it was close but we wouldn't count it. <br>Finally, on the fourth squat, I went a half inch below parallel. It was unanimous. They passed the fourth but only the fourth attempt. I had to be sure because so many say they squat a bunch but then when I watch, they are not even close to parallel. So, readers, I am reasonably sure that Rob Riti's 1,000-pound Parallel Squat was indeed parallel. <br>Rob remembered,  The 1000-pound Squat was my goal. Coach Sommer and I sat down and discussed it and thought it was realistic. That day my friends and team were all here. The bar was bending and it was a challenge just to hold the weight on my