1. You didn't have "proper form", since a remotely correct squat shouldn't load the meniscus. Additionally, this is just fear-mongering: data tells us that the injury rate of lifting weights is astronomically low compared to almost any other sport. It has the added benefit that it actively prevents injuries in other aspects of life as well. All physical activity involves
some risk, such are the constraints of a physical human existence.
2. You need to lift heavy to get strong. This is the only way to induce stress that causes the right adaptations for getting stronger.
3. The novice phase later introduces chin-ups and also of course has pressing and benching. The novice phase lasts--at maximum--about 8 months (when you're a 19-year-old 150 lb genetically gifted skeleton). After this, you become an intermediate and vastly diversify your exercise selection. It's here when you do a lot of upper body assistance and you really don't end up with strange proportions.
I mean, people that do the program correctly and actually do a linear progression on weighted chins don't end up with weird proportions, even in the novice phase. (Although they're not added in until later.)
2. You need to lift heavy to get strong. This is the only way to induce stress that causes the right adaptations for getting stronger.
3. The novice phase later introduces chin-ups and also of course has pressing and benching. The novice phase lasts--at maximum--about 8 months (when you're a 19-year-old 150 lb genetically gifted skeleton). After this, you become an intermediate and vastly diversify your exercise selection. It's here when you do a lot of upper body assistance and you really don't end up with strange proportions.
I mean, people that do the program correctly and actually do a linear progression on weighted chins don't end up with weird proportions, even in the novice phase. (Although they're not added in until later.)