Posted in Squat on Mar 2nd, 2011
Darin Keesing wrote the following on the StrongLifts Fan page 2 weeks ago in reply to my Squatting Mistakes article: I still disagree with you about towels/pads. Some skinny guys (like me) just don’t have the muscle/fat on their backs to make the bar comfortable at 200+ pounds. Please stop calling people sissys. When I [...]
Posted in Squat on Mar 1st, 2011
The Squat to Stand with Overhead Reach is my favorite mobility exercise, one that I do every time before I Squat, Deadlift and even Bench. There are 2 things you’ll achieve by including Squat to Stands in your warm-up routine: One, you will boost your hip mobility (stretches hamstrings & adductors) so you can Squat [...]
Posted in Squat on Mar 1st, 2011
Smolov is a Russian strength training routine designed by Master of Sports S.Y. Smolov. Smolov is guaranteed to increase your Squat. Increases of up to 100lbs in 13 weeks are possible. Here’s the full routine.
Posted in Squat on Feb 23rd, 2011
Try finding a Squatter who has never experienced lower back pain at least once during his Squatting career. There was a time where I had to stop doing Squats completely for several months because I couldn’t do them painlessly anymore – too much sitting was my culprit. Maybe that sounds familiar to you. Fast forward [...]
Posted in Squat on Feb 16th, 2011
How much you Squat isn’t the only thing that will make you look as if you know what you’re doing in the gym. There are guys who have been Squatting for a long time, Squat ok weights, and yet they still make a lot of “newbie mistakes”. Here are 9 of these Squatting mistakes you [...]
Posted in Squat on Feb 15th, 2011
NOTE by Mehdi. This post was written by StrongLifts Member Scott (“Cleave“, 44, USA) who lost 90lbs total and increased his Squat to 285lbs for 5×5 even though he struggled just getting up a flight of stairs when he started out. ### I love the squat. I really do. But it hasn’t always been that way. [...]
Posted in Squat on Feb 11th, 2011
Rick asked… Hi Mehdi, I’ve changed the position of the bar when i squat. I have dropped it about a bar thinckness lower from looking at yours and other people youtube videos. Anyway, it kills my wrist. So much so that i have bought supports for my wrists. But when I see SL Member Myles Squatting 180kg with no [...]
