Here is a Mark Rippetoe quote on squats from Starting Strength 3rd Edition. “There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that provides the level of central nervous activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density enhancement, muscular stimulation and growth, connective tissue stress and strength, psychological demand and toughness, and […]
Increasing Hip Mobility with Paused Squats
Over at r/weightroom there was the question What are good ways of increasing hip mobility? And threewhitelights provided a nice anecdote. After 2 years of trying to squat to parallel with good form, I finally found that nothing loosened my hips like pause squats. Squat down with a light weight (I used 135-155 when I was squatting 225) to […]
Sunday Squat Test Mobility WOD
It’s time for a 10 min squat test again. I haven’t done one of those in a while. Below is Kelly Starrett from a 10 minute squat test Mobility WOD. focus on maintaining your arch get on a box, drop one foot play around Check out Mobility 101 for more mobility awesomeness.
Konstantin Konstantinovs 2011 WPC 960kg Raw
Here is Konstantin Konstantinovs at the 2011 WPC in Riga (complete recordings here). His first meet after an injury. Beast Mode! Squat 330kg (727lb) Bench 230kg (507lb) Deadlift 400kg (881lb) Total 960kg (2115lb) RAW
Fixing Flat Feet Mobility Mobility WOD
Kelly Starrett shows you how to fix flat feet better squat. Problem: collapsed, flat feet, no arch -> an unstable squat Fix: create torque in the hip first, externally rotate legs (knees out) et voilà – arch is restored and proper squat form is achieved
Dmitry Ivanov 460 kg Squat
From the 2011 IPF World Championships here is Dmitry Ivanov with a 460 kg Squat (1014 pounds) which is an Unofficial World Record He also squats 375 kg Raw.
How to Squat – Taught by a 1 Year Old
The Squat – the most natural of all human movements.
20 Squats @ 210kg
How about 20 Squats @ 210kg (462 lbs), Raw, Deep, No Belt, No Wraps? Yikes! Now get in the gym and do some skwats!
Bodyweight Exercise Program Spreadsheet
If you want to increase your bodyweight exercise rep numbers, take a look the Bodyweight Exercise Training Program Scheduler. It was created by a redditor named Engessa. See this thread. He combined the dip program from 150 Dips, the squat program from 200 Squats, the push up program from 100 Push-ups, and the 200 Sit-ups program into one single spreadsheet. Copy it […]
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