Juggernaut Olympic Training Center Squat Roundtable

The US Olympic Training Center athletes Colin Burns, Donovan Ford, David Garcia and Anthony Pomponio sat down for a training roundtable.

Topics:

• Training Squats during Shoulder Injuries (hip belt and safety bar squats)
• David Squatted 3x per week when he did his 305kg Squat
• Opinions on Squat Programs (Smolov, Russian Squat Program)
• Low Bar Back Squat is useless for weightlifters
• Front Squat vs Back Squat Frequency
• Hypertrophy training for Weightlifting, no necessary, but can be useful on when far out from a competitions
• How do better Squat numbers carry over to other lifts
• Training at the OTC with Zygmunt Smalcerz’s program (9 sessions/ week, Mon/Wed/Fri 2x/day, Squat Tu,Th,Sat)