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Have you ever put everything into one, big lift? I don’t just mean trying to stand up from under a heavy squat with all of your strength. I mean standing up from under a heavy squat with all of your being. I mean, telling yourself, before you even go near the bar, that everything isContinue reading “When 1 Lift Means Everything.”

I haven’t written to you about squatting in awhile. But rest assured, I’ve been squatting. Have you? If you’re looking to get strong and build muscle, the squat reigns supreme over all other exercises. If I could only do one exercise for the rest of my life, it would be to squat. Of course, that’sContinue reading “Don’t Forget to Squat.”

When you’re really testing yourself with a tough set of squats, there’s a sticking point. You’re going to go down to the bottom, and hit it about halfway of the way back up. At this point, your ‘regular’ strength has stopped working, because the bar stopped moving up. And it it’s heavy, it’s going toContinue reading “The Sticking Point”

Whenever I strain my back squatting, my course correction is to continue squatting, and remove nothing from my weekly program. I’m talking about the kind of strain you get when you’re under the bar, and, there’s a little tweak. I’m not talking about a major injury. Usually it’s because your spine isn’t extended fully, andContinue reading “Squatting with a Sore Back”

I can’t prescribe or recommend anything for you without knowing exactly what your level of physical ability is, and what your goals are. What I can do is tell you a little bit about the benefits of squatting, as I have found through my own training, and, from what I’ve learned from others who knowContinue reading “Should I Squat?”

A box squat is when you squat down to a box (or bench), come to a complete stop, lean back a bit, then explode back up to your full, original, standing position. The complete stop ceases all momentum, making this variation of the squat truly focus on explosive power out of the bottom. You’ve gotContinue reading “Should I Box Squat?”

I’ve recently seen an infomercial that makes me sick. I won’t even link to it here. A squat is a squat, to full depth – whatever full depth is for you. If it’s not standard full depth, which is with your butt almost to the floor, that’s fine. You can work on it. And youContinue reading “Full Range Of Motion”