Posts Tagged with "squat technique"
Want to Get Better And Feel More Comfortable Squatting? Do This.
Squats. You either love them, or hate them. If you’re reading this site, you’re probably a member of the former camp. You love them. But even if you love squats, I think it’s safe to assume that we all secretly love to hate them. Squats aren’t easy. They take a lot of practice, patience, and… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 1/23/15
I made a cameo appearance coaching up the Cressey Sports Performance Strength Camp (formerly known as Excellence Bootcamps) this morning in lieu of head CSP Group Fitness Instructor/Strength Camp coach George Kalantzis‘ absence. Why was George away? He had to go off and get married and have a kick-ass honeymoon this past week. As if… Read more
Cueing Posterior Pelvic Tilt When Squatting and Deadlifting? Have I Gone Mad?
One of the more popular cues trainers and coaches use when teaching the squat and deadlift is to arch the lower back….hard. There’s a legitimate reason why, too. Squatting and deadlifting under load (consistently) into lumbar flexion is a major no-no, and usually results in any number of lower back dysfunctions and injuries. All someone has… Read more
Q&A: Does Age and Heavy Training Take a Toll on the Spine?
As you can imagine I get a lot of emails on a daily basis. I get emails from friends, colleagues, clients, Nigerian Princes wanting to give me all their money, and I also get a fair number of emails from people I don’t know asking me any number of health and fitness questions. Below is… Read more
Why the Box Squat is Overrated
There are a lot of things I don’t do anymore that I used to. 1. Unlike when I first moved here eight years ago, I no longer refer to Boston as Beantown. That’s a big no-no amongst locals. Doing so is as sacrilegious as wearing a Laker hat or a Derek Jeter jersey down Boylston!… Read more
3 Ways to Improve Your Squat
Among the many gems that I gleaned this past weekend during Greg Robin’s Optimizing the “Big 3” workshop was the notion that, contrary to popular thought, the purpose of supplemental work (or exercise) isn’t so much to make an exercise harder, but rather to address a some form of “kink” in one’s technique. One such… Read more
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 6/20/14
Before I get into the nitty gritty and link to some fantastic reads from this past week, I wanted to put out a quick “feeler” (not that kind of feeler. Get your mind out of the gutter) on something I’ve been thinking about doing in the very near future. People have been asking me for… Read more
How Deep Should I Squat?
Perusing the internet can be comical. LOLcats, Buzzfeed, and Star Wars parodies aside, where I find the most comedy (or to be more precise, the most chest thumping, blatant lies, and fibbing) are in various training websites and forums. It seems everyone on the internet – at least in training circles – is either some… Read more