You will be hard-pressed to find a weightlifter who isn’t looking to further develop their squat (back, front) max or technical execution. Unless you have reached the acclaimed Ilya Ilyin 2014 status your best bet is to keep improving the squat and its variations. As simple as this sounds, many people struggle the most with …
Mastering the Squat: Three Overlooked Squat Variations Read More »
Coming back from a knee injury I have decided for the first few months at least to pause squat, rather than perform regular weightlifting squats. By weightlifting squats I mean squats that develop the requisite qualities of weightlifting. The main ones being an upright torso and a deep bottom position. Of course I am maintaining …
A couple months ago I had a minor dislocation while squatting. My right femur had slid forward in the socket, and the 5 rep max back squat I was doing was the last straw. Maybe I was late to the party, but it turns out that you can’t just squat heavy all the time without …
When you squat you don’t drive through your heels. Or at least as a weightlifter you shouldn’t. I watched a video todaypublished by Juggernaut Training Systems involving Chad Wesley Smith and Max Aita talking about weight displacement in the squat. Generally whenever they publish anything, be it a video or a podcast, I take notice. Not …
Squat On Your Mid-Foot for Greater Quad Development – The Transference of Exercises Read More »
It doesn’t matter where Glenn is, or what team he is coaching, he consistently raises people’s squat up over 200kg, with many of his athletes squatting well over 250kg. It is no coincidence that he is able to achieve this with every athlete he coaches. So why is it that we have such a hard …
3 Exercise Glenn Pendlay Uses to Increase the Squat Read More »
The reason you are here, wanting to squat 200kg, tells me enough about you to know that the Texas Method is for you. Why? Because the Texas squat method is an intermediate squat program. So? Why would that have anything to do with you being here, reading this? Simple, intermediate lifters, myself included, are obsessive people… Progression …
2 Reasons Why The Texas Method Will Finally Help You To Squat Over 200kg Read More »