Is It Safe to Barbell Back Squat with Strength Imbalances?

HAH. I see you.

West Coast World Martial Arts

Reyes are cool folks. I enjoyed the performance Ernie Reyes Jr. put on in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze.

Inspired me to pursue Tae Kwon Do…which was ok.

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It’s common for guys who played sports to have these imbalances. Especially if the sport has you in a staggered stance, or leaning over a lot.

One or two guys posted on here who were surfers, andhad squats that moved side to side in a Serpentine motion.

Do you lean or twist when you come ā€œupā€ on squats? Does squatting hurt your back? Does it feel unsafe to squat?

Or do you only notice on 1 legged stuff?

you did see this guy has like 100 lbs squat, right? He’s not strong enough to actually know if there’s a real imbalance. The whole premise of the thread is nonsense.

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The thread is nonsense. Before it becomes a debate about martial arts can we just ask the kid if his back hurts and if not, close this thing out?

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Ok man.

Good luck. I hope this works out for you.