[quote]jlburch wrote:
[quote]budreiser wrote:
Ssb lights up my back. I think it’d be better for my deadlift honestly.[/quote]
Yeah, I’m hoping it will serve two purposes. I want to start squatting more frequently, but my knee bothers me when I do low bar too often. The SSB doesn’t bother my knee as much so I figure I can add that in for more frequency, which will hopefully carry over to both my squat and deadlift.[/quote]
I apologize that I can’t help directly with the question, as I have a new york barbells SSB (which I still love very much), but in terms of this specific part, I will say that, from my experience, the SSB doesn’t really build the competition squat. At least, not directly. It will help maintain strength in the movement, but the SSB squat is far less technical that the skillset doesn’t really transfer. With the SSB, if your weight falls forward, you can just good morning the weight back up with zero issues, whereas a barbell will try to cut your head off. You can have a much more rounded upperback with the SSB compared to a barebell as well. I would say, if nothing else, consider having some regular barbell work for form practice just to keep that grooved.
However, as a deadlift builder, the SSB is amazing. One of THE greatest movements you could do. Honestly, if I did not care about powerlifting, and only did strongman (or only cared about being stronger in a general sense), I would never do another squat with a barbell, and only use the SSB.