Squat progression for a first time squatter

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I met this guy in the gym when he asked me for a spot, and some feedback on his bench.

We got to chatting, as I don’t talk to anyone unless they ask for help. Turns out he hurt his hip pretty bad in high school, and had never squatted before.

We set up a time, and I took him through my beginners squat progression.

We started with a dynamic warm up, and extra static stretching for his hips, ankles, and shoulders.

Then we started with bodyweight squats and went from there, I didn’t get all the sets on film, but you get the idea. He had never squatted before and we took him up to a pretty good 225 well below parallel.

Let me know if you have any questions or comments, as I use this progression as my warm up before I squat as well.

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This guy had never squatted before? Really impressive! It’s so rare to see first-timers go to depth with good form.

I’m sure you’ll get him up to 315 in no time.

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It was his first time squatting ever, he used to run track in high school, so he had a well developed posterior chain, but I doubt he weighs much more than 200.

You actually just reminded me that I have to facebook him the sheiko programs

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It’s all for you

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Very impressive stuff mate, inspirational stuff.

Keep it up.

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I’m on it