I often hear people deliberating about the importance of one exercise over another. I feel that our needs dictate our strength training. I tend to follow Dan John and Pavel Psatsouline for training advice, but I customize to my needs.
I have many orthopeadic injuries due to combat sports and just strength train now to fight old age and weight gain. I find that the squat is my holy grail hands down. I love pullups, dips, bench, clean and press and deadlift, but for me the squat is what makes me godlike. I try to do sets of 10. Blasphemy in the PL community, but it pushes me past my limits. I hurt everywhere the next day. A good hurt.
I have more speed when I sprint, more endurance when I hike, and greater upper body strength. The weight on your shoulders does something that is unparalleled in lifting. I love the deadlift for the raw power and the grip like Beowulf. I just feel that squatting helps me so much. I do loaded carries for grip and power work. If you lift, keep it up. If you don’t, please start. If you want gross changes do the squat/deadlift/bench I just have to sing the praises of the squat today.
My favorite part is when he calls sets of 10 squats ‘blasphemy’ in the powerlifting community. I don’t think I know a single powerlifter who doesn’t program high reps for their squats, often for more than 10 reps. Hell, the Boring But Big assistance to 5/3/1 is 5 sets of 10, every session.
Such insight and depth of knowledge. I am happy that there are people in this world who take their precious time to give out free information for the benefit of us all.
I just bought Rippetoe’s Starting Strength and realized…
Squats are even better than I had previously thought
and…
I’ve been squatting all wrong this whole time
and…
The other people in my gym who actually squat are doing it COMPLETELY wrong.
I feel compelled to master this movement and then spread the word. I could see myself starting a “Barbell Rescue” reality TV show, where I go from gym to gym giving unsolicited advice to other lifters.
[quote]twojarslave wrote:
I just bought Rippetoe’s Starting Strength and realized…
Squats are even better than I had previously thought
and…
I’ve been squatting all wrong this whole time
and…
The other people in my gym who actually squat are doing it COMPLETELY wrong.
I feel compelled to master this movement and then spread the word. I could see myself starting a “Barbell Rescue” reality TV show, where I go from gym to gym giving unsolicited advice to other lifters.
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The intro should be you curling pink dumbbells in the squat rack.
I often hear people deliberating about the importance of one exercise over another. I feel that our needs dictate our strength training. I tend to follow crossfit gurus and Youtube sensation Mike Change for training advice, but I customize to my needs.
I find that kipping hand stand push ups are the holy grail for me. I love doing all sorts of weird shit on bosu balls, but kipping hand stands are what make me godlike. I try to do sets of 10, but can’t. Blasphemy in the crossfit community. I hurt everywhere the next day. A good hurt.
The weight on your shoulders does something that is unparalleled in lifting. I love the bosu ball bench press to achieve the balance of a ballet dancer. I just feel that squatting helps me so much. If people look at you funny in the gym, keep it up. If you don’t, do weirder shit. If you want gross changes do anything that involves kipping and or bosu balls. I just have to sing the praises of the crossfit gods today.
