It would be cool if you guys wrote more about the teens out there you know not everone who works out are over 21, are you guys interested in the future bodybuilders/powerlifters.talk about the young ones more.man i feel like im the only young teen reading t mag. im 15 and something happened to me today, I was maxing out at 400 and this powerlifter guy was telling me i wasnt going low enough so i went 1 more inch down for parallel i mean 1 inch well maybee 2 and the weight crumbled me into the rack why is there such i huge diffrence in these few inches? also what are your guy’s view on creatin? the liquid the powder pills or what? please give me advice on supplements for a 15 year old wannabe powerlifter
on the westside method in the article about peridazation they talked about box squatts im trying to follow there method im just saying what is the purpose of a box squat?
Two bits of advice: 1) Pay closer attention in English class. 2) Read the article at T-mag called “Youth Gone Wild” which is written for teens. You can find it with the T-mag search engine. The “Dawg School” columns may also be helpful.
I agree with Chris about the english class. As far as the squat depth goes, I find that there is a prodigious difference within the 3 inch “make or break range”. From a long time of power and speed work, I feel you can subtract off 30 lbs from your current “high” max, for each inch starting from 1 inch above parallel, to parallel, to 1 inch below parallel.(i always make it a point to have my hip at least 1 in. below my knee, usually 3 or 4). By sinking nice and deep in “the hole”, newbees or other buttnoggs find out just how weak thier hamstrings and other supporting muscles really are. One more thing son. When I walk into a gym, I have more respect for a person who I see squatting deep with 315 or even 225, than if I saw someone performing squats above parallel with 500 lbs. I train at the LA Lifting Club and Serious Members Gym, where the floor around the squat rack is brown and off smelly, lol.