Squatting is generally termed the king of exercises. No exercise, in the history of the world is used as a mainstay in so many different sports. Squatting requires mental toughness and physical strength. No amount of leg curls will prepare someone for feeling a bar on their spine; their erectors won’t be ready. Gorsuch, et [...]
Pictured is Evelyn Stevenson who won a silver medal in the world powerlifting championships last year in the 70kg (154lb) category. Her squat was 117.5kg (258.5lb). Squatting works. Squatting and all its variants are still fundamentally the most important exercise anyone can do to improve their performance. One athlete recently asked me why I emphasize [...]
Recruiting the hamstring during a back squat has been demonstrated to minimize the anterior shear forces along the knee and the ACL. Essentially, the hamstring helps to hold the bones in place while the knee bends under the load. EMG studies by Wright et al 1999 demonstrated that hamstring recruitment during a 70% max squat [...]
Squatting is generally termed the king of exercises. No exercise in the history of the world is used as a mainstay in so many different sports. Squatting requires mental toughness and physical strength. No amount of leg curls will prepare someone for feeling a bar on their spine; their erectors won’t be ready. Gorsuch, et [...]