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[Article] Getting to know the squat - All you need to know about squatting.
I had a bit of a realisation tonight when I tried setting the bar on the set of hooks lower than the hooks I normally use, which meant the bar was just below nipple height rather than about 10cm above.
This meant I had to bend right down and get right under the bar and that my forearms were almost horizontal while I was getting set, and that I could position the bar as low on my back as I liked. It also meant my wrists weren't under the bar at all, and reminded me of the pics of the guys in the SS book.
It's hard to explain but I recommend trying it if you have flexibility issues with your shoulders or wrists. I think Ive always thought having it start up on the higher hooks would make it easier, but really it just made it more awkward.
Goosey
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T NATION | Goblet Squats 101
I started doing goblet squats about 8 years ago and it made some great changes to my squat, most importantly is it makes it obvious that for the squat to work you are actually required to let your body hang between the legs.
I started doing goblet squats about 8 years ago and it made some great changes to my squat, most importantly is it makes it obvious that for the squat to work you are actually required to let your body hang between the legs.
The Hamburgler
Spotter Loader
Good article
Kyle Aaron
Active member
Been using goblet squats basically since I was employed by gyms. In fact I used it this morning, two guys in decent shape were half-squatting a single plate a side, I asked them what they were training for, did they have any injuries or issues, they wanted general fitness and no they were fine. They did the goblet squat, the plates came off, they squatted the bar, then 10kg jumps back up to 60kg. They found it very different.
Goblet squats are very very effective in teaching the squat. Very easy to tweak foot and elbow position to balance things out for a person's individual proportions. Once you have at the bottom of the squat,
In some cases the people are too deconditioned or inflexible to be able to make depth. So they start on a bench, no big deal.
Goblet squats are very very effective in teaching the squat. Very easy to tweak foot and elbow position to balance things out for a person's individual proportions. Once you have at the bottom of the squat,
- weight through heels
- knees out
- chest up
In some cases the people are too deconditioned or inflexible to be able to make depth. So they start on a bench, no big deal.
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Persistenttiger
New member
Thanks heaps for posting this video - I'm not so scared to use the racks now! Will give it a go tomorrow using these pointers!
Semillon
Member
Excellent video - ive had my hands far to wide apart and had a split stance, will switch it up for tonights session.
troywilliams
New member
Awesome post. Thanks
When i try and do squats, my flexibility in the shoulders isn't there and im left to hold onto the actual plates while squating. i've tried the front squat but find it awkward to hold and my wrists hurt a bit. any advice on how to overcome, im left with doing lunges each time which is doing nothing for my strength training.
Goosey
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kaz
iLift
I had this problem and so did my husband when he started training squats.
Not sure of your history as LH requested, but I have done the simplest mobility exercises to free up my chest and shoulders (inability to hold the bar in a squat is not always due to shoulders).
Will try find vids of mobility exercises I use but prefer history as to not upset any old injuries.
29 Y/O
Training 9 months now
No shoulder injuries at all.
If i try and like force myself to hold the bar i end up feeling pain in my chest. Only way i can get it to look like i normal squat is to use figure 8 straps and position my hands in front of the bar which creates for a really awkward balancing act on my traps.
Will give the stretches a go beforehand and see if they make a big difference as well.
HeavyD