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When you say to a box Powersports are you talking touch and go, as an indicator? Not a box squat per se?
I was told that I don't have to squat as low as I do, which I thought was weird. This was by someone very much in the know. I guess going to a point where your hips go just past your patella is a legal squat, but I love the feeling of getting right down there.
I never knew you could squat to low LOL
You have flexibilty issues and possibly weak hips. Try the wide stance box squats that Joel mentioned. Start above parallel, then slowly get lower and lower boxes.
Your hips will cop a hammering at first.
Yes a sedentary lifestyle can contribute to weak hips, overall you probably won't have much strength or flexibility. At least you are doing something about it though!
That is what I thought. Although it was more to do with competitions and where you squat to. As long as your hips go past parellel (below patella) it is a legal squat. I guess by only allowing yourself to go just past you can load more weight?
I actually prefer the feeling of going right down, the feeling of halting myself puts me out of my groove.
I really need to have a crack at the box squats. I only ever just squat. I am sure I have read things from Markos that he gets his clients to very seldom box squat, only when trying to improve form or overload? I may even recall that he said unless you are getting up to 140kg that box squatting may not do much as you really need to just squat before that. Correct me if I am wrong Markos.
So only 10% of the time you have people actually squatting Powersports?
Yeah I have been doing the normal shoulder width, sometimes a bit beyond.
Sometimes depending on my stance, I may be able to go that little bit (probably wouldn't notice if I do lol). But I don;t want to widen it too much cos I feel awkwardlol.
Yeah my flexibility is definitely off. I have for the most of my life not been the best in flexibility, and I think as I got older, my flexibility somewhat decayed over the years lol. Maybe where I lack in one area, I maybe able to pickup good in another area, or variation of the same exercise, like doing front and back squats on different days?
WHat are box squats? Do you have a box under your butt? (never familair with them).
Plus where I train, it is more of a health club than a actual definition of a gym lol. Still they got the free weights so thats what countsIt was the only place I could choose that was clsoe to where I live.
SPeaking of health clubs, this is something that has annoyed the crap out of me, but why do so many of these places seem to always want to introduce people to the machine based exercises first? I truly hate them and when I first started over a month ago, I made a point to my trainer that I have no intention of using those machine based exercises, period. ANd yes I have used them years and years ago and it was a complete waste of time (guess you learn from past mistakes)
they are lazy and machines are alot easier to show ppl
That is my impression. Machines are a lot easier I agree, but they don't really do the job properly. Speaking of machines, what about the horror stories I keep on hearing about the smith machine? I remember years and years ago when I first started learning how to squat on those machines, in less than a month, I stopped using them, it was just so unnatural.
I saw a "trainer" the other day getting someone to do deadlifts on a smith machine lol.
I'm hoping I see someone power cleaning on the smith machine.. that would make my day, or week even...
I'm hoping I see someone power cleaning on the smith machine.. that would make my day, or week even...
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