Also rack pulls are a bit harder because all the slack is taken out of the bar (unless you're doing block pulls with the plates themselves on elevated platforms/blocks).
Also rack pulls are a bit harder because all the slack is taken out of the bar (unless you're doing block pulls with the plates themselves on elevated platforms/blocks).
Snap. I thought rack pulls were identical to block pulls but that's a good point.
I just do block pulls because when I do them on the rack I have a tendency to deadlift properly and thus not do a really slow eccentric. So it just makes a ton of noise and attracts annoying people who work at the gym to tell me off.
Ah ok fair enough. How much you front squatting now?
PR is 60 x 3 x 3 unbelted. Never tried a 1RM in front squat. Apparently you should be able to C&J whatever you can front squat for a triple. By my PR I should be clean and jerking a lot more than I have done
PR is 60 x 3 x 3 unbelted. Never tried a 1RM in front squat. Apparently you should be able to C&J whatever you can front squat for a triple. By my PR I should be clean and jerking a lot more than I have done
It's funny. I was watching a Westside video or reading an old Westside article and they were talking about how Chucks are great to squat in but how you may not be able to get them as they're gonna go bust or something.
Someone they made a turn around 'cause now every other person wears them.
I was thinking of throwing in some front squats to correct some the problems with my back squat: leaning forward too much and having crap balance in the hole.
PR is 60 x 3 x 3 unbelted. Never tried a 1RM in front squat. Apparently you should be able to C&J whatever you can front squat for a triple. By my PR I should be clean and jerking a lot more than I have done
What the hell, i can barely clean 55kg, nevermind the second part to it, but i did 80kg Front squats 3x5 the other day :|
I was thinking of throwing in some front squats to correct some the problems with my back squat: leaning forward too much and having crap balance in the hole.
well if you squat lowbar some forward lean is acceptable, i'm only going to add front squats for the sole purpose of getting some core work in and using it as an assistance for my dead lift. my arms ache trying to hold the bar up with front squats.
I was thinking of throwing in some front squats to correct some the problems with my back squat: leaning forward too much and having crap balance in the hole.
I learned to squat doing goblet squats (same principle as a front squat in terms of where the weight is), and if I were going to teach someone to squat I'd do it that was as well. Love front squats.
well if you squat lowbar some forward lean is acceptable, i'm only going to add front squats for the sole purpose of getting some core work in and using it as an assistance for my dead lift. my arms ache trying to hold the bar up with front squats.
I learned to squat doing goblet squats (same principle as a front squat in terms of where the weight is), and if I were going to teach someone to squat I'd do it that was as well. Love front squats.
Tried front squats and it did what I had hoped it would My back squat form has got gradually worse and worse due to various injuries, so I think I'll stick with the front squat for a bit in order to try and 'relearn' how to squat properly.
Fancy training my cleans, always done them when squat rack was taken for press and enjoyed them. Is there a general rule about where your cleans should be in relation to squat/DL/bench or are they kind of indepedent of them?
Tried front squats and it did what I had hoped it would My back squat form has got gradually worse and worse due to various injuries, so I think I'll stick with the front squat for a bit in order to try and 'relearn' how to squat properly.
surely if you want to learn how to 'squat' just take the hit and deload on your back-squat.
Tried goblet squats like a month ago or something. Decent exercise but it gets you so tired with such light weight. I think I was doing like 40kg for sets of 12 or something. Which sounds ridiculously weak but like abs and lower back get killed!
Fancy training my cleans, always done them when squat rack was taken for press and enjoyed them. Is there a general rule about where your cleans should be in relation to squat/DL/bench or are they kind of indepedent of them?
Not sure how it works for other people, but my clean is a little less than my bench.
From strongest to weakest I am: deadlift, squat, bench, clean, press.