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Full Depth ATG Squat Instruction from California Strength

February 2, 2012 By Gregor Winter

California Strength owner and coach, David Spitz, goes through coaching points and lower body stretches for a Full Depth Squat (ATG). And for good measure Max Aita shows how it is done with 300 kg (660 pounds). Positions: for high bar back squat vertical posture throughout the movement hips like a bucket of water, no tilting forward , keep it leveled […]

Rob Adell 272.5 kg / 600 Pound ATG Squat

January 26, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile at Average Broz’s Gym. Rob Adell does a 272.5 kg / 600 pound RAW (no gear), ATG squat. Age 21, 96kg (211 pounds) – 2.84 x Bodyweight.

Pre Workout Spider Man Hip Stretch Mobility WOD

January 24, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Kelly Starrett has a little pre workout hip mobility WOD for better squats. MWOD: spider man lunge stretch twist your torso into your knee (belly button to knee), fixate foot with hand other side, push the knee out with your hand same thing with external rotation focus on outside of foot Check out more drills on Mobility 101.

Shane Hamman World Record Squat

January 22, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Shane Hamman with his 457.5 kg World Record Squat and 237.5 kg American Record Clean & Jerk

Jaroslaw Olech 365.5 kg Squat 5x Body Weight

January 21, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is Jaroslaw Olech‘s 365.5 kg Squat (@ 72.78 kg, that’s 5x his body weight!) from the 2011 IPF World Championships. Complete meet videos can be found here (74kg Squat, Bench Press, Deadlift 1 & 2). Here is a little documentary about Jaroslaw.

Damon Kelly Squat 280 kg x 3

January 17, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is Australian +105 weightlifter Damon Kelley (wiki) with a big 280 kg squat for 3. Awesome job Damon!

Konstantin Konstantinovs 955 kg RAW Total

January 9, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is another amazing 955kg (2105lb) total by Konstantin Konstantinovs. This was at the 2011 WPC RAW Latvian chapionships.A month earlier he had a 960 kg total. Body Weight: 136kg (300lb) Squat: 290kg, 320kg ,335kg PR (738lbs)Bench Press: 225kg, 235kg, 240 kg (529lbs)Deadlift: 340kg, 380 kg (838 lbs), x411kg (906 lbs) 411kg would have beat his all time record 985kg. Video […]

Low vs High Bar Squats

January 4, 2012 By Gregor Winter

I was reading the post on the pros and cons of Low Bar vs High Bar Squatting by Justin.Really informative article. High Bar Squat Summary: Summary: The high bar squat is superior for Olympic weightlifting because it teaches proper clean/snatch receiving positioning. If there are problems with the low bar squat, then the high bar […]

Coach Gayle Hatch Olympic Lifts Instruction

January 3, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is a video of Coach Gayle Hatch and Matthew Bruce instructing the Olympic lifts. Lifts: back squat, front squat, clean pull, power clean, (full squat) clean, split jerk, clean and jerk, power snatch and snatch (via)