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Front squat flexibility
I've just started Cross Fit but my wrists, elbows and shoulder are not flexible enough to rest the bar on my shoulders. I have tried just using fingers but am still not able to. What can I do?
Front Squatting and T-Spine Strength/Mobility
Coach, huge fan! I am very limited by my front squat in terms of cleaning. I have a very hard time squeezing in my upper back to hold any weight over 300lbs in the front rack position without rounding my back and losing it forward. I think its a comb
Front Squat
Hi Mike, Been doing front squats and I tend to push more with one side than the other. Here is a 30 sec video. http://youtu.be/Wf7dWxviQrc Any cues of what I should focus on to get rid of this? Thanks,
Squat stance
Hey Mike, I was wondering if you could help me out a bit I am relatively new to strength training and just started high bar squating but have a hard time to keep a nice upright bottom position. I am fairly flexible but have very long femurs and a sho
Lower Back Pain
Hi Mike, I am currently recovering from a lower back injury I suffered while squatting. I suspect I wasnt fully warmed up and loose enough when I tried to go heavy and my back just gave out. It has been almost 2 months since and it is still very
Overhead Squat Chest Position
Hey Coach, I've been doing Crossfit/Oly lifting for about half a year now, but I've never had any extended coaching on the oly lifts. I watch all your videos, but I'd just like for you to clarify an issue I've been having. My question for you
Squatting Colume
So I was just wondering what the squatting protocol in the current Oly program is doing? Is it trying to increase our absolute strength? Or is it just trying to get our bodies used to volume. Can you get stronger doing high volume at a lower %? Thank
Front Set
Hi coach, have been following your site for a while, and was wonderig what a FRONT SET and BACK SET were. Could you please help. Thank you so much for your awesome site!
Force the Knees out during the squat
Hi Coach, Jason here again. I have the same type of question about squatting. When you decend into either a front or a back squat, outside of all the other mechanics, do you want to force the knees out all the way down and up? I noticed as before,
Hatch Squat Program & Failure
Hello coach - I am on week 4 of the hatch squat 12 week program. Today I failed after the 4th rep of the 4th set on BS as well as the 4th rep on my last set of Front Squats. Got all the reps in after a tiny rest. Pretty disheartened. Wondering what t
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