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Skillmister · 30 Jun 2011 at 21:34

Morba said:
Mmm front squats. Love them.
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/fix_your_front_squat

A good read for front squats

If i could even get into that position witohut falling over backwards i'd be happy

Freefaller · 30 Jun 2011 at 22:09

Getting into the position is easy enough - it's lifting the ****ing weight that's the problem!

Skillmister · 30 Jun 2011 at 22:19

Heh so you say, i cant get anywhere near that. Any lower than parallel and im on my arse

Morba · 30 Jun 2011 at 22:35

Really? That's bad fella. You should be able to go lower on front squats compared to back

Skillmister · 30 Jun 2011 at 22:47

Well ive never tried front squats so wouldnt know, but back squats yeah parallel is the best i can do. Not exactly sure why not, lack of flexibility somewhere and not being able to get my knees far enough forward i think.

N19h7m4r3 · 30 Jun 2011 at 22:48

Morba said:
Really? That's bad fella. You should be able to go lower on front squats compared to back

Yup, although many people have never even tried front squats.

I like them a lot, although with my back it quickly started niggling.

Raymond Lin · 30 Jun 2011 at 23:02

Ran 5.09km today in 34:53.

Pace was 11min per mile.

Freefaller · 30 Jun 2011 at 23:15

The advantage of front squats is that it forces impeccable form as well as keeping your back straight.

N19h7m4r3 · 30 Jun 2011 at 23:27

Freefaller said:
The advantage of front squats is that it forces impeccable form as well as keeping your back straight.

Yup, so will my normal squats when my order arrives at some stage.

I think I'll be alternating between them weekly like I did back in the day.

Chris1712 · 30 Jun 2011 at 23:50

This is exactly what I'm like re: Squatz. I could squat all day long on my tiptoes lol

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J.T · 1 Jul 2011 at 08:26

Chris1712 said:
This is exactly what I'm like re: Squatz. I could squat all day long on my tiptoes lol

Wid

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I don't get it. :confused:

Freefaller · 1 Jul 2011 at 09:00

I think he's saying that if he gets down to that position unless on tip toes he falls over...

N19h7m4r3 · 1 Jul 2011 at 09:04

Freefaller said:
I think he's saying that if he gets down to that position unless on tip toes he falls over...

Sounds like tight hips, glutes and hamstrings to me.
A shoe with a raised heel makes that much easier, although that's no compromise for good flexibilty and mobility.

MoNkeE · 1 Jul 2011 at 09:11

Just measured myself for the first time, wish I'd done this a year ago like!
Bicep: 13"
Thigh: 24"
Calf: 16"
Chest: 40"
Waist: 34"
Neck: 15.5" (although where do you measure this? As I just did the base of my neck?!)

Weight: 77kg

Freefaller · 1 Jul 2011 at 09:21

N19h7m4r3 said:
Sounds like tight hips, glutes and hamstrings to me.
A shoe with a raised heel makes that much easier, although that's no compromise for good flexibilty and mobility.

Agreed.

I could sit in the squat position for ages... until I try to move and then just fall over in numbness!

N19h7m4r3 · 1 Jul 2011 at 09:37

MoNkeE said:
Just measured myself for the first time, wish I'd done this a year ago like!
Bicep: 13"
Thigh: 24"
Calf: 16"
Chest: 40"
Waist: 34"
Neck: 15.5" (although where do you measure this? As I just did the base of my neck?!)

Weight: 77kg

You're calves are the same size as mine, lucky bugger! I had to work hard to get close to 16" hahaha.

Freefaller said:
Agreed.

I could sit in the squat position for ages... until I try to move and then just fall over in numbness!

Tell be about it, getting there is easy. After a while though everything just locks up and you have to try and get back up haha.

J.T · 1 Jul 2011 at 10:00

Freefaller said:
I think he's saying that if he gets down to that position unless on tip toes he falls over...

Ahhhh.... I see now.

MoNkeE · 1 Jul 2011 at 10:25

N19h7m4r3 said:
You're calves are the same size as mine, lucky bugger! I had to work hard to get close to 16" hahaha.

I dare say yours are a lot leaner than mine though my friend! I think my legs are faily oversized compared to the rest of my body, but then again I did used to be 15st of wobbly mass, so they've been worked a lot more than my upper body!

N19h7m4r3 · 1 Jul 2011 at 10:31

MoNkeE said:
I dare say yours are a lot leaner than mine though my friend! I think my legs are faily oversized compared to the rest of my body, but then again I did used to be 15st of wobbly mass, so they've been worked a lot more than my upper body!

Ah I was the opposite, I was about 9.5stone 2 years ago.

Little stick man of a pc geek. Actually I still spend 80% of my day sitting on my bum infront of a pc.

MoNkeE · 1 Jul 2011 at 10:32

You can take the man away from the computer, but you can't take the computer away from the man.........!
(Still an avid gamer who even occassionally dabbles in painting minitures

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