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I watched a few just now - seems like a normal 'power' style squat to me. He uses a reasonably wide stance which lessens the ROM required to get to the bottom position/find the stretch reflex compared to a WL'ing style squat. For WL'ing the bottom of the squat should be the same position as the bottom of a snatch or clean for max transfer; cyclists legs aren't going to go through as big a ROM as that bottom position on the bike/while pedalling so I'd assume that style of squat is perfectly sufficient for their needs... didn't seem to get in the way of them dominating in Rio.

Good videos btw, nice to see some behind the scenes footage of elite athletes.
 
GSVBagpuss said:
I've been watching the Philip Hindes vlogs (Olympic track beast) and they seem to all do quarter squats (at least in their Rio build up). Works quads and not back maybe?
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Strangely I've recently sat and watched his vids, he does do full squats as well.

Edit: Well I say full, I'd imagine there could be some questions asked if it was a competition :D
 
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I recommend Power Unlimited which is a powerlifting documentary I watched again on YouTube recently. It's an old video now but it's a good one. There is also a good basic but informative Andy Bolton training video on YouTube too. It's interesting seeing how he trains for the big record lifts.
 
Strength gains are joint-angle specific. Which is why a lot of sprinters, jumpers and cyclists incorporate them in their training above full squats, these guys are better served by partials :)
 
MikeTheNative said:
Now all the ego lifters feel justified that their new squat PB is legit even though they had 10 degrees of motion because 'athletes do it'
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Haha yea there's always going to be those who'll justify their poor form somehow!

If a good squat max is your goal there is actually something to be gained from partials as well....but you then risk being featured on gym fails :D

Imo powerlifting is as much to blame as anything, there's so many feds with so many different rules but most serious lifters won't call it a squat unless it breaks parallel :) ATG is a bonus but in my experience it's not harder than a breaking parallel squat.
 
Maccapacca said:
Things to do.

Square it up
Find some end caps
Two more couplers for bench presses
Mark up the poles heights
Sheet of ply underneath and feet under the poles
Buy some decent spring clips these cheap ones are useless

Total cost £30 excluding bench iron and bar


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As shonky as it looks I'm pretty sure you get some kind of gainz multiplication just for using this rig to work out in. Its like those guys in the third world countries that have created bar bells using 2 buckets, some concrete and a pole linking the two. You know they mean business and no one is going to stop the gain train. :cool:

I'll pass though. :o :o
 
reiyushin said:
Haha yea there's always going to be those who'll justify their poor form somehow!

If a good squat max is your goal there is actually something to be gained from partials as well....but you then risk being featured on gym fails :D

Imo powerlifting is as much to blame as anything, there's so many feds with so many different rules but most serious lifters won't call it a squat unless it breaks parallel :) ATG is a bonus but in my experience it's not harder than a breaking parallel squat.
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I agree, when used properly, partial ROM is a good training technique. But let's be honest how many people doing it are actually using it properly. :p Since starting my cut, I decided to add a mile of running after every workout (bar legs) and set my self a target of getting a 6 minute mile. Going for my first sub 7 minutes tonight, which could be interesting because it' really hot here and it's deadlifts today.
 
Freefaller said:
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Hehehehe... Something like that!:)

Klokov is looking bigger than he did before... Looks like he is "relaxing" now his weightlifting career is no more...

To be honest, this sort of Comp (Klokov Power Weekend) is possibly part of the future of sport events (like the other random comps that have appears off to the left of "mainstream events") because they are very cool, if a little bit random. Plus, I strongly suspect they - like WSM - are not tested. :)
 
Hey guys, bit of a silly question but i'll ask it anyway as i always second guess myself in these situations.

I've been going to the gym for almost five months now and in this time i've gained quite a bit of mass and strength compared to what i started out at.

I've been following a routine a friend who has been going to the gym for several years set out for me when i started, and it's been working for me. It's as follows.

Monday: Back & Biceps
Tuesday: Shoulders/Traps * Triceps
Wednesday: Cardio
Thursday: Arms
Friday: Legs
Saturday: Chest & light arm workout after
Sunday: Rest

Now this has worked perfectly for me over the last few months, some people said i should drop one of the arm days and it's got me thinking i'm doing something wrong, as the kind of person i am, i always second guess myself. so i was considering moving the tricep workout from Tuesday to Saturday in place of the light arm workout.

Just thought i'd get a second opinion from you guys as some of you helped me out with silly questions when i first started months ago.

Thanks in advance.
 
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