|
 |
|
|
|
|
 |
05-09-2008, 09:08 AM
|
#75891 (permalink)
|
 Orange Belt
| Location:
Central CT, USA |
Status:
|
|
I absolutely can NOT figure out the front squat. There's a younger guy at my gym that trained them in both wrestling and football, so I've been waiting to catch him so he can coach me through it, but no matter what I do I feel like a cerebral paulsey case every time I try to learn them on my own...
I had a couple knowledgable coaches put me through squat, deadlift, and clean (which I still struggle with), and they all make sense, but for some reason the front remains elusive...
__________________
...said Stagger Lee.
Solve et Coagula
|
|
| |
|
|
05-09-2008, 09:09 AM
|
#75892 (permalink)
|
|
Professional Shit Disturber
| Status:
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Centaur
It's 6:00 am here and I'm actually awake. Funny how all the "regulars" (to me, anyhow) aren't here.
Fuck I'm sleepy... coffee....
|
This is basically nearing the end of the euro shift and transfering to alantic and central time zones. __________________
WAR Team Standard!!!! Champions of the Official 2008 Summer Squat Competition
WAR Brad Morris
MMA Photography at http://www.ericwilliams.la/
St. Wilhelms Member #00015
|
|
| |
|
|
05-09-2008, 09:20 AM
|
#75893 (permalink)
|
| Status:
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by immovablestone
I absolutely can NOT figure out the front squat. There's a younger guy at my gym that trained them in both wrestling and football, so I've been waiting to catch him so he can coach me through it, but no matter what I do I feel like a cerebral paulsey case every time I try to learn them on my own...
I had a couple knowledgable coaches put me through squat, deadlift, and clean (which I still struggle with), and they all make sense, but for some reason the front remains elusive...
|
It's just a back squat with a clean grip and the bar on your clavicles instead of your traps (or lats if you do PL squats). __________________
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but, in practice, there is.
"Slacks are a species of bird" - Fatty's story
|
|
| |
|
|
05-09-2008, 09:21 AM
|
#75894 (permalink)
|
|
3 Bottles!
| Location:
Burning in Hell until my Squat isn't ghey. |
| Status:
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Standard
This is basically nearing the end of the euro shift and transfering to alantic and central time zones.
|
Heh, exactly what I was thinking. __________________
"Well if sex is off the table then you should remove them as girls that want to date you. People that don't have sex aren't even really people. Not that it matters since women are things." - Ratman
|
|
| |
|
|
05-09-2008, 09:23 AM
|
#75895 (permalink)
|
|
Professional Fighter
| Status:
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Saith
You gotta push the bar up against your throat.
|
I think thats serious advice but I'm not 100% __________________
Kilogram lifting S&P revolutionary
Myprotein.co.uk 5% discount code- MP23039
|
|
| |
|
|
05-09-2008, 09:24 AM
|
#75896 (permalink)
|
|
Professional Fighter
| Status:
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Standard
This is basically nearing the end of the euro shift and transfering to alantic and central time zones.
|
pretty much lol __________________
Kilogram lifting S&P revolutionary
Myprotein.co.uk 5% discount code- MP23039
|
|
| |
|
|
05-09-2008, 09:24 AM
|
#75897 (permalink)
|
|
3 Bottles!
| Location:
Burning in Hell until my Squat isn't ghey. |
| Status:
|
|
Ian!
How goes, man? I keep meaning to stalk to your log, but never seem to remember....
__________________
"Well if sex is off the table then you should remove them as girls that want to date you. People that don't have sex aren't even really people. Not that it matters since women are things." - Ratman
|
|
| |
|
|
05-09-2008, 09:25 AM
|
#75898 (permalink)
|
|
WWKD?
| Location:
The Pagan Lands |
| Status:
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by immovablestone
I absolutely can NOT figure out the front squat. There's a younger guy at my gym that trained them in both wrestling and football, so I've been waiting to catch him so he can coach me through it, but no matter what I do I feel like a cerebral paulsey case every time I try to learn them on my own...
I had a couple knowledgable coaches put me through squat, deadlift, and clean (which I still struggle with), and they all make sense, but for some reason the front remains elusive...
|
I had the same problem until Dan John gave me an epiphany one day. Forget everything you know about sitting back blah blah with the back squat. Rather than thinking of sitting back, think of sitting down. Literally think of dropping straight down between your legs. Thinking of it in this fashion took me from cerebral palsy boy to a pretty decent front squat form ASAP. |
|
| |
|
|
05-09-2008, 09:26 AM
|
#75899 (permalink)
|
Orange Belt
| Location:
Central CT, USA |
| Status:
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Saith
It's just a back squat with a clean grip and the bar on your clavicles instead of your traps (or lats if you do PL squats).
|
Yeah but keeping the weight stable is the issue, I don't know if I stand wrong or don't keep my back straight enough or what. It's freaky, I can back squat and dead fine. __________________
...said Stagger Lee.
Solve et Coagula
|
|
| |
|
|
05-09-2008, 09:27 AM
|
#75900 (permalink)
|
|
get big or die trying
| Status:
|
|
Im gonna go try out the cross trainer at the gym, apparently its pretty good for cardio and its good for me because I cant run at the mo.
__________________
Training Log: http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=677093
Team Chase #1!
Part of Team Standard, 2008 Summer Squat Contest Champions
|
|
| |
|
| Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is On
|
|
|
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:51 AM.
|
