Friday Thoughts #10
Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday thoughts, where I share cool things I saw on the internet and/or random thoughts that aren’t quite ready for a full blog post. Enjoy.
Read the caption to check out this excellent squat check list. Then watch his form, so smooth and no change whatsoever from the bar all the way up as the weights get heavier.
2. How to bail a back squat. If you want to squat some heavy weights, which some of you do, you’re going to be faced with the challenge of not knowing if you’ll be able to stand the bar up or not. There are a couple ways to bail, and @squat_university touches on them in this post, however, much of the video is dedicated to what all things in the gym come back to - mid foot pressure.
3. Thinking about specific muscles when training is not productive. I try to get people to think of the movement pattern they are performing, rather than, this push ups is for the pectorals and anterior deltoid. Movement patterns make you more aware that each movement is in fact a total body movement, and this illustration shows that.
4. This was an excellent article about breathing, and the bucket cue was new to me, and one I’ll be using.
Breathing on Purpose Rob Wilson
Justin Miner
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