Over head squats

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Thing		Over head squats	09-01-2010 @ 18:21
a large fingered spastic that demolishes plant Member 89, 31706 posts SQ 260, BP 220, DL 290 770.0 kgs @ 142kgs UnEq	would Over Head squats be good for flexibility and tech development for squats and deadlift?

moz		...	09-01-2010 @ 18:48
Feasting on humble pie. Member 51, 1692 posts SQ 227.5, BP 185, DL 272.5 685.0 kgs @ 90.4kgs UnEq	yes mate im usiing them to help my squat tech. Its really hard to round your lower back at the bottom in the overhead position. It took me a week or two to learn to keep the bar over my heels as I went down. The bar was coming forward due to lack of shoulder flexabilty. Give a blast mate, you could also try an exercise called snatch balance which is quite similar.

moz		...	09-01-2010 @ 18:49
Feasting on humble pie. Member 51, 1692 posts SQ 227.5, BP 185, DL 272.5 685.0 kgs @ 90.4kgs UnEq	Post Edited: 09.01.2010 @ 18:51 PM by moz duplicate. Again!

MattGriff		...	09-01-2010 @ 19:05
Member 194, 3976 posts	I don't see the point of these for squat and deadlift as they are down alot to shoulder flexibility. Front squats and Power cleans/snatchs would be better

EDCLARKE		...	09-01-2010 @ 19:05
not particularly well educated Member 85, 10991 posts SQ 170, BP 130, DL 260 560.0 kgs @ 90kgs UnEq	moz said:yes mate im usiing them to help my squat tech. Its really hard to round your lower back at the bottom in the overhead position. It took me a week or two to learn to keep the bar over my heels as I went down. The bar was coming forward due to lack of shoulder flexabilty. Give a blast mate, you could also try an exercise called snatch balance which is quite similar. bloody good idea that i shall try them as a warm up on monday ,tried them before and found them unbeleivably difficult even with just the bar!

Thing		...	09-01-2010 @ 19:24
a large fingered spastic that demolishes plant Member 89, 31706 posts SQ 260, BP 220, DL 290 770.0 kgs @ 142kgs UnEq	cheers Moz, i will add them in tomorrow at the next session Griff i was thinking that is i can get the over head squats to force me to get the rounding of the lower back stopped that it will help my tech on the deads and back squats

brynevans		...	09-01-2010 @ 19:38
Scotbasher - forever Member 59, 2115 posts	This young lady demonstrates the correct technique


Thing		...	09-01-2010 @ 20:02
a large fingered spastic that demolishes plant Member 89, 31706 posts SQ 260, BP 220, DL 290 770.0 kgs @ 142kgs UnEq	Post Edited: 09.01.2010 @ 20:02 PM by Thing cheers Bryn. very nice tech there

BigKen		...	09-01-2010 @ 20:10
Not in Loz's top 10 uk strongmen Member 144, 4421 posts SQ 320, BP 165, DL 350 835.0 kgs @ 123kgs Eq	MattGriff said:I don't see the point of these for squat and deadlift as they are down alot to shoulder flexibility. Front squats and Power cleans/snatchs would be better I agree with Matt mate. Definetly restricted to shoulder flexability and I also think that when you go to normal squat and deads the tech will be thrown off and not perfect like you're hoping it will be.

moz		...	09-01-2010 @ 20:22
Feasting on humble pie. Member 51, 1692 posts SQ 227.5, BP 185, DL 272.5 685.0 kgs @ 90.4kgs UnEq	trust me when it came to shoulder flexability i was the worlds worse. Years of benching and no shoulder work. If your struggling use a broom handle instead of an oly bar. As you squat down push your hands back and try pulling the bar apart without actually moving your hands. It'll take a week or for flexability to come

Steve		...	09-01-2010 @ 20:57
nothing to hide, please follow my life on webcam Member 255, 3732 posts	Does the fact that top weightlifters don't, at least in my experience, usually do overhead squats says something about their value?

Rick		...	09-01-2010 @ 20:59
I am a bench-only guy Member 3, 10035 posts SQ 185, BP 175, DL 235 595.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq Administrator	Certainly all the weightlifters I know see them as a stepping stone to snatch balances, nothing more. That said, for the remedial back-position-correcting purposes Thing and Moz posted about it does seem to make sense...

Thing		...	09-01-2010 @ 21:19
a large fingered spastic that demolishes plant Member 89, 31706 posts SQ 260, BP 220, DL 290 770.0 kgs @ 142kgs UnEq	Cheers rick that's the only reason why I have asked about them and want to se them in my training.

Steve		...	09-01-2010 @ 21:20
nothing to hide, please follow my life on webcam Member 255, 3732 posts	Rick said:Certainly all the weightlifters I know see them as a stepping stone to snatch balances, nothing more. That said, for the remedial back-position-correcting purposes Thing and Moz posted about it does seem to make sense... And all the weightlifters I've know have also dropped snatch balances once they got to a more advanced level. As a general conditioning exercise overhead squats are a great exercise but there are better exercises for improving squat and deadlift technique.

Thing		...	09-01-2010 @ 21:24
a large fingered spastic that demolishes plant Member 89, 31706 posts SQ 260, BP 220, DL 290 770.0 kgs @ 142kgs UnEq	Steve said: And all the weightlifters I've know have also dropped snatch balances once they got to a more advanced level. As a general conditioning exercise overhead squats are a great exercise but there are better exercises for improving squat and deadlift technique. please elaborate steve

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