How Cookie-Cutter Squat Coaching Can Wreck Your Squat
There’s a mindset in strength training that has done a tremendous amount of damage over the years, and it’s this idea that everyone should squat the exact same way. Same stance. Same bar...
There’s a mindset in strength training that has done a tremendous amount of damage over the years, and it’s this idea that everyone should squat the exact same way. Same stance. Same bar...
Let me be clear right out of the gate—most people don’t fail at the squat because they’re weak. They fail because they’ve been doing a few key things wrong for years, and they...
When I coach the deadlift, I don’t start with weight. I start with understanding how someone moves. In this session, I had already watched Mikayla’s deadlifts on Instagram. She’s built to deadlift —...
When most people think about warming up for the squat, they think about breaking a sweat or loosening things up. That’s not how I approach it. A good squat warm-up isn’t about getting...
When I coach the squat, I’m not trying to force every lifter into the same model. What I’m doing is evaluating how that person moves, where they’re strong, where they’re leaking power, and...
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