The guy on the left is in his 70s and works as a museum volunteer, teaching youth about dinosaurs.
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Hi Boris,
Great site...thanks for the content
Can you recommend stretches/exercises or resources/videoss to help with extending range of motion for squats?
I am a 49 year old male who has been resistance training for about 5 years (including squats)....and can't get as low in a squat as the man in the picture (I can only get my thighs just past horizontal w/ body weight....with a weighted bar I can only get to horizontal)
thanks in advance...would love to be able to squat like the man in the picture
I am planning a video soon about stretching and getting deeper in the squat - should be up in the next couple weeks.
Check the posts on stretching linked on the right (Daily Stretches for Strength & Health, The Stigma of Stretching, and Getting Under The Bar - Help for Stiff-Shouldered Squatters). Let me know if you find them helpful.
After seeing, literally, hundreds of people struggling (sometimes unknowingly) with squat form, I decided to create the Squat Rx instructional videos on squat form and training. This blog is meant to be a platform for those videos, and a place of discussion about strength and conditioning issues for coaches, trainers, teachers, athletes, students, and enthusiasts. Posts and articles are meant to provoke thought, inspiration, and reflection. My athletic background is in gymnastics, Tae Kwon Do, competitive swimming, powerlifting, and kettlebells. I have coached swimming at the age-group, high school, D3, and masters levels, served as a S&C coach at the high school level, and conducted kettlebell workshops and classes for CrossFit, high school students, and personal trainers.
Please leave a comment or a question. Good Squatting!
2 comments:
Hi Boris,
Great site...thanks for the content
Can you recommend stretches/exercises or resources/videoss to help with extending range of motion for squats?
I am a 49 year old male who has been resistance training for about 5 years (including squats)....and can't get as low in a squat as the man in the picture (I can only get my thighs just past horizontal w/ body weight....with a weighted bar I can only get to horizontal)
thanks in advance...would love to be able to squat like the man in the picture
Hi Anonymous,
I am planning a video soon about stretching and getting deeper in the squat - should be up in the next couple weeks.
Check the posts on stretching linked on the right (Daily Stretches for Strength & Health, The Stigma of Stretching, and Getting Under The Bar - Help for Stiff-Shouldered Squatters). Let me know if you find them helpful.
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