Blog's 5 Years Old Today

Happy Birthday to the Squat Rx blog!

Five years, huh? It's been fun. If you've been reading the blog long, you know that there are recurring themes here - I hope they aren't too hard to see.

The things I value and aspire to, in writing, training, and life are:
* The Quest for Mastery
* Consistency
* Compassion
* Ownership
* Intention without Entitlement (i.e. goals are good, expectations are bad)

Thank you for your readership and friendship and I look forward to another five years and beyond.

Squatting Is...

CLIMBING

I've been taking my son to climb rock climbing walls for quite a while now and we finally took the plunge and joined a local youth recreational climbing team. He seems to be enjoying it and, with competent instruction, is learning technique and patience under stress - important skills for climbing and life.

I spend most of my time watching, occasionally lending a hand belaying, and wishing that I could instantly drop 40 pounds to scamper up the walls (and then gain it back again for lifting). Good times, good times. Not cheap, but good times.

Sarge's Squat

This one is really, really gutsy. I can't believe I didn't include it in our "30 Days of Squat!". I apologize and hope you'll be inspired enough watching it to forgive me.

Words of Wisdom - Theodore Roosevelt

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. 
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

- Theodore Roosevelt

30 Days of Squat - The Index

Well, the "30 DAYS OF SQUAT!" has come and gone. I hope you enjoyed it - I know I did. We'll do it again someday. If there was anything particularly insightful, or if there was something that wasn't included that you wish would have been, drop me a line and let me know - I'd appreciate it.

Day 1 - 30 Days of Squat Intro (Picture of Jen Sinkler)
Day 2 - Squat Rx #1 (Reflections on the first YouTube Squat Rx video)
Day 3 - Squat Rx #10 (Reflections on breathing and links to relevant posts)
Day 4 - Further Thoughts on the Overhead Squat
Day 5 - Behdad Salimi's 320kg squat
Day 6 - Philosoraptor on squatting for strength
Day 7 - Morpheus quotes Dan John
Day 8 - John McCallum's Keys To Progress
Day 9 - "Pulling" yourself into the squat
Day 10 - Michael Boyle
Day 11 - The Good
Day 12 - The Bad
Day 13 - The Ugly
Day 14 - Super Squats
Day 15- Easier Doesn't Work (Mark Rippetoe)
Day 16 - Timed Squats (Bill Starr)
Day 17 - Supportive Equipment (belts and wraps oh my!)
Day 18 - Paul Carter
Day 19 - Deadlift Stud, Squatting Dud
Day 20 - The "sit-back" cue
Day 21 - Neoteny (the squat is play)
Day 22 - "Squatting Is..."
Day 23 - Thoughts on high-rep squatting
Day 24 - Tom Platz
Day 25 - Power Unlimited movie
Day 26 - Dave Tate's classic articles on squatting
Day 27 - JumpStretch Bands
Day 28 - Squatting and footwear
Day 29 - 60 Ways To Cook A Squat
Day 30 - Stay healthy and stay squatting