Steve Cotter Barbell Jump Squats demo

[zollorules]

Thanks for the tips- much appreciated

[recbo]

Jump Squat is a kettlebell sport assistance exercise. Steve Cotter does it like kb sport world champions. It is what it is, and the weight to use is between twice to three times bodyweight for competitive lifters. I'm not even good and can't full squat 500 pounds but I can do 20 reps jump squat with about twice my body weight. About 2.5x bodyweight jump squats is when your kb sport lifts go pretty well for real. Of course Steve Cotter has springy legs of steel and he's fun to watch doing pistols

[Brandon26pdx]

Seems like a little bit too much weight to be doing something like this with. Sometimes I'll mix in jump squats in lieu of a regular squat workout, but not with heavy weight...usually 135 or so is plenty unless you're a real big guy.

[cool77arrow]

305 lbs...almost like he said meh sounds good

[BrainCrash001]

it's... going sgoing... Hey how is it going? :)

[MrSticksb]

Your strong and in good shape. There's no need to do ballistic movements like

this with weights. Your doing enormous damage to your upper shoulder carriage

as you film.The emergency rooms are full of "trendy crosstrainers." I work in the ER

and it has seen a tremendous increase in patience from cross training gyms. Squat ,deadlift , press and curl under control.

[growchronic]

THATS A BADASS SET OF WEIGHTS

[shea21212]

That was intense

[ASSBANG6969]

I like your Fence! 

[kirlinks]

How would this work if the barbell was in front side, like at the end of a snatch? (i don't know what the position is called in english, sorry)

[secutorclaudius]

@kirlinks it's simply called a front squat...

[deanblaze2000]

Goodbye spine and knees, it was nice knowing you....

[dirkofyork]

these are great for the quads and calves, like i read below in a few comments, and definitely for your jerk portion of your workout, i will add these into my workout regime

[828tom]

Steve, Nice job with this exercise. I can see how the movement (over-load, and high reps) would mimic the leg involvement of the KB pressing movement in competition. Thanks for showing another way to train.

[MassiveMuscleGainer1]

Great video I just recently started doing this in my regular routine.

[MassiveMuscleGainer1]

Great video, I just recently started doing jump squats in my regular routine.

[somethingcl3v3r]

I understand you're well respected. But damn I feel bad for your knees.

[jdeuink]

People that are knocking this guy should realize how famous and influential he is. Watch his other lifts and realize he probably knows more than you ever will.

[Robbcore]

Dont forget people, as he clearly states in the description, these are an assistance exercise for the kettlebell jerk. feet dont leave the ground in the jerk so why train with your feet leaving the ground

[noelanibella1]

his feet is suppose to leave the ground. he needs less weight so he can explode and his feet leaves the ground then land with knees bent.

[billysue2]

@noelanibella1 the feet dont need to leave the ground but its not a jump squat if not.

[sutterrocker]

everyone says these are good for vertical jumps and all, but thats for basketball players and what not.

im a wrestler and these jump squats would not help me at all. for wrestling and other sports of my type, we need jump squats where you get full leg extension, meaning going all the way down to parallel then jumping.

[billysue2]

@sutterrocker extension means the leg is straight,youre talking about flexion.

[johnnyu3]

these are hard on your back. be careful. i think this guy might be better off doing these with a heavy weighted vest. The bar comes down hard.

[achieveyourpeak]

In several of the comments posted below I am reading how this does or does not relate to vertical jump. IT DOES. Looking at the biomechanics of a powerful jump like the one seen during a vertical jump you have quadruple extension occurring around the ankle joint, knee joint, hip joint, and shoulder joint (not mention extension in the spinal erectors). The combination of the force generated at each one of these joints allows the athlete to overcome his / her enertia.

[zodawg0079]

When I started doing heavy squats, my vertical leap went up dramatically. Makes sense to me.

[billysue2]

@achieveyourpeak its triple extension,not quadruple since theres no shoulder extension,shoulder flexion occurs during the jump.

[irondogfitness]

It would help vertical jumping but only specific to that set range of motion. Look at basketball players! How often do they actually go to full depth before a jump? It is important to focus on hip drive and not knee drive which is the most common mistake. Most inexperienced coaches will focus on knee drive during plyometrics but forget about either hip drive or arm drive to get the motion going.

[jre52301]

Sounds like a cowbell being rung

[calebbl]

Looks exhausting and demoralizing. Cotter's a tank.

[yunta51]

Wow. Looks great for explosive leg power. I just wonder about the stress it causes banging up and down on the cervical spine like that.

[thefrequencykenneth]

Indeed. Excessive stress on the spine and a totally un-necesarry movement. I'm not sure why "full squats" are detailed here as a non-explosive lift when a training program can employ the conjugate method using Dynamic Effort (speed) full squats and well as Max Effort and Repetitive effort. This "jump squat" is working the calves mostly and it's nothing more than an explosive calf raise. Want to train legs for explosion? Put a DE day into your program and work with 3x the tempo.

[irondogfitness]

I think your missing the point here. In the Kettlebell Jerk Press and even during a Barbell Push Press you don't have to go full depth squat. The ROM used here is more specific to that using more of an overload principle. For KB competitions in which you perform the Jerk Press you will only need strength @ the ROM Steve Cotter is using. If you were listening to the video he specifically said he was preparing for the Arnold Classic Kettlebell lifting competition and he specified the KB Jerk.

[billysue2]

@thefrequencykenneth the quads and calves are dominant in this lift.Hes doing that many reps as he is training power endurance for kettlebell comps,they dont require max strength nor max power and only require the rom seen here.Full squats can be explosive or not depending on how you do them.

[irondogfitness]

Actually your banging up the thoracic and lumbar spine. Yes even the knees are taking a toll. The assumption is you have already stepped up to this level with the kind of weight Steve is using. Olympic lifters do explosive lifting with tremendous amount of weight in which they also use explosive load. You must have developed the physical power through progressive overload. This exercise like olympic lifts require skill to apply and recieve force explosively.

[islondon]

absolutely, Steve was looking for leg drive for the jerk, to leave the ground would be superfluous. Just being clear about his intention.

[NorcalKettlebells]

Finally....a great demo and explanation on the jump squat. Thank you Steve!

[m1kasd]

looks really good for reactive jump training and jerking power

loljerkingpower

[onemindonespirit]

Looks good for developing jumping skills too.

[Anthem1976]

I thought that your feet were supposed to leave the ground when performimg this exercise?

[furyianfiraga]

That's ridiculously awesome!!!

[ZEvenEsh]

nice steve - u know I LOVE rusty barbells!