My right hip flexor is firing like crazy because of low bar squats. I guess i favor my right side a bit more. I'm going to stop doing low bar for now until my hip feels better. Any tips on healthy hip flexors while squating?
@TheFitnessstudent If you check out the California Strength youtube page, Spencer Moorman demonstrates a great hip flexor stretch using a resistance band.
@guysapire I would probably say low bar, since so much of strongman is based on the posterior chain. But there are so many physical skills required in strongman it's hard to say.
@forcefedfreak lol thanks man,,, high bar is more comfortable for me than the low bar... its just that I thought low bar would allow me to squat heavier weights and im following the Jim Wendler 5/3/1 program. well w/e, ill just do high bar :]
@icegoguma Just do what's more comfortable for you. That's where you will squat the most weight. Not to knock Wendler or any of the Elite FTS or WSBB guys, but in that community there is a lot of "do it this way or it's wrong" mentality, which is kind of bullshit. Look at Olympic style weightlifting, and there are a lot of guys succeeding with a lot of different training techniques.
Hey, just to clarify this Wendler said in an interview that it doesn't matter how you squat as long as you have a bar on your back. I think he says this in the 5/3/1 book as well.
low bar would get you heavier lifts for sure , but its like cheating, its not like cheating , its is cheating. Low bar is 1/3 squat half 2/3 goodmorning/deeadlift . you want to train posterior chain more, deadlift then, and do goodmornings and all those. squatting is when you try to not change the back angle during the lift, i dont mean that you shouldnt round your back thats a given right?lol,wt i mean is the angle relative to ground is same so its legs that do the lift
@ahmednabil Are you an idiot? They're both different styles of squatting. There is not a right way or a wrong way. On a powerlifting squat you definitely don't purposefully bend over into good morning range and you try to keep as upright as possible. You're still squatting down, WHICH IS WHY IT'S A FUCKING SQUAT. You seem like someone who isn't very strong or odesn't have much experience so I'll let it go there.
not what i meant, the squat is dedicated for the legs, low bar gets the hips and back more in action so it doesnt work the quats all that much,so one is cheatinf himself into thinking that this is what represents his squatting power, i used to do lowbar untill i started weightlifting and the i saw the difference so its not a prejudice thing.
@ahmednabil If you don't mean cheating, then the easiest way not to be misunderstood is not to use the word "cheating"... and your point is wrong BTW. Using your "logic" (scare quotes indicating sarcasm), only isolation exercises are non-cheating... that's DUMB.
I'll meet you at the squat rack today and we'll see if I have strong enough legs for you ;)
squats cannot be an isolating exercise no matter how you do it, saying that indicates that you never tried the high bar, maybe you also squat sumo, also you dont go below parallel. since you keep using words like dump and stupid and say that you will meet me today at the rack, I think you might be a professional fitness troll.
@icegoguma Honestly the bar position doesn't really make the difference between the two squats. You can hip break on a back squat with a high bar position and it would still be considered a "low bar" squat. The reason people put the bar lower, is because due to the extreme torso angle of the low bar squat, the bar tends to roll forward a bit particularly if it's on top of the traps, which can be uncomfortable, or even dangerous, depending on the situation. Just place the bar where it's comfy.
wow this guy has pointy knees
TheBlarges 8 hours ago
My right hip flexor is firing like crazy because of low bar squats. I guess i favor my right side a bit more. I'm going to stop doing low bar for now until my hip feels better. Any tips on healthy hip flexors while squating?
TheFitnessstudent 1 month ago
@TheFitnessstudent If you check out the California Strength youtube page, Spencer Moorman demonstrates a great hip flexor stretch using a resistance band.
FITtrainingvideos 1 month ago
@FITtrainingvideos thanks a lot for that man...will be trying it out.
TheFitnessstudent 1 month ago
won't olympic style squats fuck up your knees?
chrysillo 1 month ago
@chrysillo No. Improper loading, inadequate warm-ups, and not programming recovery will fuck up your knees.
forcefedfreak 1 month ago
for a strongman which one is better?
guysapire 2 months ago
@guysapire I would probably say low bar, since so much of strongman is based on the posterior chain. But there are so many physical skills required in strongman it's hard to say.
forcefedfreak 1 month ago
@forcefedfreak lol thanks man,,, high bar is more comfortable for me than the low bar... its just that I thought low bar would allow me to squat heavier weights and im following the Jim Wendler 5/3/1 program. well w/e, ill just do high bar :]
icegoguma 2 months ago
@icegoguma Just do what's more comfortable for you. That's where you will squat the most weight. Not to knock Wendler or any of the Elite FTS or WSBB guys, but in that community there is a lot of "do it this way or it's wrong" mentality, which is kind of bullshit. Look at Olympic style weightlifting, and there are a lot of guys succeeding with a lot of different training techniques.
forcefedfreak 2 months ago
@forcefedfreak
Hey, just to clarify this Wendler said in an interview that it doesn't matter how you squat as long as you have a bar on your back. I think he says this in the 5/3/1 book as well.
TaastyTom 1 month ago
@icegoguma
low bar would get you heavier lifts for sure , but its like cheating, its not like cheating , its is cheating. Low bar is 1/3 squat half 2/3 goodmorning/deeadlift . you want to train posterior chain more, deadlift then, and do goodmornings and all those. squatting is when you try to not change the back angle during the lift, i dont mean that you shouldnt round your back thats a given right?lol,wt i mean is the angle relative to ground is same so its legs that do the lift
ahmednabil 1 month ago
@ahmednabil Are you an idiot? They're both different styles of squatting. There is not a right way or a wrong way. On a powerlifting squat you definitely don't purposefully bend over into good morning range and you try to keep as upright as possible. You're still squatting down, WHICH IS WHY IT'S A FUCKING SQUAT. You seem like someone who isn't very strong or odesn't have much experience so I'll let it go there.
fallen4251 1 week ago
@ahmednabil "Cheating"... that seems to imply that someone is judging... and it's a stupid thing to say.
RustyIronloins 1 week ago
@RustyIronloins
not what i meant, the squat is dedicated for the legs, low bar gets the hips and back more in action so it doesnt work the quats all that much,so one is cheatinf himself into thinking that this is what represents his squatting power, i used to do lowbar untill i started weightlifting and the i saw the difference so its not a prejudice thing.
ahmednabil 6 days ago
@ahmednabil If you don't mean cheating, then the easiest way not to be misunderstood is not to use the word "cheating"... and your point is wrong BTW. Using your "logic" (scare quotes indicating sarcasm), only isolation exercises are non-cheating... that's DUMB.
I'll meet you at the squat rack today and we'll see if I have strong enough legs for you ;)
RustyIronloins 6 days ago
@RustyIronloins
squats cannot be an isolating exercise no matter how you do it, saying that indicates that you never tried the high bar, maybe you also squat sumo, also you dont go below parallel. since you keep using words like dump and stupid and say that you will meet me today at the rack, I think you might be a professional fitness troll.
ahmednabil 6 days ago
Thanks for the vid, clears a few things up for me!
ProcyonAlpha 2 months ago
put the camera behind..................
icegoguma 3 months ago
@icegoguma Honestly the bar position doesn't really make the difference between the two squats. You can hip break on a back squat with a high bar position and it would still be considered a "low bar" squat. The reason people put the bar lower, is because due to the extreme torso angle of the low bar squat, the bar tends to roll forward a bit particularly if it's on top of the traps, which can be uncomfortable, or even dangerous, depending on the situation. Just place the bar where it's comfy.
forcefedfreak 2 months ago
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