overhead squat

[Killingfrenzy4161]

go DEEPER!

[visceralguy]

I would NEVER EVER do that. That is a great way to hurt ones self. However,more power to you!!! :>)

[MoeJames1986]

I love doing overhead squats.

[Insubordinate90]

regular squats or feck off

[goalpostman]

@danpoindexter Go try to do just your body weight in overhead squats and see how you feel.

[kingnatre]

this exercise really trains your lower back and balance

[grabngonuts]

mighty!

[guitayrplaya]

Oh Timbahwolf, you inspire me

[MrBabyReyes]

Crazy dept!

[WBVIEW]

Love overheads!



[WBVIEW]

@danpoindexter great core exercise and sends your breathing through the roof. Total body, fat burning, stability, flexibility, intense cardio... yeah, pretty much a pointless exercise.

[danpoindexter]

not hating on timbahwolf, you are very very strong, but overhead squats are almost pointless. they are difficult but the amount of weight it takes to makes your legs and ass tired is way more then what you can hold over your head. and just hold heavy weight over your head is not going to to do you much good.

[Dubzasterz]

@danpoindexter overhead squats are very useful actually for shoulder stability and as an assistance excersize for the O lifts.

[ukatam]

@danpoindexter If you wanna snatch heavy you gotta overhead squat

[MultiAggi]

isnt that a little too hard on your knees when you bend them forward like that? stick the ass backwards is not as hard on the knees

[HalozPotatoz]

do u play football? u shuld lol

[Erichx1997]

get a hair cut

[retrobeaver94]

its good to see people who still care about their health and work out this guy is in incredible shape and his form is superb

[FunBoy3030]

Training outside is great. love it

[MrChutzpah2002]

Is that 135lbs.....nice lift if it was...

[ajwazhere]

So... you did a terrible Power Snatch, and then overhead squatted at most 135? Why is this impressive?

[georgk86]

steroids?

[massivewhopper]

you've obviously been training for a long time, but how long did it take you to develop the flexibility to overhead squat?

[jiamonx2]

dude, in your clapping pullups your back is just ripped as hell, totally beast looked like a body builder's back

[thecomfortisnow]

you look like 20 some.

[yonlahgoo]

H4X :D

[Shrawty]

That is a hard ass exercise. When I could RAW squat 515lbs full ROM (like you are here) I remember trying to do this with just 95lbs. The balance required is insane.

[amarone1956]

@Shrawty That's the problem I'm having with overhead squatting.

[brianbrutality]

the haters on these videos are unreal... this is an incredibly impressive video. motivation for me to stop being a pussy i don't squat that deep on shoulders. props sir.

[burnit01]

Just plain and simple "DIRTY"....Dude u r a f#$@$#@ monster...Respect, you make the people in the gym look bad...Thanks for the video appreciated...

[ke422azn]

Thats it? Only 135? If you could do body weight x 15, id be impressed.

[vispher101]

@ke422azn reword how you said that, 15 times anyone's bodyweight is impossible... 10 times anyone's body weight is impossible on squat anyways,

[ke422azn]

@ke422azn Just kidding timbawolf, you rock and I love Controlled Labs.

[errolclark]

Nice work on the overhead squat, great depth dude! You do wanna work to get those shins a little more perpendicular to the ground though.

PS Anyone who can't squat below parallel is either a useless athlete, injured, or in general just a pussy! ha

@resultsfitness

[DemonDog6661]

Dude... seriously, how old are you?!

[timbahwolf]

@DemonDog6661

I was 39 back then... 42 now.

[andrwleong]

@timbahwolf 42!!!!! did you stop aging in your 20s

[DjFreshmatic]

@timbahwolf damn! you look like you're in your 20's... keep it up!

[thesix107]

@timbahwolf  haha holy fuck I saw your clap pull up vid I thought you were in high school. HAHA, nice build man, fuckin sic back.

[mflo11]

@timbahwolf No way! I'm 44. So there is hope. How long have you been training for? Or, rather, how long have you been this good.

Also, do you have a website with your training regimen and diet?

[MUSCLELOVER4me]

@timbahwolf no - you're kidding! man you look like your 20 something

[gjwhite]

Keep those knees behind the toes.

[duperman]

i was actually thinking about practicing snatches and oh squats at the playground...shoveling the dirt/grass to make a nice soft patch since i dont have a lifting platform; does anyone know if a 45 lb bar would still be warped by 2 iron plates like in this video?

[vispher101]

@duperman those olympic bars shouldn't warp at all, people pick up 500 lbs and higher with them and they stay straight but they flex pretty easily, just with 225 you can feel the ends wobbling while lifting

[brianmulford]

WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START THE DAY!!

[director10min]

hello if anyone can answer my question, i wondering if it is bad on your knees to squat that low, is it? if not is this the best way at building muscle on ur legs?

[KotForest]

Hello, how long you bild tors ?

This question from Russia ... :-)

[514rouge]

have u looked at this guys vid, can u show me someone in better shape on youtube

[CarbonOxy]

loook up Stramak

[atrkcmo77]

@Stoneypow84 WHATEVER DUDE!

[ettico0513]

MISC FO LYFE!

[zodawg0079]

OHS will improve your snatch dramatically.

[zombe0]

but he's a guy, he doesnt have a vagina lol jp

[gloriouscubeshine]

Well Knees, It was nice knowin ya!

[sniperboy102]

i wish i had my own weights

[quagmire1807]

Perfect. Now hit 15 with a bodyweight OHS and you'll be as bad-ass as Nicole Carroll =P

[Derek78787878]

@quagmire1807

Her feat was no doubt impressive but she still has nothing on this guy. Don't mean to be offensive, I just hate it when people compare women to men. Men are far and away more elite athletes in basically all respects. I'm not saying women can't be athletic or even, in some cases, stronger than some men, but for the most part, comparisons are really stupid. Women, in terms of athletics and all other applications of strength, will always pale in comparison to their male counterparts.

[quagmire1807]

@Derek78787878 The best effort he's posted is doing 15 half-squats with 12 extra pounds. She outperformed him in both absolute and relative terms, yet you say she has nothing on him?

[Derek78787878]

@quagmire1807

My main point was to voice what most would consider the fact that, by and large, males are physically superior to females and comparisons are stupid. Maybe she has a more impressive OHS than this one particular individual, but I'd wager that he is still overall a hell of a lot stronger. Either way, take her male crossfit counterpart and she will no doubt pale in comparison. IMO, comparing women to men in athletics is akin to comparing the lightest oly weightlifting classes

[Derek78787878]

@quagmire1807

poundages to the heaviest weight class poundages. There's really no comparison. Anyways, maybe in this particular case she has a more impressive OHS, but I'd still wager the guy is more athletic/stronger overall. Even if he isn't, male/female athletic comparisons are generally futile.

[LeeEzekiel]

Wow. Been working out for a few months and nowhere near this guy/

[pray4somesense]

Who wouldve thought it - youve been working out a few months and you dont look like the guy in this vid. Isnt the world a crazy place.

[loncrow]

very nice

[worshipme213]

he's 183lbs. 5'10

[LKSS100583]

Are you effin serious? I'm 5'11 and 182...I can be like him also! Alright, I'm gonna workout now!

[kozimoto123]

How much does this guy weight?

I can overhead 160 and squat 335 at 185lbs, that's why i'm asking... I may try that at the gym.

[roc575]

the form you put forth into this would make even the best of the best olympic lifters jealous. every second from 1-15 is perfect. i see form #1 key to gaining overall improvement. no point in doing ANY exercise if you do not use proper form. weight and reps is always secondary to gains. i hope one day to achieve the attributes you have (balance, proportion, strength and overall fitness). you're clips are truely an inspiration. i've read somewhere that you maintain around 5% BF year round? crazy

[Myself0101]

well not really as the best ooly lifters do it with 2-2.5xbw and perfect form, in fact their form would use more of the heel which is actually more beneficial (avoiding knee injury etc)

[m1kasd]

yea, this guy is leaning on his toes a bit more, which is pretty bad for your knees.

[howardlitt86]

Yes, his knees are going past his toes (by far). You want to keep your knees over your ankles, this way you are using mainly glutes and hamstrings. This also protects your knees and doesn't overload your quads (which is a smaller muscle than glutes and hams- which is why he can't do double body weight.

[zombe0]

funny i thought quads were like the biggest muscle group in the body, idk about you but i cant move almost 800 pounds with any other part of my body.

[howardlitt86]

Indeed that is funny, you thought that the quads are the largest muscle group. Yes that is hilarious, because it's wrong and you speak as though you are correct. Study anatomy prior to saying stupid stuff please. The glutes and hams combine to make the largest muscle GROUP in the body and by far the strongest if your training is anything worth noting. You are an idiot if you think you can load up 800lbs on your quads alone- a plumb fool.

[ijamezxp]

Mechanical leverage is defined by work or torque that the muscle produces. This is determined by how far the axis of rotation is from the force line. To make it easy, the further you go down in the squat, the further away the hips and knees move from the actual force line (the weight).

[kendlecranks]

overhead squats are hard enuff wid jus a 20kg bar.. keep it up man

[whiterock12345]

Overhead squats dude that's fucking crazy!

[Marteh]

nice... what weight is it? 60kg?

[klined]

anybody telling you not to go full ROM is probably secretly your enemy, encouraging you to get tendinitis

one of the most common causes of knee problems is a strength imbalance between quad and hamstring because they failed to properly stress hamstrings(which need a full ROM in a squat).

if you arent going for a PR in a specifically higher than full ROM lift, use a full ROM

[Kruszakus]

There are actually some compeing bodybuilders who claim that doing squats deeper that parallel is destroying your knees - thus "bodybuilding squats" which are done usually in 1/3 of the possible ROM are believed to be superior.... by people who are dumb enough to listen to such shit.

I do OHS with only 70-75 kilos for triples (triples of power snatch and overhead squats are just complimentig the first movement) - but man, id does wonders for your core!

[keckks]

You do not have to do it if you think it is to hard on you - but do not blame this on the exercise. I do not know about you - but the people all over the world (except Western societys) use to squat full ROM all day long (lack of chairs and dirty floor); they have not unlearned the natural ability all toddlers show. If you can not squat the full way down and up again (or deadlift or overhead press or...) you are injured.

[timbahwolf]

Thank you. Agree with your posts.

As for mechanic...  well to each their own.

[CoreySpringer]

@keckks Brilliant post mate.

[keckks]

You can hold the number of people running or playing soccer against the small number of people doing the olympic lifts - in fact that is what was done here - and still get far less injuries in weightlifting. With proper coaching these are safe movements with many benefits. We have club members lifting 50 years plus - still healthy and fit like nearly nobody else of their age.

[mechanic2336]

That is really bad technique, your knees should not go over your toes.

[bobabic]

You jealous pussy

[keckks]

Yeah, right, and olympic lifting is highly dangerous. Have you ever seen a olympic weightlifting competition? I guess not.

[mechanic2336]

Well actually yes it is. Lmao. I have seen many olympic weightlifing contests and was even going to start competing myself as i was told i could go for the olympics.

Also in olympic weightlifting they don't do squats. Indeed part of the movement in a snatch and a clean may contain a squat in order to drive the weight up but they dont repeat it as shown in this video.

[keckks]

Being a competitve athlete is not recreational training - but it is not "highly dangerous". In fact (statistics) olympic lifting is far less danegerous than running or soccer.

[keckks]

And of course olympic lifters do repeat overheadsquats in training, as they do lots and lots of every squat imaginable - front squats, back squats and overhead squats. AND they go always for the full ROM - that is a natural movement and in no way unhealthy; just watch toddlers or people in third world countries. They squat all the time.

[mechanic2336]

The statistics you looked at arent that reliable as there are lots more people that run and play soccer than people that do olympic lifting.

[Akslack]

Mechanic, stop being an idiot.

Every day, thousands of olympic lifters squat WELL below parallel. It is NECCESARY for their sport as they need to catch the heavy clean and snatch in a very LOW SQUAT position.

Even Powerlifters have to squat at parallel in order for their squat to count and parallel is defined as the crease of the hip lining up with the patella of the knee.

Just... shut up

[mechanic2336]

Yes in training people may do repeat overheadsquats and unless this guy in the video is an olymipc weightlifter i recommend that he doesn't go for the full ROM.

Also they don't "always for the full ROM " and your reference to toddlers etc.. is irrelevent as they arent shifting a big weight about lol.

[Robhearn]

Could you explain why you should not go below paralell in the squat?

[klined]

training for oly lifting includes LOTS of overhead , front, and back squats dude. some of yall need to just stop trying to be gurus and don't make up stuff

[ronnie411]

Tim ! Its great to see you added more videos these conditioning videos are amazing. Your a very strong young man. Keep pumping Shang Chi !!!!

[timbahwolf]

Thanks, man.