Front Squat (Poliquin Style - with Wraps)

[ORTprod]

strong man. work on that calf/heel cord flexibility.

[Infovince3434]

Poliquin Style?????? an insult...

[TiberiusStorm]

@Infovince3434 are you trying to say his squats are an insult to poliquin? or that Poliquin sucks?

[trainerman1]

box squats...

[tdaiboo]

140kg.not bad

[StanleyKu]

Some of you guys are going overboard with criticism. His form isn't that bad. It gets a bit out of alignment during his last rep, but that's usually just because he's pushing himself hard.

[TheMaXimusMark]

Thats not Poliquin style - he squats with knees over toes- not hips out

[BrysonSao101]

das all?????

[cr4zee]

have your hips and chest rise at the same rate, your last rep was probably your best.

[masterexploder83]

@cr4zee the last reps are always the best ;)

[Grimrour]

Nice range of motion, though I can see some imbalances in the hips. Try strengthening VMO and glute medius to align the knees correctly, as well as stretching the hip flexors.

This will allow you to be more solid and upright in the bottom of the squat. Keep it up! This is a great exercise!

[mrceebees14]

@Grimrour

Good advice.

Peterson Step-ups, Split Squat and a stretch of the Rec Fem.

[dq303]

to much pressure on the knees... and wtf is he listening to

[mrceebees14]

@dq303

It's not his Knee's, it's his lower back.

His hips are weak for this weight, so he leans foward to take the stress off the Knee's and puts it on his back.

Bad motor pattern.

[danielknebel]

WHen he returns in the concentric range his knees fall in. During the eccentric phase his knees open which is also adductor related .The reason is that the VMO and Adductors are to weak to stabilize the knee. What is also obvious is that his technique becomes worser every rep. At the end he has an excessive forward lean. This increases the risk for spine injuires. So i would suggest to do a 4 week programm to stabilize the VMO,Adductors,Spinal Erectors and then start Front Squats again!

[Mikeystevenson]

@danielknebel what would you recomend to do for stabilizing the adductors and VMO? Would QL need work too?

[danielknebel]

you got muscular imbalances. Your Adductors and VMO are weak. Plus you show a slight forward lean when you return from the eccentric to the concentric part of the squat!Jst look at the hight of the elbows at the bottom position!

[chiefwr88]

what makes you say that his adductors and VMO are week? how can you tell this?

honistly curious

[jakesnod]

@danielknebel I'm probably restating what you said above, aside from adductor issues....so during eccentric to concentric his flexors (quads, psoas et al) are taking over due to lack of hamstring and adductor strength correct? When the hip flexors take over, that's what's causing the forward movement (knees and torso)? thanks for the insight.

[fumuthaeffer]

Great Form!

[bensbaker]

Solid!

[nate009gmail]

looks hard man

u got some power

keep it up

[NewYorkKAB]

Good Form n your going all the way down,nice to see FULL SQUATS.Also don't listen to the negative comments,when you are really working with a challenging weight sometimes you'll be a little shakey but by no means was that a bad set.Plus if you had a spotter to say something your form would've been SUPER PERFECT.Just Keep Lifting and sooner or later you'll be Squating 405 while these weaklings talk shit.

P.S.-I'm Front Squating the same weight. But I'm doing a 5x5. Give it a try you'll like it!

[NewYorkKAB]

Actually I wish you were my workout Partner we are about the same strength so we'd be able to push each other and we wouldn't have to change the weights either,lol. Also I Never Front Squat more then I can Power Clean and so Far that's worked out great for me and my Form on Front Squats and making sure my Hams are equal to or slightly stronger then my Quads so my knee's are super safe.If you haven't tried Power Cleans I think you'd love em,plus you'll get even stronger cause its a new stimulus.

[konakick]

I never even thought of using wrist wraps like that. Good stuff!

[shortys00100]

looks like kenny florian

[hendrixian1]

ahaha thats exactly what i thought when i saw him

[StanleyKu]

Nice job!

[ChetCampbell72]

Just because his knee's were coming in, doesn't mean he is tight or weak.

1) The weight could be too heavy.

2) He isn't raising his chest enough and accelerating very fast from the bottom.

A video only tells so much.

[danielknebel]

Your Hip Flexors are tight and your lower back and your adductors are to weak!

[StanleyKu]

That's why he's working out.

[matt062992]

@ StanleyKu

good call lmao

sidenote: when the bar started rolling back i was like oh shit, this just got real! and then it didn't get real