Squat Rx #13: Box SQ, Pause SQ, OI SQ

[TiberiusStorm]

question: I'm going to start doing box squats. Should I be adding weight every workout> AND when I remove the 'box' will my body find it hard to do normal squats sans the box? OR will it be fine?!?

[mcvalster]

Hey Boris! I really want to join EVERYONE in thanking you for this amazing series of videos: they are simply the best resource on squatting out there.:) I have a quick question for you re: box squats: how do you release the hip flexors while on the box? I don't know how to voluntarily control these muscles and am afraid I will hurt myself by relaxing my back/ab muscles by mistake. I know Dave Tate from EliteFS says you need to relax them, too, but I never understood how I should do that. Thanks!

[johnnymnemonic2]

@mcvalster Practice with lighter weights. Keep the abs tight. Relaxing the quads will probably help you relax the hip flexors as well.

[MetaIhead89]

Is this better than regular squat?

[ManagFTW66]

should a raw lifter do box squats?all the vids on tube shows everyone rockin up

[checkhookko]

What's up Johnny? What's your opinion on front box squats? Are there any added benefits or dangers to doing so?

[haxmya]

Great video. Thanks. I dig that shirt too.

[cheesedips]

do you sit back as far as u can??totlly exaggerate

[Filo011]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!

so fare this has to be the most well made & most informative sqauting video i've seen, His got perfect form & just watching him helps me 100%. Very helpfull video, subscribing :D

[Austrocanuck]

Great videos! Good info, well done!

Thank you!

[ItSSeAnJOhNBaBy]

Thanks alot man! Your videos are very informative, and a big help!

[ChicanaPeach]

Thank you! Your vids are great!

[customer667788]

an excellent video, thank you, i will be back to watch again, and recommend if i can

[chaospker]

Good video, learned a lot.

[stiankarlsen]

Great work! I'm learning a lot from your videos, thanks a bunch man!

[thorkill88]

great information. thank you very much! box squatting is now my favourite method of squatting and my conventional squat has gone up markedly

[dexbot]

Thanks a bunch, again! Very informative esp. in those squads?-aren't-they-bad-for-yo­ur-knees?-times.

[johnnymnemonic2]

Thanks guys!!

I realized as I finished Squat Rx #13, that with OI squats, there should be a pause at the top, followed by the free fall. What I performed in the video is more of a "oscillatory reactive" squat rather than an "oscillatory isometric" squat. By pausing at the top you are adding the isometric component and "resetting" things a bit - this should make the exercise a bit more stable and easier to maintain a groove with.

[duba3988]

nice vid again, thanks for the info, really appreciate it!

[bearwolfden]

Awesome vid...

Thanks for putting a name to O-I SQs...