Slow Tempo Squat with Full Speed Device 2

Poliquin Strength Institute: International Strength Week 1/12/09-1/16/09

Slow Tempo Squat with Full Speed Device

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[hendrixian1]

@yunta51 HAHA you're a CHEK trainer?.. now I understand. I gues you'd most likely have her on a swiss ball, doing a one legged squat whilst pressing a club bell and singing the macarena.

Perhaps the reason she's able to sit the bar there comfortably is because she has traps bigger than rick moranis (who's probably a CHEK devotee).

Fact is, high bar placement allows you to keep your elbows under your hands and maintain good cervical posture in the bottom position..

[PKhumanimal]

probably cause this isn't a powerlifting squat (low-bar placement with wide feet placing)done for the purpose of increasing numbers but a olympic or "high-bar squat" which refers to the bar placement

[hendrixian1]

Don't mean to sound like some know-it-all wanker, just offering my opinion. I'm actually a PICP level 3 coach and have interned under charles personally on a number of occasions so I do have some background in his methodology.

[hendrixian1]

I never said low bar position wasn't safe... But it bothers me when people that have absolutely no understanding of muscular biomechanics start critiquing the exercise form of professional weightlifters. As far as the slow eccentric goes I'd say its likely that this is an accumulation phase, so he's increasing her time under tension and backing off the intensity to prevent neural fatigue/overtraining etc he's also increasing her power by using the full-speed device so the slow eccentric further

[NPFfumbi]

@hendrixian1 Low bar, high bar, who cares. People have their preferences. I hate how all of you act like there is only one safe and effective way to do things. Poliquin himself would be shaking his head.

Anyways, I wish there was an explanation in this vid as to why this is performed the way it is. Why such a slow negative?

[EtchedInOak]

@yunta51 and the banging occurred where? And maybe get bigger traps

[hendrixian1]

@yunta51 Mate.. as I said, if you have any sort of trap development the bar will not make contact with your cervical vertebrae.. you seem to be forgetting the fact that there are 7 of them also, so lowering the bar will do nothing to prevent cervical pressure and will actually cause a cervical curvature during the lift.

I never said Poliquin can do no wrong. but there is no wrong in this video.

There's also no "banging" of the bar during squats. your trying to point out non-existant problems

[yunta51]

@hendrixian1 Then I guess for you Poliquin can do no wrong. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that over 100lbs or iron banging on cervical vertebra over and over, the iron bar will win.

[hendrixian1]

@harrysandhu78 If you actually are from a powerlifting background and not some 15 year old kid, you'd know that it's quite obvious this is an olympic squat and not a powerlifting one... You'd also know that powerlifters are injured 95% of the time due to the fact that they routinely sacrifice form and ROM for bigger totals... Not that this isn't commendable, but powerlifting techniques should remain within powerlifting circles

[atothedoublep]

cool let me know how rehab goes

[mrceebees14]

It raises the COG up higher, that is all.

She looked like she solved for COG just fine.