i was introduced to box squats through westside.
yay or nay?
personally hate them. didnt improve my lifts and i think its dangerous. i think the point is to strengthen the bottom of the lift by training without the advantage of the muscles being under full tension. makes theoretical sense but it seemed like i was unloading the weight on my spine even though i was intentially trying not to. i even switched to putting the bar on the pins low enough to start the lift in the bottom of the squat. still didnt feel right with heavy weight. the upperbody didnt seem to be able to generate the support/tension i built with the bar going down into a squat.
i see people who are getting more advanced with their lifting adding such training. great that real lifting is getting more popular but i cringe seeing most people completely unloading the weight onto their spin and/ or butt winking do this exercise.
yay or nay?
personally hate them. didnt improve my lifts and i think its dangerous. i think the point is to strengthen the bottom of the lift by training without the advantage of the muscles being under full tension. makes theoretical sense but it seemed like i was unloading the weight on my spine even though i was intentially trying not to. i even switched to putting the bar on the pins low enough to start the lift in the bottom of the squat. still didnt feel right with heavy weight. the upperbody didnt seem to be able to generate the support/tension i built with the bar going down into a squat.
i see people who are getting more advanced with their lifting adding such training. great that real lifting is getting more popular but i cringe seeing most people completely unloading the weight onto their spin and/ or butt winking do this exercise.