Comments on: Myth Busting Monday

By: IJ

IJ — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 02:06:14 +0000

also single legs squats will never produce the mentality that heavy squats will

By: IJ

IJ — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 02:02:53 +0000

if your back really limits your squat you need a stronger back more than you need strong legs

By: Juan

Juan — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:27:26 +0000

What in the hell does anyone do on one leg? All those PTs should be ashamed of themselves. Actually, first they should get their asses underneath the bar, put in work, get strong or something, and then talk to people about strength training.

Keep fighting the good fight, Jason..against muscular atrophy and stupidity..

By: Brian Hill

Brian Hill — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:31:55 +0000

There will always be muscle imbalances if you’re an athlete.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:59:15 +0000

Hilarious!

By: Mike T Nelson

Mike T Nelson — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:21:10 +0000

The key question is Are you trying to make someone a better athlete or make them squat more? Squatting more does not AUTOMATICALLY make them a better athletes.

If you are working with great athletes already, squats may not be the best choice. If they are not very good athletes and weak, squats are a great choice.

Quality movement should be first and foremost for athletes.

I do agree that throwing out a main compound lift like the squat is not ideal for all athletes.

rock on
Mike T Nelson PhD(c)

By: robert

robert — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:26:38 +0000

there is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that can produce the level of contrail nervous system activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density enhancement, muscular stimulation & growth, connective tissue stress & strength, physiological demand and toughness, and overall systemic conditioning than a correctly preformed back squat

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:34:45 +0000

Adam,

thanks for the comments. You’re right, in my opinion. I still say if you’re teaching the squat the proper way and see it as a lower bck exercise, then maybe you need to rethink the way you are coaching it.

Jason

By: Adam Carey

Adam Carey — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:19:21 +0000

Being an exercise scientist i would love to see the research behind his statements. It would be a massive disaster to take away the squat in any athlete’s personal program. I would love to see any of his research backed with kinematic evedence???….I doubt thats going to happen.
Furthermore to say that the squat is primarily a lower back exercise is completely out of the question. Muscle twitches are registered not only in the lower back but the biceps femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialus,rectus femoris and also registers twitches in the tensor fascia latae, the band which tenses the core activating numerous amounts of core muscle both anteriorly and posteriorly. Not even to mention the muscles that are stabilising those active muscles such as the semi membranosis and semi tendinosis.
I would love to see this video…
AC

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:01:20 +0000

For the math, thats the only way it would work out. I know that its generaliation, but I really want to see one of his athletes do a 1 leg squat with 140 for 14. Then not be able to perform a squat with 280 for 14. Then he will definitely have my attention. Until then, i am sticking to my guns!