Wednesday, June 10, 2015

The All Mighty Squat

Key Points:
► Take a shoulder width stance and descend to the bottom of the rep under perfect control as you skew the load to the outside of your feet
► Keep the focus on the negative (eccentric) portion of the rep and maintain contraction until you reach the bottom. And with a "hesitation pause at the bottom" push the ground away from you and ascend to the top of the rep.
► Intent for quad training comes in the form of an outward “shove” against the ground. Literally just push your heals outward against the ground (without moving). You will feel the entire outer half of your leg contract. To do this while performing a rep will increase muscular activation dramatically.
► Heals down, push with entire foot(evenly distributed weight). If you have a hard time keeping heals down(height is often a factor), elevating your heals is by no means cheating or less effective.

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