You Can't Get into the Low-Bar Squat. What Now? | Steve Ross
Aug 6, 2025 · [S]ome folks are physically unable to get the bar into a textbook low-bar position on day one, and for some, it's never going to happen. This isn’t about refusing to do a proper squat because …
Squat Mechanics | Mark Rippetoe - Starting Strength
May 19, 2017 · The correct squat places the back angle in line with the hip angle for the best use of hip drive during the squat, and places the bar directly over the mid-foot for the most efficient mechanical …
Using the High-Bar Squat | Mark Rippetoe - Starting Strength
Feb 16, 2021 · So if you have to high-bar squat, you do it the same way you squat: driving your ass up out of the bottom must be your primary focus, but if you don't keep your chest up too you're going to …
does anyone have experience with the cambered squat bar?
Feb 2, 2023 · The technique of squatting with a cambered bar appears to be identical to that of a conventional, low-bar squat (according to Jim Wendler, "6 Specialty Bars for Strength and Size"); …
Deep Squats | Mark Rippetoe - Starting Strength
Oct 30, 2015 · The squat leaves nothing out – there are no holes in its kinetic chain to patch up, unless you squat high. And since a guy that squats 405 x 5 deep is a bigger, stronger guy than a guy that …
Modify a Safety Squat Bar - Starting Strength
Mar 12, 2018 · The safety squat bar is great for getting trainees with inadequate shoulder mobility under a bar to squat. But because the safety squat bar shifts the weight forward of the bar the back angle …
The Good Morning Squat: Why It Happens and How to Un-Fuck It
May 20, 2025 · Enter: the Good Morning Squat (or Squat Morning if you're nasty), that awkward, back-dominant grind where the hips and knees shoot back, the chest folds forward, and your squat turns …
Analyzing the Squat | Nicholas Soleyn - Starting Strength
Feb 25, 2013 · The Top of the Squat At the top of the squat, the lifter is standing in a relatively straight vertical line with the bar on his back. In this and all barbell exercises, the forces acting on the body …
Videos & Podcasts | Starting Strength Channel
Jan 18, 2024 · The Starting Strength Channel | squat Videos & Podcasts Avoid Squat Wrecks: Unracking and Racking Tips Mark Rippetoe | June 10, 2024 Rip explains the steps to safely unrack …
Thumbs-Around Grip | Darin Deaton - Starting Strength
Sep 27, 2018 · The correct grip for the squat positions the hand as close to the shoulder as possible, thumb over the bar, wrist in slight extension – a neutral wrist position – all four fingers in contact with …