We are now ready to dive into all of the other technical points to help optimize lifting performance. The complete start position checklist (which includes…
Continue reading → Start Position: The Checklist, Stance, Grip, and Bar Placement
Up to this point we’ve considered 3 essential steps you can take when getting into your start position that will set the tone for your…
Continue reading → 3 Essential Steps to Your World Class Start Position: Part 2
We now know that there are 4 Types of bar paths expressed on the international level, and contrary to what would seem most likely and…
Continue reading → The Basics of a World Class Bar Path: Part 2
Let’s recall the 3 steps you can take to create what we consider the pillars of the most fundamental and widely used start position on…
Continue reading → The Basics of a World Class Bar Path: Part 1
Previously we established that we’ll label technique simply as either “efficient” or “inefficient.” This is opposed to other adjectives that are singling out individuals with…
Continue reading → 3 Essential Steps to Your World Class Start Position
Are we really not talking about the squat anymore? Well, through my love for the squat I’ve found a way to bring it back up…
When you think of the word or concept of “technique”, what comes to mind? Here are a few definitions to help prime for the discussion…
Following is a base protocol for using Contraption Squats in place of a regular weighted squat program; I’ve included a progression and some key areas…
Continue reading → The Exaggeration Method: Contraption Squats Protocol
Contraption squats help an athlete achieve the optimal foot positioning by reinforcing the “lock and twist” and “tripod.” I cannot appropriately express to you how…
Continue reading → The Exaggeration Method: Contraption Squats How-To
Do you have “crazy feet''? When squatting in your normal foot position, do the arches collapse and tripod connection is lost on each rep? When…
Continue reading → The Exaggeration Method: The Case for Contraption Squats
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