I respect that...this world is sadly flooded with unworthy dangerous people elected to lead as teachers, coaches, politicians, pastors, doctors, artists, etc. Nobody is perfect & we should all learn from each other's mistakes, but sheesh some folk just have "cant get right" in them & sadly they tend to be at the top by large. I know it wasnt always that way but its been going that way fast for a long time in so many aspects of life. Then when the right people finally make it, people try & shoot them down because everyone wants to see Superman lose...a world full of Cinderella's step sisters lol. Its a vicious circle. This is why we all know in our heart & mind that music is getting worst & nobody is replacing the many greats(talent wise) as they once did decade after decade....just another blatant example of said spiral. I can say though in the last few years, ive found better fitness tips than the 10+ gears of lifting before. People sadly dont realize how easy it is to seriously injure yourself in the gym(while its also easy to avoid most mishaps if properly informed & aware of said risks).
Felt like you were directly talking about my story. Got my BS in Exercise Science and CSCS certification with the same intention. Now Im learning how to code to totally switch out of this industry
Not particularly. The first action that happens in this hips up first squat pattern is knee extension via the quads. If the back was in proper position, the posterior chain is ample in strength and quads are the weak point, you would see the opposite movement pattern. We typically don't though because the quads are in a much more advantageous position in leverage
Makes sense. What about leg positioning? I learned months back that wider sumo stance works a different muscle group than traditional narrow stance. Would like your take.
That's 100% correct. Sumo when done correctly heavily focuses on the glutes back and hamstrings. Traditional or conventional deadlift is much more back intensive.
My brotha you are literally the only person on the web ive ever seen make this point perfectly clear & concise putting a stamp on the issue in my mind for good. Dozens of squat related videos show up in my feed every week but that question always lingered in my mind for the last year of finally learning to do squats but feeling like things havent been fully & properly explained concerning form issues. So for a more upright squat, its mandatory to do a more wide angled sumo leg positioning which makes perfect sense in retrospect. You even gave a side angle shot to help visually confirm this truth which is so helpful. You have a great mind for teaching my brotha, thanks & God bless you homey. Im looking forward to attempting to squat with a bar bell again without feeling like i have no clue wtf im doing lol.
i can’t seem to figure out the gym i just go back everyone and then ready to go but i’ll do it for a week and give out because i lose track of my progress workouts diet used to be there all the time around 17-19 now i can’t say the same 22 now any advice?
I certainly do have advice. Don't worry about tracking or anything like that. Especially if it causes stress. The number one most important factor is the consistency of putting an effort over time and And you don't need to track anything to accomplish that
@@wilcoxstrengthinc i’m not really tracking anything i just try to pile on calories from good sources as best i can and i struggle work seems to come in the way with the gym and diet i just don’t know what happened to my fire i used to get pissed when i missed a gym day now i can’t seem to find the motivation to get back
I experienced this irritation when I tried these and assumed I was going to hurt my elbows. How do I tell if the discomfort is beneficial or likely to cause damage?
Great question! You definitely want to stay light with the weight if it's aggravating your elbows at all but over time that aggravation should go away. It usually takes a couple weeks or so. of doing it conservatively to become acclimated.
Got it. Thanks for the tips and great video! I would love to see more content around tricep exercises and elbow pain as I'm feeling it in skull crushers and o/h tricep exercises as well. Thanks Dr. Derek!!
I got my deadlift to 700 lbs by squatting it and having constant back tweaks....this is the best video I have ever seen on wedging. Can't wait to try this!
Which planet are you from Derek? 710 subscribers? Come to our planet earth, millions would follow you I just have gone through some of your videos and are so nice. Your explanation and demonstration is great. Keep it up! 💪
@@wilcoxstrengthinc Thanks for the reply. I have noticed that I need to keep my chest up a bit or I lose that position. Does that make sense? Same with deads from the floor.
Hello! I can’t help but notice the lever squat in the background. Would you be able to do a lunge with that machine? Could you demonstrate it one day? Thank you.
@@franklavilla3385 That would be the general rule for presses, but this is an extension movement. The elbow must stay higher than the shoulder in order to keep the chest out of the movement
Appreciate the vid doc! How much do deep lunges carry over to squats? And your thoughts on these being primary hypertrophy exercises for quads. Thanks!
Certainly not a primary movement but lunges with this form will be a great stimulus to fatigue ratio (SFR) option that not only helps develop great end range strength and hypertrophy but also peripheral benefits of mobility + injury prevention.
Note: I much prefer conventional deadlift. I also do sumo, but I lift the same weight in both. But if I’m going to try a max PR, I’m doing it conventional just because I feel much stronger doing conventional. BUT out of curiosity, why specifically is the sumo deadlift garbage? The usual argument I hear is that sumo is cheating because it normally allows more weight to be lifted because of the shorter range of motion. However, If someone can lift more conventional than sumo, does that mean they’re cheating by doing conventional? Let’s take things further, what about low bar squat vs high bar squat (real deep ATG [hamstring to calves]). Most people squat more weight using low bar, in that sense, wouldn’t low bar squat be "cheating" so to speak? With low bar, isn’t the barbell also lower on the back than high bar, so wouldn’t low bar have technically a shorter range of motion than high bar?
@charlrichardengelbrecht5269 I've read that and there are tons of fallacies and other issues. Great for beginners though May want to read more than one book.
@charlrichardengelbrecht5269 ill gladly take the time to do that if you would like to pay my hourly rate. Aside from that I'll happily sit on my credentials and accomplishments
I’ve always been good on this but I struggle so hard kicking the dumbbells up for shoulder presses. For the longest time I just curled them up lmao but once I got to the 50’s it got a little rough.
A lot of those dynamics come down to the depth. Torque can be put on the pecs with that 90deg type angle but a full pec stretch usually cannot. No right or wrong answers there, only trade offs that work out differently for all of us 🙂
