You have jokes of a high school coach. They're like a flavor of dad jokes-- really bad, but still amusing to hear. ANYWAYS, thank you for your videos. I've watched more than one, and they're really helpful. Thanks buddy. Subscribed.
Three points Dr Zourdos. 1. You meticulously set up your walkout, but didn't mention the height that the rack should be set at. What is the optimal height to keep the bar over the midfoot with minimal energy expenditure when unracking? 2. You don't use the thumbless grip, with the hands further forward, which leaves your wrists bent in a very unnatural angle that has to place great pressure on both them and the elbows. Alan Thrall and Mark Rippetoe's videos both advocate the thumb over, wrist straight, grip, so I'd welcome your comments. 3. Your feet are virtually parallel - almost Olympic style. As I understand it, this means less glute involvement. Is this something you do to because it suits your anatomy, simply because it is comfortable, or because you are more quad and ham dominant?
Dr Zourdos, it is believed that squats and deadlifts help to produce more testosterone and growth hormone. Is that true or is just a bro myth? And if so, it occurs on hihg reps, ex 8-10 or less reps? As for the depth, concerning knee health is it better to go parallel or below parallel?
Why not take 3 steps to re-rack if you're taking 3 steps to un-rack? Looked pretty messy at the end of vid where you just basically leant forward and dumped the empty bar just because it's an empty bar. Also what is your view on knee position relative to toe position whilst squatting? Some people say knees should never break in front and others say it's ok.....feedback from someone who knows their stuff would be appreciated
If you've just finished a really heavy squat, you probably don't have the energy to safely re-rack the bar by taking a few steps forward. In a powerlifting meet, you'll have side spotters who can assist you in racking the bar - so taking more than one step forward isn't necessary. If you want to take multiple steps to re-rack the bar, that's fine. It's fine for the knees to come beyond the toes while squatting.
I don't know if you still check comments on this. I notice you have a butt wink on most of your reps in this video. I am not criticizing you, but I personally have run into problems from having a butt wink. I started experiencing lower back pain and believe I damaged a disc. I relies yours is minor. I believe most people have no issues with butt wink. I sadly do. Do you think you could make a video talking about it an how to alter technique to reduce it and how much of it should be allowed.
A "neutral spine" still is a range and thus does not imply an absolute absence of movement. I do believe Mikes' lumbar to be in that range, especially knowing that the back extensors always make for a rounder appearance. I would not call it a butt wink.
And why would you bring the elbows back under the bar (18:38), as this would only serve to decrease the shelf you just built, and stresses the shoulders, elbows and wrists as doing so transfers some of the weight onto these joints, joints that weren't meant to bear the kinds of loads that go up with squats. The bent wrist doesn't fair well because of the reason just mentioned, either.
1) Because you've already completed the squat, you're not having to conserve energy to squat efficiently 2) Because it helps to keep the chest up and can also engage the lats to help stabilize the spine during the squat. If you find that doing this stresses your joints, don't do it
1) I'm speaking in terms of safety. Partial split squats with a weight that you handle bilaterally sounds iffy, whether you're lifting it or reracking it. You could get into an argue about it being safer because while reracking you're lowering the bar and considering you're stronger eccentrically, it's safer but I'm not sure you can postulate this with any certainty, as far as in relating to two different movements, because one is a movement in which you're weaker and the other stronger. 2) Good point, but you can engage the lats without lowering the elbows and diminishing the shelf.
Too much speaking, keep saying how ppl make mistakes. That is a criticise more than a tutorial. The thoracic spine rounded too much while squatting, you need to improve the spine mobility obviously. My sincere suggestion, improve your coaching technique！
