About 2 years ago, I went to one of Matt’s seminars at ECU. It was $250 and I drove roughly 7 hours due to where I was in school at the time. Matt, in 30 seconds with 3 tips, adjusted my squat and I hit 435, it felt like a 225 warmup for me. At the time my max was a grinding, RPE 12 465. My point is this. Matt knows how to make you stronger and can do it in 60 seconds or less. He has earned the right to have a patreon channel and charge what he charges. If you listen to him and implement his advice, you will get stronger. Matt, thank you!
@@ResistanceQuest I'm familiar with that idea, and implement it. Just never encountered much of an explanation as to why (the relationship between doing it and the glutes/quads). It's not that the tip was revolutionary, just delivered in a way beneficial to me.
Late the party here...but yep this is gold...I actually discovered playing around with the Romainian Deadlift this myself...now to hear it from Matt about the squat...is golden...
I have seen criticism of the anterior pelvic tilt and high chest on the basis that it lengthens the abs and prevents hard bracing. Some say this technique is really intended for geared lifting.The alternative position is ribs down and neutral pelvis. Has Matt ever addressed this question?
I don’t think he’s advocating an extreme anterior pelvic tilt, rather bracing the abs with ribs down but a slight arch. this way you can use both the abs and the lower back to stabilize
@@WenningStrength Or you could address the question. Congrats on being strong though. I ask because I don't have a world record and would appreciate your insight.
I'm looking forward to a follow-up video once Matt has had some time to accumulate volume with the new technique and built up his back a little more. This technique will let him use his posterior chain to squat a lot of big weights!
My squat firm has always been terrible. 47 years old and never had a coach. Luckily I haven't had any injuries because I never went to heavy. Now looking to get a coach just for my squat so I can feel more comfortable with heavier weights.
I want to say thank you for this wealth of knowledge you share about the squat, in early spring this year I found out through an MRI that I had a grade 1 partially torn patellar tendon and I was seriously concerned and thought I may have to have surgery and or stop squatting all together. Using your recommended techniques I have been able to continue squatting without have surgery. I still need a lot of practice to perfect it but it is already removing most of the irritation in the tendon.
@@WenningStrength sadly it is hard for people to conceptualize something going wrong until they are already injured. Sure, you might be able to squat high volume with a lot of knee travel and have no issues but then again you could end up tearing a patellar tendon like me.
What’s your other channel? I didn’t understand what you said at the beginning of the video about further explanation of proper squat form. bad ass channel man!
I like the tips. Harvey might have some mobility issues though and/or too much focus on sticking his butt back. His back angle keeps getting flatter as he descends into bottom position which is looking pretty awkward. Doesn't look like strong position.
The bar isn't over his mid foot when he squats, it's in front of his toes( pause at 4:43 ). Wouldn't he just fall forward when squatting with actual weight?
this is quite normal if the weights are lighter. Think about it, when you sit back a lot without a lot of weight you need to counteract the weight of your ass so you do not loose balance.
Upgrade Iself whatever is not going to impinge your shoulders. You can have a tight upper back ergo strong shelf for the bar with a wide or narrow grip. Build a ton of muscle on your back and find the grip that allows you to hot your biggest weights in the most efficient and safe manner
Jon 1 Matt has said in the past he doesn’t agree with Starting Strength technique or Mark Rippetoe. Matt uses the tips of lifters that have done insane feats of strength with minimal injuries and a long career(ex:Ed Coan).
@@clarkyow1418 Lifters like Karwoski, coan, malanichev, dan green, etc, etc all squat(ted) using hip drive, using technique that Starting Strength preaches (minus the gaze perhaps). Matt unfortunately doesn't understand this....
Imagine if this is the squat your coach has managed to get out of you after 6 weeks lmao...Watch his "Squat Secrets 301" where the guy's knees actually come forward and voila he does a decent looking raw low bar squat, not this keep your shins vertical nonsense
