THE ZERCHER SQUAT 

If Rick Bugez taught me anything about the Zercher squat, it's that it is all about the MINDSET!!!

I do Zercher Squats almost EXCLUSIVELY and my legs have grown and gotten stronger faster than regular squatting. Plus my traps have gotten much more rigid and helps with all other shoulder workouts. I LOVE IT.

I workout from a home gym and I absolutely don't have any more space (or money) to get a squat rack. Therefore I started doing zerchers on my lower body days. I love it!

Zercher squat is my favorite Squat variation, it's so underrated.

This is a multi-purpose movement 99% of the people I see in my gym just don't do..." it hurts my arms"....." I can't lift as much, so why do it?" ...this lift is hard as hell, and the biggest thing for me is it has helped my Deadlift and when done with low to moderate Weight and high reps 15 to 30 I fell like I just ran a marathon...this is an under-rated exercise that can be a awesome "secret ' weapon if guys stop wining and Man up....awesome video .

This dude is Georges St Pierre’s older brother.

Did the Zercher squat for the first time at home today. Absolutely love how much it engages the back & trunk

Open up those ipps

I have long femurs and I tried to switch to front squats but breathing was an issue. I started doing these and they solve the breathing problem (or at least it’s a lot better) and I love the upper back stimulation

Excellent presentation for this exercise! Thank you 👍

Now this is gold one I replaced with this from back squat routine and now I love it

Great video thank you! The shoulder external rotation was something i hadn’t considered.

That Dude knows what he is talking about.chapeau!

Alright, you sold me on this. I do love the core engagement of front and goblet squats. This does the same, and frankly it’s almost more comfortable for me than a front squat.

Great video, this is what I am doing while I work on shoulder mobility to back squat. I can cross grip a front squat but I much prefer this

Just added these and I love them already. I don't have a squat rack and honestly hate back squatting. This is a nice variation to really compliment my deadlifts. Great teacher too.

I am very impressed...so much knowledge he has.

My favourite exercise. Thanks for the corrections, lol. Great video, very helpful.

Love it! Great video.

Man, this improved my squat game so much more. I'm not good squatter, I can DL more than squat and I usually end up in the good morning positions with back squat. Only squat that I really felt good was goblet squat. Sadly not many gyms have super heavy dumbbell that provides heavy loads. Zercher squat is bit unconfortable but way simpler than front squat. I felt that I became stronger with Zercher squat. Some experts say for hypertrophy Zercher squat isn't great. However, I'm not aspiring bodybuilder. I just want stronger and healthy body. Thank you for the great guide🙏❤

Thanks for the hand position point. I've had pain above shoulder blade for about 2 weeks cause went heavy for me holding hands doing a zercher march.

I started incorporating this recently.. and it's a goldmine 💪👍 thanks.

Great tutorial!!

Great video! There are also videos about how to do the Zercher squat without a power rack - you do a deadlift, set the weight on your legs, squat down then set up your arms. Could be a great way to squat at home if you don't have a rack.

Great instruction,thank you.

Love it how you explain it! Especially the open grip! Gives you more stabilisation of the thoracic spine and allows you to build a better pressure in the thorax when you train heavy! The pressure in the body is responsible 50% for the stabilisation of the spine!!! Really nice exercise!

Do you get hit with that yellow stick when bad form is displayed?

Thks for the sharing very informative n effective, i doing it help a lot for my strength n conditioning 👊👍

how did the egg get in shape? He eggsersized

Thanks. Very seldom but very good exercise.

Awesome awesome awesome very cool and thank you for sharing.

I love opening my "Ips".

I love how Thibz pronounces "Eggzercise" and thighs aka "ties". Great videos as always!

Thanks coach you have put my zercher right now

Once you taught me this, this is one of my main squats. One way I perform this besides upright, is with a lift under my heels as a cycle squat on the Smith machine and I bend over and push forward into the bar at my elbow joint as the bar is held, so my chest is almost parallel to my thighs at the bottom of the movement with a consistent core contraction. This is like the leg press machine where you lay on your back but you are standing and controlling all the weight. Total body and this movement I am sure it was contemplated and could be used in your skeletal muscle program.

This dude knows the zercher squat!

i've only ever seen or done closed grip zerchers. gonna open up my hands to get that back engaged more

Great video. And I personally love thos exercise despite preferring the front squat more. I would say this lift is great for more experienced lifters who already do a lot of heavy back squats. From my experience I've seen most lifters tend to really stuggle with keeping upright posture as they enter the higher weight categories. However, the one benefit I see with front squats over zerchers is the inherent focus on front side mechanics. Really trying to work the quads and upper back is key. I always do front squats for volume exercises and not really for strength building. Mostly because the feony squat is a great accessory lift for people focusing on their deadlifts. I've noticed that when I do more front squats I tend to get a lot more power of the floor when I deadlift. So the zercher definitely has its place as a primary accessory lift for heavy back squatters, but I still think the front squat holds a little bit more benefits overall.

I have lover back nerve pain, this is only whole body squat that I can do without pain 👍🏻 and I like it also much.

The open up trick was helpful

Awesome video! More ppl need to know this squat exists and is an option.

Zerchers are extraordinarily underrated. I find them to be very hip and posterior chain biased with my build, but if placed accordingly in my programming to accommodate for that, they make an excellent squatting pattern to strengthen the hips and hams. The Zercher position is also phenomenal for hinging from as well.

For what it's worth, my favorite variation is to do them dead start from the power rack.

I do this with a fat 120 kg log and it's fantastic. Works the whole body

Interesting I didn't know its also kind of a mobility excersise.

Really important cue made on hips breaking first not the knees. See a lot of videos on squatting in general that miss this

This was super informative and got me all the info I wanted which I would’ve otherwise expected to hv to Google search to find them. Thank u :)))

Thanks man, tried this today at the gym and it feels great.

Hello, Are the sleeves at the elbows good so as not to hurt? :) Please.

Should you keep that are position when doing zercher carries as well?

I haven't tried this yet, but for some reason it looks like it would be hell on my bad lower back. I'll have to test that.

Coach Thibs and Will Ratelle got me zerching

Does the rule of externally rotating your shoulders go with the zercher deadlift as well?

I've always wondered what would break first... my Hip... or my knees...

can you zercher with arms going outside your knees

Chris--do any of you guys have any experience with the Dave Draper bar for squatting??

Is this the same for goblet squats, my spine is ruined, I can no longer do bar squats

"Eggs-ersice" - love the accent. The demo guy makes Thib look tiny!

Currently doing Front Squats as a major exercise, will my Front Squat strenght level maintained if I switch to the Zecher Squat for 12 weeks?

Could this help with tighter chokes? As for bjj rear naked or guillotine.

Need to master the air squat first...which has been a bitch. Old knee issues from years of basketball work on my head. Do not want to trash the knees anymore than they are...but WOULD like find a way to strengthen them.

This is the best exercise. Loads the entire body without destroying the back and knees

I do a narrow stance with my arms outside my knees on the descent. Is doing this okay?

I feel my glutes and hamstrings more when doing zerchers than when doing back squats.

3:40 imagine he's still standing below the camera frame, the smallest trainer in the world. Great video though, for real, thanks

Squats, regardless of the type, hurt my back so bad that it takes days to recover. I've given up on the squat. Yes I've had a personal trainer help with form...

my arms now stronger from zurcher squats, def can curl more and recover from a curl session quicker now

What kind of weight should we be doing?

Most painful exercise I have ever done. Holding the bar in a front rack position is a piece of cake compared to the Zercher hold.

Does this man know he has a mic on him?

i can front squat 460! Oh yeah! What do you do? Bob sled!

Search up *nick scott* this man looks like his brother

He ONLY trains outlaws, renegades, samurai and Vikings.

I actually prefer them over back squats

Open up those ips

Kyriakos Grizzly

open up the ipps

solid egg er cise

Anthony here skips leg day...

I think this guy is french. in french you prononce egsercise

Open the ips

These are more subject to the dreaded turtle head than any other squat.

1:33 That's one way to say that back squat is better.

Thanks vin gasoline.

🥚xercise

Eggzercise

Lower body eggzerzize 😂

Eggsercise😂😂

Eggzshercize

that smells like inflammed bizpes tendons

Damn you're short 😕

He's not living it

this guy yells so loud

Turn to Jesus Christ people he died for your sins. Obey his teachings documented in Matthew Mark Luke and John. Live by his teachings, he's the only way you can be saved.

and to do the zercher from the grd was the original movement it was born from not having a cage to squat from