Saturday August 16, 2008

Four rounds of max body weight squats followed by a hydrant run. Kelly commented on the details of the setup of squatting on the main sfcf blog.

I'm more comfortable now with my flexability in the shoulders to keep a tight set up with the barbell in the low position. Squatting with the bar lower on my back has helped tremendously to keep the bar centered over the middle of my feet and keep a long torso as well as keep the bar pulled into myself. The open grip "...creates more relative supination of the forearm and subsequently more relative external rotation of the arm that further tightens up the upper back."

Squat/Run
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14 / 1:14
11 / 1:14
10 / 1:25
16 / 1:06