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Ilift twin brother4/15/2023 Some lifters are even ahead of this current trend and train only in hyper-specific ways (for example, ONLY perform their contest lifts and perform them using extreme loads at all times). By in large I would say this is a very good thing, but like all things it can be taken too far. There has been a resurgent popularity in the SAID principle (specific adaptation to imposed demands). I’ll admit that at one time I bought into this, but I’m happy to say I was impressionable at the time and have since grown out of it.Ĭontrast that with what we see growing in popularity over the last couple of years. In powerlifting, you had guys who never actually trained the contest lifts, yet did all manner of other lifts with varying degrees of non-specificity. Lots of lifters and popular writers talked about what assistance exercises drove their lifts the most. Not long ago, the pendulum was as far away from specificity as it gets. I see another pendulum swinging lately and this one has to do with exercise specificity. Same thing here – I try to place them the same every time. Too narrow and it will bother my shoulders. Too far apart and I’ll have trouble keeping my upper back tight. This is my link to the weights and it needs to be perfect. For me, the first thing I do is get my grip set right. That checklist helped my consistency immensely and that’s what I’d like to share with you today.Įach person has their own nuances to their setup under the bar, but the process is always the same. I broke the lift up into a few phases and I developed a mental checklist that I think to myself as I execute each rep. A whole array of technique cues needed to be lined up for me to squat well. At least for me, it wasn’t just “squat deeper” and voila. It took a lot more than this simple realization to make a difference in my training. This has only rarely been a problem in a contest, especially in recent years, but it makes me wonder how much better of a competitive squatter I could be if I simply trained how I compete. One thing I’ve struggled with in the past is the depth of my squats in training. I even prefer silence as it lets me focus better. Lots of guys shout and yell before a big attempt. I think through everything – even when I lift I like to stay very mentally engaged.
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