Comments on: Lurn to squat good – E-ZY! http://www.stumptuous.com/lurn-to-squat-good-e-zy Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:35:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mistress Krista http://www.stumptuous.com/lurn-to-squat-good-e-zy/comment-page-1#comment-3077 Mistress Krista Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:32:29 +0000 #comment-3077 Kathleen: Just about anyone can squat. It just takes time. Start with less resistance/more assistance (e.g. the railing squat, potty squat) and gradually build up your strength-endurance. Go for higher reps here to start to build stability in the joints. Kathleen: Just about anyone can squat. It just takes time. Start with less resistance/more assistance (e.g. the railing squat, potty squat) and gradually build up your strength-endurance. Go for higher reps here to start to build stability in the joints.

]]> By: Mistress Krista http://www.stumptuous.com/lurn-to-squat-good-e-zy/comment-page-1#comment-3029 Mistress Krista Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:38:03 +0000 #comment-3029 Ingerid: Sure, you can easily do the single leg squat by using a railing for balance and to help pull yourself up. You can also try single-leg squatting down to a bench for starters, then gradually lower the height of the platform to which you descend. (A staircase is really helpful for this.) It takes a while to do a single leg squat. They're hard! :) Be patient and keep working. It takes time to get good at this. It's simple, but not easy, as Dan John would say... Ingerid: Sure, you can easily do the single leg squat by using a railing for balance and to help pull yourself up. You can also try single-leg squatting down to a bench for starters, then gradually lower the height of the platform to which you descend. (A staircase is really helpful for this.)

It takes a while to do a single leg squat. They’re hard! :)

Be patient and keep working. It takes time to get good at this. It’s simple, but not easy, as Dan John would say…

]]> By: Ingerid http://www.stumptuous.com/lurn-to-squat-good-e-zy/comment-page-1#comment-3024 Ingerid Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:26:02 +0000 #comment-3024 I've been squatting for a few months now and it feels like Im going nowhere. Basically I've got semi-strong legs but SHIT balance and a weak upper body, keeping me from squatting heavier weights (trying to work upper body as well but it takes a lot of time...). Reading this I figured the single leg squat would be helpful for improving my balance but it's so screwed I haven't got a chance performing this excersise. I'm also kinda heavy (160 lbs), and I just keep falling back. Any tips? How long did it take you to do a full single leg squat for the first time (or anyone else rading for that matter)? Thanks for advice. Love your site. :) I’ve been squatting for a few months now and it feels like Im going nowhere. Basically I’ve got semi-strong legs but SHIT balance and a weak upper body, keeping me from squatting heavier weights (trying to work upper body as well but it takes a lot of time…).

Reading this I figured the single leg squat would be helpful for improving my balance but it’s so screwed I haven’t got a chance performing this excersise. I’m also kinda heavy (160 lbs), and I just keep falling back. Any tips? How long did it take you to do a full single leg squat for the first time (or anyone else rading for that matter)?

Thanks for advice. Love your site. :)

]]> By: Steph http://www.stumptuous.com/lurn-to-squat-good-e-zy/comment-page-1#comment-2500 Steph Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:18:00 +0000 #comment-2500 Hi Krista! Zoinks...I've been working out with weights for 19 years, and I just now found out I've been slacktacular on my squats the whole time. Time to start over with step 1! Thanks for the great info and encouragement. Steph P.S. Just wanted to let you know that the links for "Learning the Squat Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4" in step 3 are broken. Thanks for maintaining this great site. Hi Krista!

Zoinks…I’ve been working out with weights for 19 years, and I just now found out I’ve been slacktacular on my squats the whole time. Time to start over with step 1!

Thanks for the great info and encouragement.

Steph

P.S. Just wanted to let you know that the links for “Learning the Squat Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4″ in step 3 are broken. Thanks for maintaining this great site.

]]> By: Janet http://www.stumptuous.com/lurn-to-squat-good-e-zy/comment-page-1#comment-2459 Janet Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:09:53 +0000 #comment-2459 Thanks for the link to the Dan John seminar video. I love watching him teach; he gives gem after gem. Thanks for the link to the Dan John seminar video. I love watching him teach; he gives gem after gem.

]]> By: Kathleen http://www.stumptuous.com/lurn-to-squat-good-e-zy/comment-page-1#comment-2404 Kathleen Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:25:04 +0000 #comment-2404 Krista, I don't have weak knees - I have a *bad* knee (partly from injury, and partly from 3 decades of being a fat chick). Considering that my knees get a mite bit sore just from climbing stairs, is squatting out of the realm of possibility for me? Krista,

I don’t have weak knees – I have a *bad* knee (partly from injury, and partly from 3 decades of being a fat chick). Considering that my knees get a mite bit sore just from climbing stairs, is squatting out of the realm of possibility for me?

]]> By: Caly http://www.stumptuous.com/lurn-to-squat-good-e-zy/comment-page-1#comment-2245 Caly Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:23:55 +0000 #comment-2245 Thanks Krista! I'll give those a shot once I've mistressed the full back squat. Thanks Krista! I’ll give those a shot once I’ve mistressed the full back squat.

]]> By: Mistress Krista http://www.stumptuous.com/lurn-to-squat-good-e-zy/comment-page-1#comment-2243 Mistress Krista Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:23:30 +0000 #comment-2243 Caly: As long as your hip is fully flexed (bent) at the initiation of the squat, and you're moving from full flexion to full hip extension, the glutes are involved. However, if you want more glute recruitment, try single-legged squats -- the pistols. You can squat down to a step and use your arms for assistance if necessary. EMG studies show that single-leg squats recruit the glutes much more. Caly: As long as your hip is fully flexed (bent) at the initiation of the squat, and you’re moving from full flexion to full hip extension, the glutes are involved. However, if you want more glute recruitment, try single-legged squats — the pistols. You can squat down to a step and use your arms for assistance if necessary. EMG studies show that single-leg squats recruit the glutes much more.

]]> By: Caly http://www.stumptuous.com/lurn-to-squat-good-e-zy/comment-page-1#comment-2240 Caly Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:39:57 +0000 #comment-2240 Hi Krista, I've been squatting 65 lbs. in the cage at the gym, but I've only been going down to parallel (it felt like I was going deeper, but I had my husband watch the other day and he said I wasn't - bah!). Anyway, today I tried deep, body weight-only squats. All I can say is YEOW! Apparently I'm not as strong as I thought I was. I think I've got a bit of training to do before I add any weight. I have a question: Is it odd that I never feel my glutes working when I squat? I can feel it plenty in my quadriceps, but I never feel it in my butt. I'm careful to push through my heels and not to pitch forward. Is this normal? Thanks, Caly Hi Krista,

I’ve been squatting 65 lbs. in the cage at the gym, but I’ve only been going down to parallel (it felt like I was going deeper, but I had my husband watch the other day and he said I wasn’t – bah!). Anyway, today I tried deep, body weight-only squats. All I can say is YEOW! Apparently I’m not as strong as I thought I was. I think I’ve got a bit of training to do before I add any weight.

I have a question: Is it odd that I never feel my glutes working when I squat? I can feel it plenty in my quadriceps, but I never feel it in my butt. I’m careful to push through my heels and not to pitch forward. Is this normal?

Thanks,
Caly

]]> By: Mistress Krista http://www.stumptuous.com/lurn-to-squat-good-e-zy/comment-page-1#comment-1790 Mistress Krista Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:01:47 +0000 #comment-1790 Klara, if you were my client, I'd pull you off those machines and have you doing real squats. "Weak knees" is kind of a BS diagnosis. I'd simply have you start with the potty squat, lowering the platform over time as you got stronger. Klara, if you were my client, I’d pull you off those machines and have you doing real squats. “Weak knees” is kind of a BS diagnosis. I’d simply have you start with the potty squat, lowering the platform over time as you got stronger.

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