The large yolk and orientation of the pad do more than make a squat more comfy.
It allows the weight to be shifted forward somewhat so your quads will get a significant amount of overload.
In the pic, you can see the ends of the bar bend and the weights aren't on the same level as your shoulders like a traditional squat bar. This makes the lever shorter and brings it closer to the center of gravity of your body. You can manipulate the mechanics of this and also give your glutes and hamstrings a workout like never before.
When you box squat with this, you really want to sit back and down. Coming up, it teaches your how to pull your traps and upper back into the bar. This will help tremendously bring up your upper back (see yesterday's post) because your have to learn to bring your chest up first.
You can also load this bar and do shrugs with it. It's not the most comfortable thing despite the pad, but you sure as hell load it up and not worry about your grip giving out.
Give it a shot
--
Ryan
e: info@patrickperformancetraining.com
No comments:
Post a Comment