3 Things To Learn From John Haack

[@danielghesquiere2011]

I laughed there's no bench press section, only god knows how he does that

[@basicmeme1040]

Long arms ain't good

[@philipmeisterl]

:D:D:D

[@biloeee]

@@basicmeme1040 Bro he can bench 270kg

[@biloeee]

let me say that again

[@biloeee]

270KG

[@danedavidson]

As an Aussie watching this while eating breakfast before racing off to work I played it at 2x speed and was shocked to find I can actually understand you guys better at double speed...

[@Rack979]

If you want to look at a non-weightlifter/powerlifter, there's Valarie Allman. I'd like to see you break down her 120kg power clean from last year versus her 122kg power clean from this year (she's around 70kg and 6 feet tall). Also she's the reigning olympic champion in the women's discus.

[@srthyrdyjhy]

She's a beast

[@sikastrength]

Will check it out!

[@hansneggs]

Yes. His longevity must also be considered . Incredible

[@squam273]

Pretty disappointed that you guys are talking about movement patterns as if they are degenerative. A low bar squat isn't going to "destroy your hips" any more that a high bar squat is going to "destroy your knees" or a deadlift is going to "destroy your back" or any other nonsense regularly spewed in an Instagram comment section. Also the majority of drug tested elite powerlifters squat low bar including Pana, Russ, Ashton, etc. So the idea that a high bar squat is inherently more efficient is pretty easily proved wrong. At the end of the day it comes down to preference. If you want to squat low bar then do it. If you want to squat high bar then that's perfectly fine. I expect more from you guys

[@ck-rd2ce]

this

[@wendell3610]

I think it would be cool for you guys to look at the genetic freaks of each powerlift. Most built to squat, most built to bench, most built to deadlift (i.e. Lamar Gant)

[@sikastrength]

Awhhhh that's good idea!

[@connorparks3955]

@@sikastrength I’d watch those

[@RobertSmith-xp1mg]

@@sikastrength I think it would be even better to explain what build is good for which lift and giving both examples plus counter-examples. For example people usually say that short arms are good for bench press but bad for deadlift. Then how can you explain the existence of people like John Haack or Kirill Sarychev who are world class at both lifts?

[@MrScalesie]

Funniest part of the Mark Bell interview was John haack talking about training before he fed the calves bell thought he was talking about doing calf exercises and he was actually feeding calves on their dairy farm

[@fallingwickets]

one of your best episodes of the year...THANKS

[@Slinkypinky]

I feel like Panagiotis Tarinidis would be an interesting one to look at; everything about his lifts looks suboptimal but yet he’s consistently pushing some crazy weights at only 66kg

[@joeloforii]

6:44 do I smell a Tamara Walcott call out 🧐🧐

[@RamenReignss]

2:30 that squat is meme equivalent to the 1 inch arch bench press

[@AndrogenReceptor01]

2:27 Christ have mercy…I tore both retinas watching that

[@almightybilly]

She mercilessly tore both scrotums.

[@heyhey2810]

i love these kind of vids, pls do more john haack

[@sahiblohcham909]

i love the weightlifting competition reactions and you guys should also do a powerlifting competition reaction

[@bigtom9459]

Would be cool to see a video on Jamal Browner, he pulls sumo(cheater) in competition BUT he recently has been adding conventional into his programming and pulled a 955 conventional a few weeks back. He's also extremely diligent with his programming, and generally does much higher volume than other powerlifters, which could be an interesting topic to discuss.

[@sikastrength]

We're big fans of Jamal so we'll surely do a video on him!

[@basicmeme1040]

Jamal is amazing

[@ayda2876]

leave sumo alone 😡

[@mellpear4773]

great video! loved this - after this the next two names are, of course, Jamal Browner & Dan Grigsby

[@yahyakahya5326]

A video on squatting with knees versus hips, maybe?

[@tanthai3653]

You squat with both. If you’re doing too much of one youre doing the squat wrong

[@aavila1206]

@Tan Thai I wouldn’t say it was wrong but I would say you want to balance the distribution of the load as much as possible between the 2. Call it bro-science if you’d like, but I think the more you bias extreme load on fewer joints the more damaging.

[@georgestamatelis7812]

A video on Dan green and Jeremy hoornstra would be fun.

[@yungjoj1903]

You guys keep saying that feet should be pointing forwards but isn't this down to how each person is built? If I contract my glutes my femurs(and subsequently my feet) angle out pretty significantly, so I have to squat and deadlift with angled feet. Is there some sort of mechanical advantage to having your feet facing forward or is it just a really general cue.

[@stoempert]

You are right. Large percentages of people are simply unable to reach powerlifting depth, let alone ATG, with feet pointing straight forward. Or if they can, they do so in an awful position. Each person has to find their best combination of stance width and feet angle. Generally, practicing your ATG position gives you a good indication where your body wants to go.

[@DredFulProductions]

Yes, yes he is.

[@scottheaton8469]

A lot of the best squatters tend towards a slight varus knee. Haack is like that, just a touch bowlegged if anything, definitely not knock kneed.

[@owainwynjones5394]

Would be cool I you did a video on Jamal Browner. Ridiculously strong powerlifter

[@stephenward2743]

Would love a critique on Russel Orhii. He programs using RPE and works up to a top single with back-off work. I personally think its a suboptimal training style though clearly he's done well for himself...would be interested in what you lads thought.

[@johnree5958]

I would not say RPE is suboptimal. Most elite level powerlifters I believe uses RPE with backdown sets. He is coached by Joey Flexx who coaches a big majority of lifters are world champions and I believe he coaches all of them using RPE and a similar style of top et and back downs.

[@getstrongby4038]

I have no idea about optimal but those sets after the heavy single feel amazing, and I feel I can do them much faster/ with better form then if I never did the heavier single

[@danielkenny7684]

Mike Tuchscherer has entered the chat

[@Nik2555]

Sub optimal? Literally every top ipf lifter trains this way

[@ayda2876]

what ?

[@getstrongby4038]

Luke richardson had the best looking powerlifting squat imo (he lifts more towards how you guys talk about) and his dealift is more quad dominant I really think he could have been one of the greatest if he didn't go to strongman

[@paddygilmore711]

Incredible power lifter - 400kg back squat as an under 21 if I recall correctly

[@paddygilmore711]

Incredible power lifter - 400kg back squat as an under 21 if I recall correctly

[@getstrongby4038]

@@paddygilmore711 that's the one! Moved so fast too It's crazy

[@danielfulford6135]

@@getstrongby4038 That 403 looked about RPE 6. Absolutely nuts. Extra kudos for his celebration as well.

[@hithro5466]

Dude him, pavlo, and olievares would be a wild competition if the first two stuck with the sport.

[@Fillegubben]

Would be fun to see a similar one on Jamal Browner and Kevin Oak

[@nickcustodi592]

You can sneak those clips of Ilya cleaning into any video please and thank you

[@Ironforged.beastIG]

He’s on the right path to be the goat. 2300 total at 206

[@williamgutierrez3199]

Good review

[@4zazel777]

I noticed 21,9k->22k. Congrats! ;D

[@Emresinho]

Yes.

[@SLouiss]

How is the low bar placement but with high bar knees forward mechanics?

[@danielghesquiere2011]

Y'all need to show deadlift panda some love

[@jackcunningham3401]

Can your programs help me reach his level?

[@benjamingrunberg7807]

Gleb Pisarevskiy had high hips start in 2000, but then he changed to low start in 2004 when he did 255kg clean🤔🤷‍♂️

[@charlieprice1519]

It would be nice to see a review of other KZbinr programming such as bald omniman, Alec enkiri and alpha destiny cuz they are natural, not genetic freaks. To get a sense of how you see their s and c.

[@andrewlowman8073]

England claims Northern Ireland as an extension of them?

[@ud4vv]

dan green would be cool

[@ck-rd2ce]

No raw powerlifter that squats low bar actively tries to maintain a vertical shin angle. Not sure what makes you think raw lifters squatting low bar over a career will destroy the hips anymore than squatting high bar will destroy the knees. The overwhelming majority of raw records have been set using low bar....Ray Williams, Orhii, Atwood, etc, etc

[@bryantgouveia]

My new flex is I squat the same as John Haack 😌

[@Giuseppe_Paolillo]

His programming is quite simple. THIS. I see too many people losing their mind around excessive complexity, even at amateur level. Man, if you still are not able to deadlift 2 times your BW, you're not that complex. Your program doesn't need to be either.

[@matthewmckee6289]

John Haack or Jamal Browner?

[@niveknijinsky9978]

John seems to be a really Sound Lad

[@etimezz]

Damn, this video is helpful as fook. I was running a program with a lot of low bar squatting and sumo deadlifting and my hip just got trashed.

[@jesseb5710]

I highbar cuz it looks manlier

[@matthewmckee6289]

I know you aren’t the biggest fan of RPE based training (neither am I), but what are your thoughts on velocity based training? After trying it out for the novelty, it got me thinking that it could definitely be beneficial for squats and possibly pulls, especially on comp specific blocks when there’s not any need to go super heavy.

[@leojamesfitness6031]

I still can't believe that 600lb bench press

[@aavila1206]

Literally benching an elite natty deadlift 😂😂

[@iliasissmaili4370]

I totally disagree with the low bar squats being more dangerous than high bar. It's mostly individual preference. Low bar for most people helps them handle more weight and are mostly safe. And that's what powerlifting is all about. I think this is just your weightlifting bias talking.

[@sikastrength]

I don't remember where we said low bar was more dangerous then high bar. What time did we say that?

[@iliasissmaili4370]

@@sikastrength 2:05

[@tanthai3653]

@@iliasissmaili4370 they weren’t saying low bar squatting is bad. They were saying the vertical shin, 90-degree knee bend, very forward torso angle, hips far back puts quite a bit of strain on the low back and hips. You can do these cues with high bar too but low bar is more accomodating for these cues

[@iliasissmaili4370]

@@tanthai3653 im pretty sure they showed a clip of rippetoe squats.

[@NikhilKumarM]

I've tried both. Low Bar felt much better for me. Accidently came across Mark Rippetoe's videos and they are gold.

[@hammerfist8763]

Very high high-bar + knees far forward = good way to blow knees out. Very low low-bar + legs real wide = hard on the hips. It's best to avoid the extremes and find the posture that works best for the individual lifter, especially once they get to squatting heavy singles. The bar placement and squat technique needs accommodate the lifter's anatomy, not the other way around.

[@benchgoblin]

anyone can squat high bar regardless of “lifter’s anatomy”

[@hammerfist8763]

@@benchgoblin But not everyone can squat optimally using high bar.

[@benchgoblin]

@@hammerfist8763 I disagree. plus you’re getting less quad development out of low bar

[@hammerfist8763]

@@benchgoblin Are we talking about bodybuilding or powerlifting? A significant number of world record squats were made lowbar. So don't sit here and preach to me and my 650 pound squat. You go tell those world record holders how wrong THEY are.

[@benchgoblin]

@@hammerfist8763 I didn’t know normal people had to compete in bodybuilding or powerlifting to squat. for normal people low bar is not going to be the way to go most of the time, which is my opinion

[@alexmc7798]

1st thing should be - pick the right parents.

[@ganjagangja]

There's strong. And then there's John Haack. This guy is an absolute weapon, the bodybuilder in the closet in me also likes how he's lean as fuk also.

[@gosstopher]

Shots fired....."because he's not a cheater." 😂🤣

[@wendell3610]

Did you guys ever see him do cleans back in the day? Terrible technique, incredible power tho.

[@McWhatevs]

2:25 no lift

[@jasonsteiger1186]

Should have called it hack’s hacks

[@danielghesquiere2011]

Americans clicked this so fast

[@ShinSuperSaiyajin]

so I guess John Haack has an automatic visa to Sikastan? LOL

[@washujo5755]

More like automatic citizenship.

[@heavyassaultmode1503]

You're definitely on point with the criticism of the sit-way-back 3-ply style squat. However, in the same breath: "knees forward" & "a very applicable squat for most athletes" & "very well-built for squatting." John Haack may very well possess an anatomy where a knees-forward squat is optimal but a great number of us do not. Advocating a knees-far-forward squat...really? So instead of blowing out the athletes' hips, they blow out their knees. I've never squatted more than 6 plates to parallel and don't compete (or juice-never have) but after 30 years of squatting, I still have good knees and back. I credit my neutral, balanced stance.

[@wayentruoc]

They belkins

[@TheRoman919]

Mikhail koklyaiev

[@stronk_monke]

Larry Wheels broke 3 weight classes. Also one of the best wilks in the game.

[@sophiemaupillier2285]

Dont get tattoos and dont swear these are both sins

[@littlethuggie]

GOAT conversations are always asinine. There's no such thing. He's the Greatest of Now. That's all that matters