Belt Squat Overview

Matt explains why his belt squat is the best belt squat on the planet.

[@SquatFull]

This is a great machine for us senior citizens to develop leg strength to minimize the risk of falls.

[@WenningStrength]

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[@chasewhite774]

After watching and listening to Matt and his knowledge, I have made a drastic change to my mind and the way I have and have been training!!! Thanks Matt!!

[@WenningStrength]

Hell yea!!!!

[@vlada]

One of the greatest inventions in fitness. To be able to squat without compression.... Love the handle that moves in. The stopper is a great idea. And being able to use close to 1:1 of bar squat weight is a great selling point. The guys feet were nice in the middle of floor. The arm length is interesting...I'm sure you went thru many versions. Very impressive machine with excellent functions. I saw your name mentioned in Coop's comment section: people say good things. I can see why. 👏

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[@danrcockerham]

i'm almost 67 years old and purchased a Wenning belt squat machine about three years ago. It's one of the most used pieces of equipment in my 1500 square ft. home gym. I can no longer straight bar squat because of bad shoulders, but can load this baby up and torch my legs. No more back issues either, and it's built like a tank! Worth every penny of my investment!!! I initially set up a meeting with Matt at his Columbus, Oh gym, and he met me personally and let me try it out before buying it. He then spent time shooting the breeze with me in his office and I can tell you he's about as down-to-earth and non-pretentious as a man can be. Thanks Matt for developing an outstanding piece of equipment, and I hope they continue to fly off the shelf!

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[@bigdarshan]

Great ingenuity! Well done

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[@graham1958]

Congratulations man, that is a brilliant machine.

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[@MikeMahleraggressivestrength]

Great information thank you and your hip belt squat machine is badass!

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[@jamesmuetze7334]

Can’t wait we are so excited to pick ours up

[@WenningStrength]

Gona love it

[@quintenhuggins2142]

Nice design. I like how you have room for foot placement and the handle works for balance if you need it. I was just in an accident and fractured my one of my vertebrae, so my days of heavy loads on the spine are over.

[@jefferylord3068]

this thing is badass! i want to save some wear and tear on my discs, shes a little out of my price range but i love the design of it! well done.

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[@gregtria]

Very nice machine. And I love the demo in slippers :)

[@WenningStrength]

Slippers for life

[@gagewollan5858]

Great work man! Very cool machine!

[@WenningStrength]

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[@christineschubert3505]

The best belt squat out there!

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[@djkellikyle]

Very very cool Machine!!! Bravo

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[@saintdorian]

Jersey shore fitness in Bradley Beach, New Jersey has one. I like it

[@howtogrow3020]

this should be standard equipment at every gym

[@mikemarsh8189]

Matt Wenning is the King Of Strength And Knowledge when it comes to building Legs ..His Leg Exercises and non-barbell simulation squat devices are revolutionary..Thanks so much Matt..This is a Great Video..

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[@RollingNFood]

My gym just got this machine its nice easy to use but gotta watch heavy weight because the belt digs into the hips

[@Crotone79]

NICE!!! I wish my gym had one!!

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[@larrymasterspowerbuildingc4477]

That's a bad ass machine right there.

[@WenningStrength]

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[@DominoChild]

Our gym recently got a rhino squat machine. I hope they got this particular one. I'm very sold on this particular brand from watching the video.

[@WenningStrength]

Yea the rhino is junk in comparison

[@Ismunoz]

I literally chose my gym because of this machine. It’s barely used by all the NOOBIES, but if you know, you know. This machine gives all the benefits of a barbell squat minus the wear on the back and risk of injury. Also, risk in minimal as failing a squat is safe to exit. All you do is sit.

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[@dude157]

Nice. How about some band pegs ? That would make it unbeatable.

[@WenningStrength]

We have band pegs!!! www.wenningstrength.com

[@paulkleinhenz420]

There is a Wenning Belt Squat at the gym I go to and it is an amazing piece of equipment! Now I just need one for my garage gym.

[@WenningStrength]

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[@pay-drohkuh-brawl4787]

Love this

[@WenningStrength]

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[@themeaningoflife38]

awesome machine

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[@OilFan702]

I have a hip injury that prevents me from bar squatting without pain. Would this be a good alternative so I can retain some of my strength/size?

[@WenningStrength]

Yes sir!!

[@PaulSmith-cr1qc]

was looking to order this week but just a little concerned the shorter females in our club wont be able to get a full range of motion? i notice you now do a split platform but that does not seem to be available to me in the uk.

[@WenningStrength]

We sell it with multiple belts for that

[@codemen13]

I never knew the name of your gym and just noticed it and that’s what I had been calling my garage gym. :( thought it was original

[@WenningStrength]

2010 :))

[@simonhempenstall7205]

Awesome

[@nothingbutart7473]

Interesting flag choices, we got a lot of military stuff with a Soviet flag. Great video though very informative, might get one if I convince my dad, already have vertical leg press which is great. I been having shoulder injuries with hockey so I can’t do squats for awhile but I still wanna work legs so I can continue to perform in hockey.

[@TDR85]

And? Lots of legendary lifters were soviets and they contributed a lot to the strength training world. Open your mind a bit.

[@johnsambo9379]

So a Nazi flag would be cool too? There were some of the first to perfect performance enhancing drugs and modern training techniques in the military. Hitler killed less of his own citizens than Lenin or Stalin. Maybe read a history book.

[@SnickersSucks]

Somewhat similar design then the titan belt squat but this is way better because of the longer center bar.

[@WenningStrength]

They copied mine

[@reverendterminator]

For me it looks like there should be an opening in the middle of the platform, so one can go ass deep if wanted on the squat. It looks like he can only go a littlee deeper than 90 degrees. Is there something i misunderstand or dont see

[@reverendterminator]

Ahhh i saw a new video of this from 2019, it looks like there is an opening in the middle of the platform, to get deeper.

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[@natelawton3089]

Is this something you sell? Or make your self. I have some torn disc in my back. Definitely like this idea

[@WenningStrength]

Yup check out the site. www.wenningstrength.com

[@mikemarsh8189]

All squatting for millions of years before a barbell & squat rack was developed much after the turn of the last century was for picking up all kinds of objects & once hip level the knees are pretty much fully straightened out..The structure of the spine as far as say the distance from the hips to the top of the spine is just to support & its not able to handle much bending or flexion or designed for it which happens in a barbell back squat.. Bill Desimone in his seminars explained there is forces that happen called active inefficiency in describing loads or bending & muscle torque curves..For ex, sit & bend your back forward all the way til the chest gets right near your thighs sitting on a chair & you cant straighten your legs & move your back back some & you can..Its the same with loading weight to rest on your spine..Near the hips or below..You have Big bones, big muscles, big joints, fewer movements, fewer attachments & generally that movement of kinetic action is bending & straightening the hips & knees is what its designed to do.. Above the hips, more smaller bones & smaller vertebrae & near the bottom of the ribs can do some twisting..Once the legs bend & I mean only until once those legs bend , there is more active inefficiency when the weight is farther up the top of the spine than near the hips..Simply because in human nature any loading on the shoulder front & back, there is no more squatting just walking with weighted load & the spine is able to hold weight but unable to lift greater weight once the knees & hips bend than when weight is at or near the hips or below them..It has more active efficiency walking with weight than squatting..Just like below on KZbin you will see his movement of load is at or even below the hips : If you type in KZbin >>>Eric Todd, 2225 lb harness lift

[@ML-nj8fq]

Mike Marsh What you’re saying sounds pretty cool. Could you translate this essay to English please?

[@mikemarsh8189]

Think of it this way..Why would one buy a smaller horsepower engine and expect the car to go faster..Its the same for squatting ..You want to use the highest horsepower of kinetic force when it comes to squatting.. Check the record lifts for yourself..Where is the high horsepower of kinetic force for squatting in a barbell near the back of the neck, the barbell squat is very low on the totem pole for a simulation device for building legs in a squat pattern..Just like why would I buy a smaller horsepower engine & expect the car to go faster..Its the same for choosing either devices and/or where the load is placed when training muscle groups..See the record lifts below..You'll notice the highest horsepower ones are where the majority of weight is near or entirely below the hips: Hip and harness lift about 3515 lbs..The hip lift 2520 lbs..The Leg Press about maybe 2500 lbs..The V Squat Device ( I saw a guy do 655 pounds x 15 reps reps that went right below parallel where the majority of weight is barely below the hips with huge legs, and even Ronnie Coleman said he got more mass than his squat doing his 2300 lb Leg Presses than he got squatting..I saw him say this..) ..The Pit Shark Squat device (weight completely below the hips, I saw another guy with huge legs squat to parallel 1000 lbs x 6 reps )..And many of the newer hack squats where the bars to slide the weight are near the hips or entirely below the hips..Or some squat devices where there is a small bar at the shoulders on each side to load a small amount, a longer bar on each side to load a larger amount near the hips & a very long bar near the knees to load a very large amount.. And barbell squat is nearly 50% below the hip lift..Only about 1200 to 1300 lbs..This shows its more functional to lift objects near or completely below the hips..Its just a fact !!!

[@mikemarsh8189]

My 17 year old son understood it..Lol..I can be kinda overbearing with words..Lol..

[@mikemarsh8189]

The first year of a heavy squatter, it isn't bad..I see this all the time in a young lifter..They go from 135 pounds up to 275 lbs after a year & then it really plateaus out to little gains but just more & more pain to the lower back.& the more weight added, the more damaged to the spine because of where its placed..Above the hip..No weight below the hips..A screw ball misplacement at that..Where in history for millions of years before a barbell back squat & squat rack was created where like a caveman had a huge steel cyborg like Earthworm put on his upper neck from a caveman behind & then was asked to squat with it..None..If you lift an object & put on a wagon,your knees & legs are fully straightened out..All squatting is weight below or near the hips or the majority of weight.

[@mikemarsh8189]

A person one time ask me why do you say the barbell back squat has a lower horse power of kinetic force than a horizontal leg press or a hip belt lift or even the Pit Shark Device where the weight or majority of the weight is below the hips....Simple..Pick up a heavy bag of peat moss from the ground and get it up to your shoulders wrapped front and back..Can you lift a heavier bag than if you lifted it from the ground to your knees or even up to your hips..This may be a poor analogy but its why a young squatter plateaus out after a year training on average & the more weight of the barbell back squat, you just plateau out & the more weight it just damages the spine..Just like you would plateau very quick if you lifted peat moss from the ground up onto your shoulders..It would plateau out quicker.

[@andrewcameron4277]

How's the range of motion compared to a regular belt squat

[@WenningStrength]

We sell it with multiple belts for various ROM

[@russianbear26]

Best workout footwear EVER, EVER, EVER :-) Normally I take Westside as very serious guys. This makes me wonder.

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[@MrThrashnburn666]

What are the foot print dimensions of this sweet machine?

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[@cantankerouspatriarch4981]

How does it put no stress on the lower back when the weight is attached to the belt which pulls the lower back down? Because the belt is tight around the waist and because the weight never ventures from one's center of gravity?

[@wakeupworld100]

Classic huckstering snake oil pulpit talk That belt squat machine should dramatically put less pressure on the spine compared to barbell squats and deadlifts. The best thing to do would be to try the machine out see how it feels. Respect💯

[@danrcockerham]

It will place pressure on your lower back if you don't get the belt low enough. I position the belt on the top of my butt cheeks and it stays in place without hurting my lower spine. I've had lower back issues for 35 yrs., but this machine doesn't contribute to them at all.

[@vulturesiii6450]

Hi matt if you continue to hold the rail, will that limit quad size?

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[@aaronlawson125]

Matt is a genius but I can't see that it's accurate to a squat. I guess I would be curious as to how it's different than using a Smith machine for bench. Stabilizing that weight, I would think, would be different. Still absolutely love the machine. Looks like the transfer to the squat would be significant

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[@goodtimeholzyg4310]

But can you dance in it? Louie assures me I can do a full tango in the ATP.

[@rafael9910]

In my country we do not have this machine. Can you believe? Shit!

[@NimW]

Dude, where do I buy this?

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[@LeeH3nson]

For the algorithm mate 👍🏾

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[@MrMario198501]

good

[@nothingbutart7473]

Does the belt cause any injury to the lower back at all? Looks like it could or is it low enough down to where there is little to no stress.

[@WenningStrength]

Never had an issue w anyone in nearly 10 years. Back actually feels better in most cases

[@nothingbutart7473]

Wenning Strength ok, just looks like belt pulls on the lower back but I guess if you do it right it’s more of your hips. Thank you for replying.

[@nero1876]

When is this coming to the market?

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[@koesliftsingles9069]

I need this, ship to Australia?

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[@julienrodot8288]

Mine is a Bellsofsteel belt squat machine that looks like yours Matt. Unfortunately it hurts my knees so bad 😓. Is there any chance that yours is softer for knees ? If not any tip would be very appreciated 😅

[@WenningStrength]

Sounds like the machine or you are not moving correctly. Unfortunately those knockoff machines often times don’t have the correct designs

[@julienrodot8288]

@@WenningStrength Matt I squat flat shoes and ass to grass. Is your machine designed differently?

[@johny.3400]

Can u do pull throughs with it if u turn around and hook yourself backwards?

[@WenningStrength]

No

[@johny.3400]

@@WenningStrength Thanks for answering!

[@stevegilmore3159]

How much it cost plus shipping within the states?

[@WenningStrength]

Email the website under equipment

[@McLaneFS]

This is the best

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[@the-first-choice5043]

Where can I purchase the belt squat machine and ho much does it cost? Also, what are its dimensions?

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[@zackdavis9539]

Has anyone bought a belt squat from Wenningstrength on here?

[@ryanbarker4573]

Where is this for sale?

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[@noahsark884]

Where can I buy this???

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[@alexzander1839]

1:45 What's the purpose of the flag of the Soviet Union in the background?

[@WenningStrength]

For people to ask questions

[@jreid100]

Matt what is the footprint of your belt squat machine ?

[@WenningStrength]

4-10ft

[@jreid100]

Thx much

[@diablitoflores9033]

Muy aparatoso tu maquina

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[@takitam2521]

What's the deal with flip flops?

[@92yankee52]

takitam it sounds like it’s raining so flip flops over shoes

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[@stevecabrera6718]

But does it come with flip flops

[@WenningStrength]

Well yea!!! lol

[@Gucci19zoo]

why do you have the flag of the USSR on the wall ? XD XD XD

[@noahkatz304]

Do your history, son.

[@Gucci19zoo]

@@noahkatz304 ??

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[@92yankee52]

This looks just like the new Titan belt squat machine.

[@JasonParham83]

I think you mean the titan machine looks so much like this

[@WenningStrength]

Titan ripped mine off. Beware it’s weak and garbage- very cheap

[@bigtonutz]

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[@nillabean9181]

Want to sell the prints?

[@WenningStrength]

Nope

[@legitprowrestling6653]

Bad ass! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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[@44556613able]

how much?

[@themeaningoflife38]

$2850.00 www.wenningstrength.com/equipment

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[@wakeupworld100]

Classic huckstering snake oil pulpit talk That belt squat machine should dramatically put less pressure on the spine compared to barbell squats and deadlifts. The best thing to do would be to try the machine out see how it feels. Respect💯

[@WenningStrength]

Thanks??? Lol

[@richt5986]

This looks a lot like the titan belt squat

[@WenningStrength]

Yea you mean the one they copied from me and got all wrong 🤣🤣🤣

[@richt5986]

@@WenningStrength I have tried rogue but not yours or titan. I do like the rogue

[@rorytorrens3394]

Anyone notice the soviet flag on the wall?

[@WenningStrength]

Anyone notice that’s where all my methods originated??

[@rorytorrens3394]

​@@WenningStrength not me, comrade

[@FinalWarsGodjira]

Link to buy?

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[@lorenzoantonio5589]

Who goes to the gym wearing sandals?

[@richardthompson8739]

a novice

[@mattwenning2164]

Yup a novice

[@WenningStrength]

Best is 585x3 on the bench in sandals. Come on down I’ll show ya novice 🤣🤣🤣

[@treesforzoe4655]

I thought louie invented this?

[@WenningStrength]

🤣🤣. Yea like the plyo swing and reverse hyper?? Both invented 20 years prior

[@treesforzoe4655]

Plyo swing I knew the Russians invented, man Louie did not invent reverse hyper that is disappointing.

[@dombck5278]

Lol what's with the Soviet flag on the wall?

[@WenningStrength]

Wow living behind a rock 😂😂

[@dombck5278]

@@WenningStrength Do you believe everyone who is not perfectly acquainted with you and your views of the world to live behind rocks? Sorry to break it to you, Pal, but you ain't that famous. First vid I ever saw from you, and surprised to see an American flag and a Soviet flag on the same wall. That's a perfectly legitimate question to bring up :P Or one you can dismiss, acting as if everyone who don't know you are oblivious to the world and then like your own comment in the process.

[@kjay1072003]

I like the modified machine. What's the deal with the bright red commie flag and the faded red, white and blue???

[@SovietRosco]

kjay1072003 the Soviet’s supplied a lot the strength knowledge we use today. He’s just paying homage

[@DrWNoLs]

@@SovietRosco So if Nazis supplied useful medical information (which they did), it'd be acceptable for a physician to have their flag in his office? Everyone would agree no, yet pretend like the Soviet Union wasn't responsible for more death and destruction. A nation's flag stands for way more than a niche field, he should know this, you know this, we all know it.

[@SovietRosco]

Dr. W No Ls hey man chill out. If u have an issue go address it grill to grill. Stop airing it out on the internet no one hears you. If you don’t like it go address your issue to his face

[@damiansconberg4715]

@@DrWNoLs who fucking cares, stop trying to get offended by shit

[@Andrew-vt2wq]

@@DrWNoLs LOL and your fucking fatass America isn't responsible for any death and destruction? get the fuck outta here

[@sreid70]

Plates touch the ground before he gets to parallel. Not very effective.

[@gregbrown9765]

I went back and looked and it looks that way but they aren't hitting the ground. The kid probably needs to use the bottom adjustment hole since he is only 5'6".

[@WenningStrength]

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[@pedrohack2869]

The Soviet flag made me puke

[@EatShytake]

Well, Republicans managed by Putin. Get with the times, Son! 😉

[@dustins8448]

apparently you don't know how dominant russian powerlifting is.

[@rafael9910]

I hate socialists.

[@stevensonlinder5274]

@@dustins8448 Russia is the 4th most dominant powerlifting country behind the U.S., Finland, and Poland respectively according to powerlifting world records

[@tom8181]

I like Russian girls

[@mikemarsh8189]

Heavy Barbell Squats puts too much flexion and bending of the spine because the entire load during the whole squat is above hip level..Never in millions of years did man squat to lift objects up above hip level..Why would you buy a lower horsepower engine and expect the car to go faster..The spine was designed to just support and keep you upright..The vertebrae gets smaller as it comes up the hips and the muscles that attach are short and designed to only get so big..When too much bending and flexion of the spine happens, you can get what regards to snap city..How to fix that , if you squat use only squat devices that the majority of weight is near or entirely below hip level..The highest horsepower of kinetic forces of squatting, the act of bending and straightening the hips and knees are as follows: The record lifts are as follows.. Hip and Harness lift-3515 lbs, Hip Lift-2520 lbs, Leg Press about 2500 lbs, The Pawn Of ALL Squat Devices-The Barbell Squat is about only a measly 1200-1300 lbs !!!Its actually has such a very low kinetic force for squatting--ITS ACTUALLY NEARLY 50% Below The Record Leg Press !!!..The Best Or Greatest Squat Devices you should use is where either the majority of load is near the hips or entirely below the hips ..Here are more you will see that the majority of load is near hips or below the hips..They are are as follows : The V Hammer Squat where the majority of load is below the hips, I have seen a guy with huge thighs do a tad below parallel about 650 lbs I believe for around maybe 15 reps, The Pit Shark Device Where the Entire load is below hips-( I saw a guy with huge legs do 1000 lbs for 6 reps and it was about parallel).. Or The Zane Leg Blaster, Many Hack Squats you can slide weights on the 2 bars on each side where they located near or entirely below the hips, or I have seen many squat devices where you have a short bar on each side at shoulders to load a very small load, a larger bar on each side at the hips to load a very much heavier weight and even another 2 bars on each side right near the knees to lift the largest weight.. If you notice you can squat the most weight where the entire weight is below the hips or the majority of load is near or below the hips when you squat..That shows its always more functional to lift objects near or below the hips or majority of load.. Never use a barbell squat because never ever ever in millions of years did anyone squat to lift an object where the whole load is above hip level..That's why Ronnie Coleman and many others have developed snap city IMO..

[@mikemarsh8189]

A person one time ask me why do you say the barbell back squat has a lower horse power of kinetic force than a horizontal leg press or a hip belt lift or even the Pit Shark Device where the weight or majority of the weight is below the hips....Simple..Pick up a heavy bag of peat moss from the ground and get it up to your shoulders wrapped front and back..Can you lift a heavier bag than if you lifted it from the ground to your knees or even up to your hips..This may be a poor analogy but its why a young squatter plateaus out after a year training on average & the more weight of the barbell back squat, you just plateau out & the more weight it just damages the spine..Just like you would plateau very quick if you lifted peat moss from the ground up onto your shoulders..It would plateau out quicker.

[@mikemarsh8189]

The first year of a heavy squatter, it isn't bad..I see this all the time in a young lifter..They go from 135 pounds up to 275 lbs after a year & then it really plateaus out to little gains but just more & more pain to the lower back.& the more weight added, the more damaged to the spine because of where its placed..Above the hip..No weight below the hips..A screw ball misplacement at that..Where in history for millions of years before a barbell back squat & squat rack was created where like a caveman had a huge steel cyborg like Earthworm put on his upper neck from a caveman behind & then was asked to squat with it..None..If you lift an object & put on a wagon,your knees & legs are fully straightened out..All squatting is weight below or near the hips or the majority of weight.

[@MrMario198501]

good

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