Dave Tate and Jim Wendler Discuss the Pros of Box Squatting - elitefts.com

[@ChrisCoolahan]

Been reading and watching these gentlemen in different venues for over 10 years. I'll never get tired of them.

[@EddieBaumgartner]

I agree 100%. These guys got me into real lifting.

[@tsricci]

Every one of these Tate/Wendler videos leaves me with one thought: I'd love to buy these two beers and just listen to them for hours.

[@MrTyroneWashington]

Then at what point do the clothes start coming off?

[@PissaniMethod]

“I think that people need to train together more.” - D. Tate 1000%

[@questlove58]

These videos of Tate and Wendler are amazing. Thanks for doing them and please keep them coming.

[@edisonmarsh787]

Awesome table talk with you two gentleman as always, please continue them.

[@KILLSANITY88]

Thanks for posting! I've done several waves with box squatting with no carry over. I'm raw with LONG femurs, and all my box squatting has been done with shins beyond vertical like Louie says, but free squatting with knees at toe distance, maybe a bit beyond. Thanks again, and i'll be using this in my next few DE waves! The Box Squat wide stance does help build my hips though, with carry over to my squat cleans!!!

[@akpfit]

These dudes are the best in the industry as far as info and real-world experience. And they are funny as sh!t too

[@MattmanAZ09]

"Just find a way to squat. Let's get this done!" Great quotation by Mr. Wendler!

[@92pittsburgsteelers]

I can do heavy as hell on box squats no knee pain but even if I got 225 and squat 4 sets of 20 my knees will be killing me I live and die by the box squat also keeps you true on your depth I switched the Heights every week it ranges from 13in up to 18 in

[@TheSwoleNurse]

People always question why I do 95% box squats. I'm not the best at them but they have solely been the best improvement in my training next to adding a lifting belt. Most likely I will box squat for the foreseeable future.

[@NicholasRachuna]

TheSwoleNurse till your hips fail like mine

[@howardmenkes2926]

​@@NicholasRachunaI've been box squatting since Y2K, no injuries, got me strong.

[@donaldgrunstra5198]

Great topic !

[@quadsbrah1232]

10:25 I get what he's saying but at my gym no one trains hard and I don't want to work in with people that don't even get hyped for a pr

[@djg093]

Gents, So if I am doing box squats mostly to develop my weak hamstrings and glutes it make sense for my knee to be closer to my heel correct? I know I have weak hamstrings/glutes compared to my quads so I'm using the box squat to teach my glutes/hams to fire and contribute to my squat more so that my quads don't just take over. I suspect my quads taking over are causing me knee pain in my left knee. Jim nailed it with the box squat being good for your knees. Good video. Very informative. This whole series is awesome.

[@keithlittle293]

Conventional squats better for building mass than box squats?

[@malcolmnoland9404]

The only sentence that mattered in this whole video was "Respect the 1%"

[@keithlittle293]

What height should you be squatting down to on box parallel or just below cos normal plyo box st lowest level for 6ft person is just above parallel

[@CankleCankle]

1” below parallel

[@TheWJC1987]

So when I watch the videos of Louie and crew doing box squats they have a wide stance, when you go to free squat you should keep that same wide stance? or should you bring it back to about shoulder width or whatever feels comfortable within that range? I also have been doing close stance below parallel box squats and it was my impression it was working well because my free squat went up but I had a guy in the gym, who has competed in, he said 85 lifting competitions, the dude can lift a shit ton of weight, never seen his squat, but he said never do close stance box squats always do wide. Can yall clear that up? By the way these videos are the shit, please keep them coming.

[@19HM98]

Louie says you want to box squat wide because training the wide stance builds both the close and the wide, while training the close stance only builds the close.

[@TheWJC1987]

Hm1998 harry Right, so then I guess why would you train close stance box squats because wide trains both at the same time?

[@19HM98]

+TheWJC1987 more or less. Close stance are good for a deadlift accessory but training them as a ME movement doesn't make sense to me

[@TheWJC1987]

Hm1998 harry appreciate the input...gna give that a go for a while and see what happens

[@grizzlymanverneteil4443]

Jim has the fullest thickest beard.

[@Not2Be0utDone]

I've seen him use it to wax his truck

[@abdeldjalilbelhani6244]

I have never seen someone teach the squat better than ripptoe

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

Why all the cussing?

[@sergeant1446]

Because They're grown.

[@scannon90]

Tate needs to learn to clean up his language, it’s unprofessional,