How To Squat MORE Weight With GREAT Form

[@stevenremick5236]

Is that the fella from that viral clip where the bar bent so much during a squat that he couldn't re-rack it.

[@crooshflow1685]

Correct. Joe's a beast

[@cent0r]

Decided to join a gym that doesn't cheap out on bars lol

[@SisypheanRoller]

Yep same dude. He's strong af

[@Shvabicu]

He's the squat world record holder in his weight class

[@Mochi_177]

@@cent0r bars are supposed to bend that’s how metal works

[@owenstocker5555]

I hope the bar never bends on him, that would suck if he couldn’t get back into the rack

[@lukalekic5000]

Nah he has experience with that he would handle that easily

[@tobiasreaper8307]

Lol

[@busyrand]

Outstanding Squat Big Fellah! Eyeballing that, it's 655lbs...

[@marleyjames566]

280kg so 635.04 pounds

[@lakskshhdhd9990]

@@marleyjames566 there is also a 10lb plate on the end

[@tackleberry9386]

Isn't that the guy who went viral when the barbell bent so he couldnt rack it

[@vortexfitness44]

That’s what I thot lmaoo

[@mrnogot4251]

Great and often overlooked advice

[@ivanmarjanovic383]

Great squat👍

[@sorenbooth1566]

That dude is an excellent squatter. Amazing control and form

[@tomnohmy1273]

Very good advice, this guy is so strong, John haack too

[@user-tu9cy9tp2t]

Crazy close stance

[@ThePhinista]

True, you dont want to be tap dancing with the bar on your back walking it out, a few deliberate, calculated and consistent steps back is best

[@ardensity1175]

this really works actually. I took my time once to unrack the barbell and it didn't feel as heavy as usual, so you'll feel less intimidated

[@SweetPappyJones]

Huge squat 🤝

[@emmavz9256]

Shoutout to Brianny for beinf the world's most focussed spotter also!

[@user-jl2wd1it8h]

I thought squatting 500lbs would allow me to copulate females. I was wrong. They don't like 564lbs fat men so it didn't matter how much I'm squat

[@Rastley85]

maybe think of them as people and not females.

[@user-jl2wd1it8h]

@@Rastley85 I'm also woke but still no copulate

[@braxtondraughon6669]

@@Rastley85maybe he’s not looking for males?

[@elijahpiere5324]

@@Rastley85it doesn’t make a difference. I call men males all the time & I still see them as people

[@benjamin.kelley]

Every time I squat, I take 2 steps up, wedge by back, set my feet, breathe and brace, walkout, breathe and brace again, squat.

[@davidcliff2141]

What’s that person behind him going to do?

[@vert1]

Most people needing a spot need a very small amount of help because they aren’t ego lifting or attempting to kill themselves.

[@LONG.LIVE.삼돌]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@martinXY]

Every squat is a chance to perfect technique, from the moment you start a warm-up with an empty bar.

[@colbypowell7205]

Bro joe is strong as shit

[@DnyAln]

Such a perfect looking squat. incredible

[@MannyEscobar_]

So nobody is going to say anything about his life sized Barbie as his spotter 😂😂

[@emmavz9256]

That's Brianny Terry, his girlfriend, and also a world record holding powerlifter 👍👍

[@eru7774]

Idk why but short dudes can always squat super heavy lol

[@henryr.schrader7520]

Halfthor just squatted 930 lbs in a powerlifting meet. He his going for 981 lbs next meet.

[@Sharkenite]

I think its due to our shorter legs. I can out-squat my coworker who is 6' tall but he has a hard time doing squats at 135+. He's on the slimmer side. I am 5'2 and I can only do about 185 on a good day. I weigh about 120 but he weighs at 180-ish. He's got longer limbs plus he's taller so longer spine. He still benches more than me though which is good.

[@mcbride997032]

If you want a great squat just ask liver king what he use. 😂

[@Poolboybob]

Kinda funny how these things fell into place for me as a super skinny dude because the only way for me to progress in weights is with good form. I gained 20lbs and I swear 10 went to my legs because of videos like these

[@matt59fire]

Bro same. Ive always been skinny. But found out through trail and error that i can gain alot of leg strength.

[@wilsong4096]

His squats are impressive ! Obviously because of the weight but also he has a long bar path unlike many of the 8-10 inch ROM you see on a lot of squats .

[@RedGamingChair]

brooo look at his calves! Those are some extreme calves!!

[@ThreeMinutesFitness]

👍👍👍👍

[@damonmlinaric9254]

I tried doing a more controlled walkout where I set everything for about 2-3 months and I don't know if it had to do with other variables but it felt terrible and my mobility and strength suffered.Interested if that's just a me thing though

[@niehawl2987]

Hey, thanks for the tip, I was wondering if you had any cues regarding that quick power generation off the bottom of the squat. When i look at my squats i’m never able to come off the floor with that much speed and drive. Thanks :D

[@robmarsh918]

What type of drills do you already do? Or do you only do straight reps?

[@niehawl2987]

@@robmarsh918 I usually incorporate straight reps, pauses at either middle or bottom or both and chains for variations. I could just never articulate that feeling of explosive power like the speed on how I see these people explode up from the bottom

[@robmarsh918]

@@niehawl2987 You could cross train with power/plyometric drills to improve overall explosiveness. Depth Jumps may be good along with regular box jumps, bc it teaches your muscles how to snap up out of the squat position. Just be sure to learn how to do them properly if you haven’t done them before. Another thing that may be hindering you - ironically enough - is having too much control. If your only drills are pause reps, perhaps you need to teach yourself how to use that bounce at the bottom to help you snap back up faster. Most people have the opposite problem, where they carelessly rely on the bounce too much. But learning that sweet spot of still maintaining control with the bounce takes time. And when I say “bounce” it’s still subtle enough that you can still utilize it with a relatively slow eccentric. No need to dive bomb. One more thing or option that could help is concentric control drills. A lot of people focus on exploding upward, but just like dive bombing, if you don’t slow it down and teach your legs how to use the right muscles to rise up, you get hindered. For instance, an common mistake is once people get out the bottom, they immediately drift into their toes. This puts more emphasis on quads, taking out the glutes. So of course they are missing out on power without posterior support. Try slowing down the concentric and ask yourself “Am I using my entire leg (glues, hams, quads) on the way up as I am on the way down?” If not, do something like a 3-1-3. It’s brutal but it may help.

[@zacarino1827]

Is he breathing out thru his nose on thr way down? Or should I take in a breath at the top, and hold it until I get back up again?

[@Williameg27]

Get a bar that can hold the weight you’re squatting

[@petertwiss356]

dis tru

[@djrobinson8859]

How do you brace your core and inhale outwards at the same time? It seems like trying to breathe the my stomach throws my bracing off some vs breathing through the chest

[@black-pz7fg]

You got weak abs

[@aleksandrnolan1588]

Content

[@Miamiz24]

And such a relatively narrow stand

[@oscarriley9265]

rip pinky fingers

[@sanglapops7742]

Yeah this small details which I ignored cost me 2more reps

[@angelbarrios2882]

so are you supposed to take a deep breath into your core and hold it as you squat?

[@taggerung_]

yes. it creates intra abdominal pressure which creates an extremely stable core and spine

[@robmarsh918]

Yes. It’s called the valsalva maneuver. You breath into your belly, push down as if you are pushing a bowel movement (gross description, I know, but it’s the best way to describe it) and hold the breath.

[@bubbalawrence1]

@@robmarsh918is this why some people shit themselves if they lift too heavy or exert too much pressure? 🤯

[@SisypheanRoller]

​@@bubbalawrence1 yep. It's also why squat plugs are a thing

[@TheCaliRhino]

Joe is squaring literally more than twice as much weight as the other dude, but other dude still did it with clean form.

[@bob1669]

Are you supposed to hold your breath when going down then up or do you breath in when going down the breathe out when going up ?

[@momoflows1923]

Keep breath in for both, Im assuming breathing in while going down with heavy weight can cause stability issues

[@thechosenone93]

Controlled down Power up So does that mean that strength in the squat or front squat is built in the eccentric portion of the lift?

[@robmarsh918]

Not exclusively. I think drilling the eccentric is pushed so much bc too many people default into relying on the bounce to get back up. They don’t learn how to stay in control, and so that’s their weak point. But it all depends on what the individual needs to work on. For instance if you can control it on the way down, but you drift back onto your toes on the way up, then that means you have to practice the concentric, which you don’t see a lot but it is done.

[@SisypheanRoller]

The reason is very simple: if you don't control the eccentric, your muscles, ligaments, tendons etc don't adapt as much. When you let the weight crush you down and then bounce up, you are increasing risk of injury as you start to add more weight.

[@adrianyang2192]

why tf does he hold the bar like that

[@matthewimi]

655#?

[@deanbromerg8000]

Another tip to reduce injury! Take half that weight off the bar!😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@buckbuckleyson2259]

That reduces the whole point

[@deanbromerg8000]

@Quiet I lift up to a weight I can do 5 times then I try to increase that! It's so much safer! But I just lift for fun,some people act like they're getting paid for it!

[@ohigh6]

What was that single female spotter going to do?

[@eduardroide]

Osea que el segundo es más fuerte aún con pésima técnica

[@boat2920]

If I was squatting a quarter of a ton I would also try to do pitch perfect form

[@untraceablefgc-9mkii251]

The point Is you should have good form regardless, It doesnt take a lot of weight to cause issues.

[@TheJohnbusi]

No, we have to practice perfect form even with empty bars, to get solid fundamentals for when weights are gonna get big! That's one of the classic gym errors, that a lot of pro athletes maybe did when they started

[@boat2920]

@@TheJohnbusi what I'm trying to say is that with weight like that form is all I would be thinking about. Purely out of fear, but yes I agree you should have good form no matter how much you're lifting

[@bloosabina]

You just need to be stronger. Easy.

[@trainwithmrlee]

Or take steroid

[@kshitizyadav3174]

Keep crying kid

[@adrozz2120]

You clearly don't know how roids works

[@dontwannabefound]

That spot might be trouble if things go south

[@ramblr5900]

Is she really going to spot him?

[@emmavz9256]

Yes she is! Brianny Terry is also a world record holding powerlifter! 👍

[@markpadilla2648]

What in the actual f*** is she going to do if that weight starts to go down? She is just collateral damage.

[@blazorb5907]

Lmfao facts, die together i guess? 💪👩‍❤️‍👨

[@vernie7882]

You’re a moron. She only needs to help with about 20kg amount of force or whatever. Even if you’re lifting 300kg and you fail, you are still pushing with a force needed for, say, lifting up 280kg. Failure doesn’t mean your strength and endurance potential in your muscles go from whatever you were lifting off a cliff to 0, completely limp.

[@markpadilla2648]

@@vernie7882 Face the facts you cuck the man is pushing 550+ Lbs she stands no chance catching nor supporting him and removing 20kg from it will do nothing. If anything she is causing more harm being behind him because she is preventing him from bailing out, because he runs the risk of hitting her. 🤷🏿‍♂️🖕🏿

[@MrRazmut]

@@markpadilla2648 removing 20kg will do nothing??? Why?? Does a woman need to remove more weight for the spot to work? Coz I'm a dude and I certainly don't have to lift a buddy that much to get them up from a squat unless they just got injured or something. Taking 5% of the weight off turns a failed one rep max into a double or triple lmao

[@markpadilla2648]

@@MrRazmut You're assuming best case scenario. If I have a spotter I make sure they are of capable of handling the weight I am lifting. This is important for my safety and theirs. It's not about gender it's about finding a capable person. Now, if you want risk your safety and your spooters then that is on you. Like, you said unless they get injured and injuries can occur at anytime and when you're lifting that heavy the potential is greater.

[@zacksomers486]

I’ve never seen a little person squat that much. Major props to that dude nothing but respect

[@jomiii]

"Nothing but respect" ok then

[@bagofsoup8199]

@@jomiii hit 6’0 and think you’re a mountain💀

[@christofferuden7680]

Dude weighs like 230-240, short maybe but he aint little

[@anonymousperson2782]

You need form to squat 315+ without dying pretty much

[@danielbrealey2924]

If something went wrong there- she ain't grabbing that bar off him or even giving any meaningful support... 😂

[@magicjohnsins]

She's probably there to assist with rerack. No spotter is going to "grab that bar off him", he didn't get to that level by selecting weights he might fail in training, and if he did then the safeties on that rack would be higher.

[@E_m0l]

That's Brianny Terry. She's one of the top 3 female power lifters. Pretty confident she would be more help than any of us..

[@stephenbesch5331]

Asking out of honest confusion - I see this all the time, so maybe there's something useful going on that I'm just not aware of. What purpose does the person standing behind him really serve? I assume they're attempting to "spot" his lift but, if he couldn't complete the lift (or, worse yet, experienced an injury that caused him to drop it), how much could they really contribute to helping him get it up? Aren't they standing right where the bar is going to land if he misses the lift and has to bail out from under the bar? It seems like, with this much weight on the bar, there should be a strong lifter at each end of the bar (outside of the cage) to have any hope of controlling the bar path if something went wrong. Just looks ineffective and unnecessarily dangerous to me. Could they do anything from that angle/position that wouldn't completely upset his balance?

[@bubbalawrence1]

One thing that’s always kept me away from lifting heavy is seeing some people pass out from it, how does one prevent this from happening to lift safely? I’m only concerned about this because dude got super red just on the first squat

[@SisypheanRoller]

Learn to breathe

[@Ebvardh]

I’m sorry but is not this fella doing 600 for reps?

[@cxa011500]

What's the point of that chick behind him "spotting" him? He's in a rack and has the bars up so he can just drop the weight. And honestly, she looks pretty small, so what would she be able to do? 🤔

[@kamatayon6380]

It's obvious that that's not his 1RM, in that case after doing some reps there is just a little bit of force needed to help him finish the lift.

[@odin-ss1zx]

Its 2022 we know how to squat 🤦‍♂️

[@celestialarmor695]

Why even do barbell squats there are so many other better exercises can someone answer that

[@sgtmurg]

L comment

[@farbeyonddriven8001]

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[@spartacuscreator]

So, essentially you are saying the most basic things, which everybody should do... Thanks, I DIDNT know that already.^^

[@deleon3747]

Both examples did not have good form though . First guy did a half squat

[@TexasWaffle2602]

Let’s see you squat over 500 pounds then

[@TexasWaffle2602]

Oh wait, you can’t

[@claudiamarianidamato9499]

Man here we go the typical critic. A squat does not have to be ATG to count. People who press this are corny as hell.

[@alespider9905]

Stick to videogames

[@taggerung_]

How deep you squat is not form related. They chose to squat that deep. While for a competition lift i agree both could have gone just a touch deeper to get the hip crease below the knee they were both still very solid squats

[@colossusofrhodes1282]

What’s his chick gonna so if he falls, catch him? Lmao 😂 she’s useless

[@BlackMoonMaster]

lmfao