The Thing People Get Wrong About Squats

[@20920474]

Pete is getting younger as time goes on

[@DavenportBarbell]

Summary start out as an Olympic Weightlifter!

[@Cyberbeatzz]

You look great brother You make me feel like going off is a good decision

[@StephColbertsonStrength]

Makes sense and have certainly heard this a ton from many people. My only pushback is the implication that you can’t build a base with low bar.

[@MoreLife427]

It's great to see you doing so well Pete after the health complications you overcame it's fair to say you have completely 180 rebounded and have broke through to the other side and then some keep up the good work my man long time fan appreciate the continued content one of the realest lifters on KZbin!

[@user-kg1od9es5d]

one thing powerlifters can learn from bodybuilders is, muscle mass moves weight. and muscle mass is built via good form and not short-circuiting the movement to move extra load. If ronnie had ever done powerlifting in his bodybuilding peak, he wouldve broke all the records. u guys dont understand how strong he was. he lifted 800lbs+ etc using bodybuilding form (time under tension). He never optimised his training for powerlifting.

[@lmc5955]

real

[@happzy]

Pete is doin some Benjamin Button shit. He looks 10 years younger now.

[@NickCasabianca]

This is very similar to what Matt Wenning talks about when he left westside. Use the gear to help with fatigue as the weights start to get heavier deeper into the cycle

[@sasquatsstrengthandperform3506]

Not to mention less wear and tear on the elbows and lower back possibly, depending on high bar depth

[@russellmuscle7434]

Hit 440 Saturday in sleeves and 460 3 weeks ago in wraps. 500 won't be too far off now!

[@elelite001]

Very informative and I have also noticed this myself in practice! Very true. Thanks Pete, you look great

[@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514]

My highbar ends up looking like a low bar, one way or thw other, so i just lowbar all the time 😂

[@markwelden7393]

If you get new shoes for the race make sure they are the same style of shoe within a couple mm heel drop to what you've been training in the last week or two before the big day. I learned the hard way on that once lol. Too much +/- can put a lot of fresh strain on your achilles over that many strides and make it feel like you've never run before. 1:40 will fall. Only thing that'll stop that from happening is if you get inside your head too much during the first 6 or 7 miles - or some very uncooperative weather...

[@freakydeadliftincoming]

Nice work Pete. Im dreaming of a 500lb squat.

[@suad8693]

Yep, i did that for 4 weeks and ended on amrap with full gear. Now i am redoing it.

[@brentlackey5787]

100% agree on only using low bar to max out. Working high bar consistently always does more for my squat than anything. I also really like doing leg press with my feet close and low on the machine to really work the quads by pushing through the toes/balls of my feet.

[@Jimlifts1]

I've never been able to get in a low bar position for whatever reason. My best is 315lbx5 high bar. Squats are NEVER easy. Not making excuses but I am a long femured boi. I'm building back up now

[@living4adrenaline]

Good stuff. I remember John Broz recommended doing thousands of reps with just the bar to program the movement and get comfortable before adding weight.

[@BenjaminCanon]

Up, great information as always Pete !

[@dadbod488]

I don't compete, and wouldn't even say i have "good" gym numbers, but squat is definitely my crappiest lift. Would safety bar squats be an ok substitute for highbar?

[@benbbuxton]

Yes running combined with curls and powerlifting....and being one of the powerlifting greats.

[@umsickenpoop]

More great content! Thanks Pete.

[@matthewfrancis9237]

That's what I'm doing now. Just left the gym for leg day even. Can't wait to get base built back and get back with you training!

[@ExecutionSommaire]

One thing I've been doing recently is warm up with like 50 reps of heel-elevated BW squats, makes my regular squat more upright and quad-driven and also helps if you have knee pain

[@l3mons7]

Awesome that you mentioned this. I discovered this exact same warm-up for me makes my squats feel amazing. I get my knees forward and set in my training session feeling confident after a warm-up like this.

[@ExecutionSommaire]

@@l3mons7 yeah decline squats are known to help a lot for knee health!

[@krazeefoxxt3401]

Hey Pete, How do I go about purchasing your deadlift program? Thanks

[@oliviervo6889]

Give us the bicep curl workout videos!

[@lil_edo]

Bicep vein like a garden hose 💪💪💪 🔥

[@m3l3ch3sh]

What running shoes you have? Hokas?

[@Dementia.Pugilistica]

Haven't seen a video in a while damn Pete looking healthy!

[@DavenportBarbell]

If you’re not going to compete Pete do you think you should even low bar squat ever or would you say it’s just valuable for competing?

[@rung1915]

Hi Pete, what are your thoughts on BPC-157 pill form 💊? Thanks Pete!

[@jacobmorenzoni1873]

Gonna start a front squat training cycle

[@max_performance_solutions]

You look great Pete

[@Baker-qr4pf]

Pete what are your thoughts on doing a blast a year and then cycling off? is the juice worth the squeeze or just better staying natural?

[@StevenStamkos91]

Stay natty unless you’re genetically gifted. Why would you wanna be on gear and know that there are natty guys that are significantly bigger/leaner/stronger than you around your weight. Unless you were so insecure that you convinced yourself that all of the top natty guys were in fact on gear😂.

[@Baker-qr4pf]

What are you talking about lol@@StevenStamkos91

[@BuJammy]

That will never happen. "Just one cycle" doesn't exist.

[@lenol0315]

Not squatting like platz

[@hardcorejab]

Fact!

[@lionheart93]

this sounds like it applies to all lifts

[@MatthewStrength3265]

Cool Pete!

[@samuelclemons508]

Fred Hatfield plan !

[@wesley_james_strength]

Goldmine video

[@zackharris8334]

Ive been doing Wendler's 5/3/1 for like 3 months and all my lifts have improved tremendously except my squat. Im literally stuck at 350 for 3 tough reps. Does anyone here have any advice?

[@jacekblachsiewierski7140]

Do different programs, see what works what not, positives and negatives of every program and make something ur own from the things u learn about ur body.

[@jwt-nu3ei]

Are you doing any backdown work? What’s your assistance looking like? Is your squat day before your deadlift day in the week? Knowing nothing else about you, I’d make sure your squat day is first if you’re running a standard 4x week upper / lower, giving you an extra day of rest after deadlifts. I’d hit lighter high bar paused squats or hack squats after deadlifts. On my main squat day I’d either do the top set followed by 1-3 sets of the second set weight that day, or I’d do three sets with the top set weight, hitting the last for an AMRAP. And I’d reset your training max to 340lbs.

[@GambitQueens]

I think this is what ed coan did too

[@Rowland_Hoskins]

Algo

[@cystictostrong1215]

no-one wants to be seen squating less then maximum with sleeves

[@Dominic018]

Algorithm

[@ebinn6381]

I think I really need to squat without belt and sleeves, Been doing a program and I twisted my ankle at work it's so demotivating to see your hard work just go down the drain because of a misstep. But I'll definitely be doing equipmentless