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Monday, November 7. 2016

Box Squats

Squats are a bitch of an exercise, demanding of many muscle groups. That's how you know that you need them. Maybe you can walk all day, but your legs are weak, Jack.


My lower body is great for endurance, terrible for strength. I have been doing barbell squats for a year, but have started doing box squats for a change of pace, and to see if I can go any lower on my plain barbell squats. Box squats give you a brief break from tension, but demand the thrust from total rest.


Back Squats Vs. Box Squats


And this:



Posted by Bird Dog in Physical Fitness at 16:23 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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So what does a box squat do other than eliminate momentum? I
#1 Stuart Gordon on 2016-11-07 19:00 (Reply)
- It helps people like me get to 45 degrees or lower.

- Starting up from a real sit is more demanding. Supposedly, it strengthens your squat.
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2016-11-08 07:18 (Reply)
Still no stronger, but I did hit the 99-lbs.-lost mark this morning, the day after my birthday and one year and a day into my weight-loss effort. BMI 24.3. GERD entirely resolved, blood pressure and blood glucose normal again.
#2 Texan99 on 2016-11-08 08:24 (Reply)
Wonderful.

How the wt loss?
#2.1 Bird Dog on 2016-11-08 09:08 (Reply)
I never saw the point of them - and I'm not sure how I would drop the barbell if I got stuck. Toss it behind me? Kind of dangerous.

With a normal squat rack, if I got in trouble, I could fall forward and the rack catches the bar and keeps it from crushing me.
#3 NJSoldier on 2016-11-08 14:55 (Reply)

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