Written by Chad Wesley Smith
Chad Wesley Smith has everything you need from Technique to Exercise Selection and Accessories to improve your squat.
Our Squat Technique Pillars series has helped thousands of lifters improve their training. Check out this comprehensive 5 part series.
When you watch a video of someone training or are at a meet and watch other lifters with their coach, you may hear different cues being yelled but not understand what they’re intended to mean. Here are some of our favorite cues, what they mean and when/why we use them.
Struggling with a specific part of the Squat? We have got you covered! This playlist will give you exercises to address weak points including, out of the hole, relatively weak legs to back, relatively weak back to legs and rounding over.
TeamJTS athlete Carlos Moran made his first ever 2000+ pound total with a 357.5kg/788# Squat, 227.5kg/501# Bench and 325kg/716# Deadlift for 910kg/2006# at 99kg/218# bodyweight. Congrats Carlos!
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Dr. Quinn Henoch of Clinical Athlete takes high level powerlifters, Jake Johns @BigSCBoy and Kevin Torres @Pitbull_Torres, through a series of shoulder movement drills to help improve their ability to achieve a low bar squat position without elbow or shoulder pain.
Are you having trouble shifting to one side during your squat? If this causing you hip or knee pain? Dysfunction in the adductors is a common culprit for this issue. Dr. Quinn Henoch describes some techniques that Chad Wesley Smith has used to address this problem for himself.
