Basically:
- Higher bar => More upright stance and
- Low bar => more forward lean.
Here's a diagram illustarating this rather nicely - the point is the bar needs to be over the centre of your feet and so affects body lean:
Bar placement in Squatting
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Bar placement in Squatting
by Ader on Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:09 am
I know this has come up a few times and the effect it has on body position.
Basically:
- Higher bar => More upright stance and
- Low bar => more forward lean.
Here's a diagram illustarating this rather nicely - the point is the bar needs to be over the centre of your feet and so affects body lean:
Basically:
- Higher bar => More upright stance and
- Low bar => more forward lean.
Here's a diagram illustarating this rather nicely - the point is the bar needs to be over the centre of your feet and so affects body lean:
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Don’t let the sets last much longer than ten seconds, total. Kinda like sex with a hot chick, hit it hard for ten seconds.
Don’t let the sets last much longer than ten seconds, total. Kinda like sex with a hot chick, hit it hard for ten seconds.
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Re: Bar placement in Squatting
by Rilla on Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:52 am
Suck me Alex....
Ehrm I mean - that's very informative Ader.
Ehrm I mean - that's very informative Ader.
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Re: Bar placement in Squatting
by Ader on Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:41 am
Rilla wrote:Suck me Alex....
Ehrm I mean - that's very informative Ader.
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Don’t let the sets last much longer than ten seconds, total. Kinda like sex with a hot chick, hit it hard for ten seconds.
Don’t let the sets last much longer than ten seconds, total. Kinda like sex with a hot chick, hit it hard for ten seconds.
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Re: Bar placement in Squatting
by Alex on Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:28 pm
Rilla wrote:Suck me Alex....
Ehrm I mean - that's very informative Ader.
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Re: Bar placement in Squatting
by Ader on Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:14 pm
I believe the diagram may have come from a Mark Rippetoe book! But then what does he know 
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Don’t let the sets last much longer than ten seconds, total. Kinda like sex with a hot chick, hit it hard for ten seconds.
Don’t let the sets last much longer than ten seconds, total. Kinda like sex with a hot chick, hit it hard for ten seconds.
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Re: Bar placement in Squatting
by cleaver on Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:24 am
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