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regular squats vs. box squats

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cc501 Total Posts : 98 Reward points : 10 Joined: 10/12/2005 Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options regular squats vs. box squats - Sunday, October 30, 2005 12:35 AM which do you like more? im not really a big fan of box squats and i do normal squats well. so normal squats for me.

Hulk Total Posts : 140 Reward points : 10 Joined: 10/26/2005 Location: US/Tennessee Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options RE: regular squats vs. box squats - Sunday, October 30, 2005 9:36 AM I prefer normal squats to box squats. "Having No Way As The Way, Having No Limitation As Your Limitation" -Bruce Lee I Buy All My Supplements from http://www.supplements101.com/?Click=20528 Check It Out

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RE: regular squats vs. box squats - Sunday, October 30, 2005 3:51 PM

I don't know if it is just me, but I feel like I get a better workout with the box. I don't know if it makes me control the weight down more so than regulars or what but I feel more of a pump and that my legs are working harder to get the weight up.
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RE: regular squats vs. box squats - Sunday, October 30, 2005 4:41 PM

http://www.t-nation.com/findArticle.do?article=body_120squat

Read that link dude, I got a couple of training sessions in with a Powerlifting coach and he opened my eyes up to a whole different world of squatting. If you can Deadlift properly, it might just be your technique that needs revising with the Squat.

Most people just drop straight down while squatting, causing them to lean way forward and go way on their toes. On your toes will cause more of your Quads to fire up, but to invlove your entire leg (Quads/Hams/Glutes..) - Try to think of Squatting as the same action you would take before you sit on the toilet bowl. So just don't go straight down... the first thing to move will be your "hips back", then you begin to sit back which causes you to go on your heals.

You can actually catch Arnold begining his Squats in the same manner in Pumping Iron... as well as Lee Priest in his video. The box Squat can help you with this.

I think the box squat, when done properly can put like 50lbs on your regular Squat... if you just did Box Squats for a couple of months. I posted the above a while ago... check out that link.

bodybuilding is life Total Posts : 459 Reward points : 10 Joined: 11/18/2005 Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options RE: regular squats vs. box squats - Saturday, December 17, 2005 6:06 AM yeah i would have to say the box squat. at football practice we do huigh bow squats then we turn it on its side and do like 9 inch box squats its crazy.

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