Comments on: How-to: Overhead squat

By: Allan

Allan — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:53:25 +0000

Thanks for the update. Just to make it clear, i wasn’t suggesting everyone should perform OH squats that mirrors the bottom of a full snatch (although it would do no harm trying). I was just trying to point out that, if flexibility allows, then squat deep and heavy, and reap the rewards of this fantastic core exercise. Your article is very good and very informative. It is unfortunate that one small point may have limited the full benefits of this exercise. A small amendment is all that’s required.

By: gubernatrix

gubernatrix — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:43:24 +0000

Yes, I’ve been doing olympic lifting for a couple of years now (I wrote the article 3.5 years ago) and now I think it is a non-issue. Maybe I should update the article.

Having said that, just because someone broke a record doing something, that doesn’t mean it is what everyone in the gym should do! Elite sports people aren’t training for long term health and fitness, they are training for gold medals. I wouldn’t, for example, have a normal gym goer bounce out of their squats just because elite weightlifters do it.

By: Allan

Allan — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:17:08 +0000

Sorry, you’ve lost me?! I like watching Olympic Weightlifting and im pretty sure I’ve never seen any records broken when the knees do not pass the toes, and this is always with a near vertical torso. Surely the knees over the toes only becomes an issue when it causes the individual pain? As long as the heels stay down and the knees dont collapse in (valgus knee), then go deep and work those hamstrings!!

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By: gubernatrix

gubernatrix — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:52:03 +0000

Yep, my knees are a bit past my toes. If you read my text I actually talk about this – see under step 3:

“As with any kind of squat, your knees should remain over your feet. Ideally, your knees should not push out beyond your toes, but this is dependent on your flexibility. The more flexibility your have in your back, the more vertical your knees can be in the bottom position. You can see from the picture that my flexibility is a bit lacking here as my knees are slightly past my toes! But I know from my own experience that this improves with practise, so if your knees do come out past your toes, don’t let this stop you from practising the exercise as your flexibility will improve.”

Given that those pictures were taken over two years ago I can indeed attest that flexibility improves as my position is now better. Maybe I should take another set of pictures.

By: ben

ben — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:30:09 +0000

Is it just me, or in the first picture it looks like your toes are way past your toes.

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By: gubernatrix

gubernatrix — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:18:25 +0000

Yep, just go for it! You’ll find what suits you best. Have respect for this exercise and you’ll have fun with it too.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:07:34 +0000

Fascinating … I have been powerlifting for two years, although I have been told I squat with a rather narrow stance and go very deep. I actually bottomed out into the safety chains on my first attempt at my last meet 10/17/09.

I am going to try this, maybe as a precursor to Olympic Lifting.

I have long arms and legs and a very short torso (used to run marathons) … any advice on style, or just “go for it”.

Steve