tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post3829066452257026709..comments2024-01-18T10:01:07.136-05:00Comments on Chaos and Pain: Squatting Like You're The CEO of the Paper Street Soap Company #1Jamie Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16182869171233847161noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-49418924372219879792012-07-31T15:30:47.109-04:002012-07-31T15:30:47.109-04:00Jamie,
You mentioned in a post awhile back that y...Jamie,<br /><br />You mentioned in a post awhile back that you were using jump squats as a type of dynamic stretch to help with IT band mobility. I run too much and I am always struggling to keep my IT/hips loose. Could you post a video of yourself doing the jump squat at some point? I am wondering if you are pausing upon landing? at the bottom? or just moving fluidly through an entire set. <br /><br />Yet Another Great Post, thanks for all your hard work on CNP. <br /><br />"Note that she uses a wide stance as well." HAHAHAHAHAMad Maximushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727726251842568335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-52733592730162489532012-07-27T19:37:10.940-04:002012-07-27T19:37:10.940-04:00Didn't realize it mattered when it came to sta...Didn't realize it mattered when it came to stance. Anyways,today is squat triples and doing a wide stance feet forward and loving the control. 10lb under my previous 1rm for 3 is easy.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760889389700105073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-39058010878414912472012-07-27T12:45:22.126-04:002012-07-27T12:45:22.126-04:00Only with a narrow, oly stance. Otherwise, you wa...Only with a narrow, oly stance. Otherwise, you want your feet flat. Footwear should be a fairly minor concern when squatting. Get strong first, then worry about what you're wearing on your feet.Jamie Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182869171233847161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-50870178536168323762012-07-27T01:29:41.236-04:002012-07-27T01:29:41.236-04:00mr cnp ya need to go outside to grab rocks and spr...mr cnp ya need to go outside to grab rocks and spray paint cnp on them. follow the $$$ like mr tate,pendlay, or riptoe. or pay Chinese peeps to do the spray painting.<br /><br /><br />"Homer: Not a bear in sight. The Bear Patrol must be working like a charm.<br /><br />Lisa: That's specious reasoning, Dad.<br /><br />Homer: Thank you, dear.<br /><br />Lisa: By your logic I could claim that this rock keeps tigers away.<br /><br />Homer: Oh, how does it work?<br /><br />Lisa: It doesn't work.<br /><br />Homer: Uh-huh.<br /><br />Lisa: It's just a stupid rock.<br /><br />Homer: Uh-huh.<br /><br />Lisa: But I don't see any tigers around, do you?<br /><br />[Homer thinks of this, then pulls out some money]<br /><br />Homer: Lisa, I want to buy your rock."Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01366976000059028965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-2651104971930896492012-07-26T20:07:30.881-04:002012-07-26T20:07:30.881-04:00What's the consensus on footwear? Besides givi...What's the consensus on footwear? Besides giving a lifter the ability to squat deeper, is there a significant mechanical advantage to using lifting shoes?Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11001515747846312140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-17482989008816152332012-07-26T19:51:24.482-04:002012-07-26T19:51:24.482-04:00Off topic, but a suggestion for one of your 'b...Off topic, but a suggestion for one of your 'baddest motherfuckers' series -<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdqjV8lVV1kRanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09779490320532017632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-32473546743974738202012-07-26T19:46:51.414-04:002012-07-26T19:46:51.414-04:00Louie Simmons trains geared lifters. For raw lifte...Louie Simmons trains geared lifters. For raw lifters, the shin angle stuff is bullshit. Your knees will do what they do based on the length of your limbs.Imperatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270807613936355746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-31894787846570719472012-07-26T19:44:14.515-04:002012-07-26T19:44:14.515-04:00Try squatting with toes more forward and focus on ...Try squatting with toes more forward and focus on external rotation at the hip. Toes more forward hits the quads more evenly, and thus will work your inner quads more.Imperatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270807613936355746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-68824546255023906262012-07-26T17:54:40.617-04:002012-07-26T17:54:40.617-04:00She's a geared lifter.She's a geared lifter.Jamie Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182869171233847161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-35683997578101630502012-07-26T13:28:39.802-04:002012-07-26T13:28:39.802-04:00Ha, nope, never touched any prohormones or AAS.
...Ha, nope, never touched any prohormones or AAS. <br /><br />It actually never made a noise until I started using TK sleeves and doing some heavy partials and jump squats. After a few sessions of that, I felt fine, but was walking down the stairs one day and all of a sudden heard this loud terrible noise. It has persisted ever since (prob 6months now) despite who-knows-how-much foam rolling and lacrosse balling. I have no clue wtf is going on, but it's very annoying. I do know that I always tended to squat shallow and my outer quads are massive relative to my inner quads. Only thing I can think of is building up the inner leg as much as possible.Keenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06572498292020953547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-71247847956240631892012-07-26T12:20:35.116-04:002012-07-26T12:20:35.116-04:00What's the point in women squatting if they ar...What's the point in women squatting if they aren't at least going to pee a little at the bottom?The Blobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13112612054817642702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-74361499263734113542012-07-26T11:59:10.631-04:002012-07-26T11:59:10.631-04:00You forgot Julia Ladewski who has a VERY wide stan...You forgot Julia Ladewski who has a VERY wide stance.<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4022170868385Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760889389700105073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-19972130828077080082012-07-26T11:56:02.999-04:002012-07-26T11:56:02.999-04:00I would posit that the problem is mental, rather t...I would posit that the problem is mental, rather than physical.Jamie Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182869171233847161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-76838264332890129552012-07-26T11:25:51.275-04:002012-07-26T11:25:51.275-04:00High rep squatting is basically pointless for powe...High rep squatting is basically pointless for powerlifting.Jamie Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182869171233847161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-80058637342147699822012-07-26T11:24:45.754-04:002012-07-26T11:24:45.754-04:00I have never given the angle of my shins any thoug...I have never given the angle of my shins any thought at all.Jamie Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182869171233847161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-89337932094782912392012-07-26T11:24:00.881-04:002012-07-26T11:24:00.881-04:00I do high bar squatting when I jump squat, so it d...I do high bar squatting when I jump squat, so it definitely has a place in training. I will cover that in upcoming posts.Jamie Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182869171233847161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-56608720823303230012012-07-26T09:14:01.053-04:002012-07-26T09:14:01.053-04:00Jamie,
A lot of people talk about the relation bet...Jamie,<br />A lot of people talk about the relation between weight gain/loss and the squat.<br />Personally, whenever I start leaning out, mainly due to increased activity without upping calories, I can mantain my bench and my press, maintain/increase my DL but my squat goes to the shittery.<br /><br />Do you think there´s any specific reason for it or is it just decreased levels of glycogen, ATP, less calories, etc?lgl18https://www.blogger.com/profile/03337560019311647023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-60545743155712005812012-07-25T23:42:55.798-04:002012-07-25T23:42:55.798-04:00For fuck's sake, Stephanie CaneFor fuck's sake, Stephanie CaneRyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00800706951525128757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-84342686826860518902012-07-25T23:28:56.041-04:002012-07-25T23:28:56.041-04:00Idk if you've posted it anywhere else and I kn...Idk if you've posted it anywhere else and I know you love your low rep work but whats your opinion on high rep? Where did most of your mass come from bec ur freakin huge.<br />I ask bec ppl say to train high rep and eat a shit ton carbs to get huge but you train mostly low rep and eat on ur predator diet.Ktranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521207224788456695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-58377701107584908272012-07-25T23:13:53.803-04:002012-07-25T23:13:53.803-04:00Jamie, will you talk about knee positioning in the...Jamie, will you talk about knee positioning in the squat? --> How Louie Simmons would advocate keeping the shins vertical, but Kirk or Efferding definitely do not. Louie's way makes the movement all hips. Great for geared lifting I guess, but tends to strain the groin. Your shins seem pretty upright... ever experimented with that?Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04274212954033497904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-12428218535162997832012-07-25T18:31:47.838-04:002012-07-25T18:31:47.838-04:00This is a perfect time to ask something that's...This is a perfect time to ask something that's been bugging me for a while. In your opinion, is there any benefit to be had at all in squatting Olympic style if you are interested in competing as a Powerlifting? Fred Hatfield recommended this, and Ed Coan did a lot of high bar squatting in his off-season, and given that these two men were pretty fucking good at squatting, it would seem that their opinion is worth a look. The theory behind this is that by doing high bar squats, and making the movement harder in training, it will be easier when you widen your stance and only have to go to parallel in competition. If you are doing your deadlifts on a regular basis, as you should, then the posterior chain, glutes, and hamstrings will get plenty of work on their own, and the quads will become stronger from high bar squatting than they would from low bar squatting; and so when you go to squat low bar in competition, there shouldn't be any problems.<br /><br />That at least is the theory. In practice, I can see some potential problems in training one way, and then competing another. This may not actually be as big a problem as it seems; Hatfield observed that a few weeks of practicing a wider stance leading into a meet would be sufficient. The crowd that says "practice how you play" also advocates wearing belts and wraps on a regular basis.<br /><br />Thoughts?Taliesinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547680617833199063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-91070982286521422292012-07-25T17:37:39.238-04:002012-07-25T17:37:39.238-04:00I've been waiting for the squat series for awh...I've been waiting for the squat series for awhile now and it's finally in motion! Fuck yeah. So far it does not disappoint. I am beyond fucking tired of listening to people who don't even lift tell me that i'll "kill me knees" and/or hips if I do form like this or that.<br /><br />This type of advice was a breath of fresh air. Thanks, Jamie.BigEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437493844309682129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-38375755279425600102012-07-25T15:01:07.375-04:002012-07-25T15:01:07.375-04:00tk knee bands and a softball work wonderstk knee bands and a softball work wondersAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01366976000059028965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-71748621006234155742012-07-25T12:31:57.767-04:002012-07-25T12:31:57.767-04:00I squat in New Balance Minimus MB20s. http://www....I squat in New Balance Minimus MB20s. http://www.amazon.com/New-Balance-MT20v1-Trail-Minimus/dp/B004KZP5AG<br /><br />As for your knee... sweet jesus. Are you running a shitload of prohormone tren products or just tren itself? If so, stop. If not, it might be that your IT band is too tight and pulling your knee out of alignment. Try foam rolling. It will hurt like a motherfucker.Jamie Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182869171233847161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835524249360195666.post-30483209301364975432012-07-25T09:39:01.707-04:002012-07-25T09:39:01.707-04:00Jamie, what type of shoes do you use when squattin...Jamie, what type of shoes do you use when squatting? I recall you training in NB Minimus, but you look like you're competing with something else. <br /><br />Also, I started getting this crazy rice krispie/bag of gravel noise in my knees after a few weeks of some heavy partials and the occasional jumping squat. No pain, but it sounds absolutely terrible. Any thoughts on full depth squats vs partials for random knee shittiness?Keenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06572498292020953547noreply@blogger.com