built to fix sitting back into the squat, and to make depth the same every rep
sitting onto a box takes part of the load off your legs at the bottom, unlike
an Anderson squat where the bar leaves you entirely
the box settles you before you drive, so the rep starts from a real stop
rather than from a bounce
Execution
Set a box behind you so the crease of your hip lands at parallel when you sit.
Take your usual stance or slightly wider, brace your trunk and unrack the bar.
push your hips back first and let the knees follow
sit onto the box under control rather than dropping onto it
settle without relaxing your brace or rocking backwards
drive off the box in one movement
stand all the way up before resetting
Set the box at parallel and stay there. Change the height and the weight changes
with it, so add an exercise note when you do.
This is assistance work, so run it after the main lift of the day.
Purpose
built to fix sitting back into the squat, and to make depth the same every rep
sitting onto a box takes part of the load off your legs at the bottom, unlike
an Anderson squat where the bar leaves you entirely
the box settles you before you drive, so the rep starts from a real stop
rather than from a bounce
Execution
Set a box behind you so the crease of your hip lands at parallel when you sit.
Take your usual stance or slightly wider, brace your trunk and unrack the bar.
push your hips back first and let the knees follow
sit onto the box under control rather than dropping onto it
settle without relaxing your brace or rocking backwards
drive off the box in one movement
stand all the way up before resetting
Set the box at parallel and stay there. Change the height and the weight changes
with it, so add an exercise note when you do.
This is assistance work, so run it after the main lift of the day.