3 Tips For Tall Guys to Blast Your Squat Through the Roof
So you're tall and you want to squat big.
Lifting is the only sport where it pays to be short, and for us tall guys, squatting is one of the exercises where we're most handicapped. But that doesn't mean that we can't have humongous squats! It just means we have to work a little harder to get there.
So, let's go ahead and jump right into it. I'd like to talk to you about what you should do to start working towards squatting more weight.
Tip #1: Make sure that your stance is wide. When you squat, you really need to make sure that you have a pretty wide stance. This helps compensate for our height, because it brings us lower to the ground, and gives us a more stable base to push off of. This means that you're stronger and you have to move the weight a shorter distance.
Sounds like we're well on our way to improving our squat! But ok, you might've already known that one, so here's...
Tip #2: Start doing front squats instead of regular squats. This isn't forever, it's just for a little while. See, the problem with squatting for us tall folk is that we have trouble activating the right muscles. As a result our quads are actually under trained, because our backs and glutes do so much of the work. So, as a result we're limited by our quadricep strength. So what do we do?
We do an exercise that really hits on the quadriceps, the front squat. Trust me, start front squatting and you'll start seeing some huge gains in quadricep strength.
Tip #3: Start doing reverse hyper extensions. If your gym doesn't have a reverse hyper machine, well then find a new gym. These are the single best accessory exercise for squatting. They really blast the glutes and back in a way that no other exercise does. If you've never done reverse hypers before, then just using this tip alone you could probably see some increase in your squat.
I can't say enough... the best exercise that you're not doing right now is the reverse hyper extension.
Seriously, try it, tell me if I'm wrong.
Anyways, give those tips a try and you should start to see an increase in your squat. I really hope that you put these tips to use.
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