Box squat

[bignate73]

question is...how the hell do you get down to 4-5 inches? even my ATF squat isnt that low.

 

[mm107]

damn 4-5 inches, i have 7 mats on my box sqaut and thats little below parallel.

 

[Tweakle]

If the box #'s are way ahead of your free squat - are you sitting back and pausing on the box or using it as a depth marker to tap & blast?

12" is the absolute lowest I would ever go with a box, which works out at about 2" below paralle.. and then never using more than 80% load as there's too much stretch on the hamstrings for me to go heavy at that depth

 

[Guinness5.0]

If the box #'s are way ahead of your free squat - are you sitting back and pausing on the box or using it as a depth marker to tap & blast?

Funny you should ask - I was sitting back more and unloading the weight a bit last night. I was not able to use as much as before. Still pretty close -about 90% - but definitely a difference.

 

[tay1506]

question is...how the hell do you get down to 4-5 inches? even my ATF squat isnt that low.

First of all i dident realize its a little taller than i though i measured it and its 6", but thats only 1" more and its not hard at all however im also 5' 8"

If the box #'s are way ahead of your free squat - are you sitting back and pausing on the box or using it as a depth marker to tap & blast?

I sit back and pause and on my first one i actually start off the box. I put the bars down real low and sit on the box and bend my back and get under it to take it off. However i also only do this on DE day i would never try it on ME day like this because my problem on the squat in the first place is my lower back and abs which really makes no sense because i can dead a lot more than i can squat.

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

First of all i dident realize its a little taller than i though i measured it and its 6", but thats only 1" more and its not hard at all however im also 5' 8"

not sure your height makes a difference.

Majutsu posted this awhile ago- "when I make my boxes for folks, I measure from the floor to the top of the kneecap, the shin length. Then I measure the fattest thigh diameter I can find, up near the hip crease, the thigh thickness. Box height = shin length - thigh thickness."

 

[TheOak84]

hmm, i can do 455 parallel, and 365 on a parallel box

 

[Quadsweeps Sister]

First of all i dident realize its a little taller than i though i measured it and its 6", but thats only 1" more and its not hard at all however im also 5' 8"

I sit back and pause and on my first one i actually start off the box. I put the bars down real low and sit on the box and bend my back and get under it to take it off. However i also only do this on DE day i would never try it on ME day like this because my problem on the squat in the first place is my lower back and abs which really makes no sense because i can dead a lot more than i can squat.

I think we were all wondering if your box is around 13-15 inches in height. If you made a box and it was only 4-6" high....well you might as well not even have a box there unless your ass is hitting your ankles....

You know?

 

[tay1506]

The box is made to do deadlifts off of and my ass does hit my calfs, well it would but i spread my legs out to almost hit the sides of the cage.

 

[carlsuen]

this might be a dumb question.. and i haven't read anything on box squats.. but what are its function?