Box Squats

[IHateCrunches]

During football season in high school I remmeber coach made us do Box Squats instead of squats for explosion. What are other benefits of them, becasue to be honest when i do regular squats i sometimes feel too much strain on my back. I also do Hype ext for lower back.. but thught it would e fun to reminice with box squats again. What are advantages of box squats?

 

[Exodus]

increased absoulute strength. and maily starting strength and reversal strength. thats what the box does, makes you have to come to a complete stop and the reverse the weight. also a box allows you to know exactly how far your squatting on every rep. and you can learn proper form on a bench eaiser than free squating.

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[spatts]

Form - Teaches you to sit back and squat with you ass/hams instead of quads and knees

Breaks up concentric and eccentric motion

Requires starting strength (explosiveness-see above)

Gives you a feel for where parallel is and assures you hit at least that everytime.

Functions as a learning tool to find your weak link, so you know what other work to do.

...the list goes on and on.

 

[cheesecake]

They work great for building hip strength. And they teach you to sit back properly.
...chad...

 

[phatman42]

Yeah i was using them today to teach a lad to squat. He's never done squats before, and i was trying to teach him to just sit, like you would normally. He couldn't quite understand what i was talking about, then he just sat down on another bench with perfect box squat form, i grabbed him and showed him exactly how he had done it right, shins upright butt back etc. Seems like a lot of people squat better if they are not thinking about it

 

[IHateCrunches]

thanks for the quick response. So you think if strength is my main concern since i feel a little weak in squats i should go back to doing box squats? i also do hacksled squats

 

[phatman42]

If you read anythign about Westside training, most of these guys (and gals) only ever do box squats.

 

[JollyRogers]

Best leg workout IMO