squatting with a narrow stance

[jeremys]

for comfort and reasons like not getting depth, i like to squt with a narrow stance. i also dont have a squat suit so i think its more advantageous for me. i can still utilize the hips, hams and glutes fairly well with a narrow stance

anyway, is the box squat meant for a wide stance? it seems so

would it work the same for a narrow stance? you'd still be breaking the concentric/eccentric parts of the lift

opinions?

 

[coolcolj]

I've done then with a narrower stance, but you can't sit back as much for balance reasons.

why would you wnat to break the concentric/eccntric chain anyway? You lose power doing that if your training box squat for squats.

 

[jeremys]

why would you wnat to break the concentric/eccntric chain anyway? You lose power doing that if your training box squat for squats.

i read that that was the purpose. to build explosion/power out of the bottom and avoid sticking points

 

[coolcolj]

Well you use less weight without a stretch reflex so that says the muscles are generating less force/power

I mean when you squat no one pauses at the bottom, so it doesn't make sense to train it like this. For deadlifts I can undertstand.

blasting out of the bottom with a stretch reflex is how you build explosive power that is specific for a normal squat. If you pause at the bottom you work on starting strength, which is something that doesn't get used in isolation when squatting normally, different groove or nueral pattern altogether.

 

[JOKER47]

Jeremy's is dead on.

You train the box squat with a slight pause at the bottom so that you DON'T use the stretch reflex, and BUILD the explosive power in your hips. The stretch reflex is always there. It's natural. Build strength in the muscles that perform the movement.



Joker.

 

[Tagio]

but you build/stress them more with larger weights and using the stretch reflex, so specifically what advantage is there to eliminating the stretch reflex?

the muscle doesn't know that it's flexing because of a reflex. also the stretch reflex can be trained to be stronger, correct?

 

[JOKER47]

Gonna bump this up for someone with more experience in WSB priciples.



Joker

 

[Lord_Suston]

basically you can test the stretch reflex by not pausing using really heavy weights, but box squats is to teach explosion by using a lighter weight and taking the strecth reflex out of it. Also you can always being going heavy on the stretch reflex

 

[Liftbig]

why would you wnat to break the concentric/eccntric chain anyway? You lose power doing that if your training box squat for squats.

my squat progess in the last year and a half begs to differ. when you box squat correctly you sit back on to the box and you dont bounce, you kinda relax the hips, and then you FLEX harder than all hell. this builds tremendous power. you still have the stretch reflex working for you, its not really a pause and not long enough to lose the strech reflex.