Weird squats that I have seen

[Havinial]

I have seen one guy in the gym today doing a weirdsquat. He was using some weight, but strappes to his belt, and yet hehelp an empty bar behind his head. Is there any special reason tohave your weight attached this way instead of having it on the bar?

 

[stevesmi]

go on youtube and find a video of what you are talking about.. hard to understand your description.

 

[Lev Butlerov]

I think the OP mean this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVgNhho6oUI

The only real benefit I would see in these squats, is for those who have upper back problems, and can not hold the bar on their shoulders.

 

[MasonicBodybuilder]

You can do tons of different variations of squats just by changing up your stance and where you place the bar.

 

[Havinial]

Yes Lev - this is the kind of squat I was talking about. Thank you for putting the video link here. So you think it is for those who can not lift on their bacck?

 

[muskate]

It seems like some sort of rehabilitation exercise to me. He might have an upper back injury.

Unless you are injured - I would just stick with regular squats. Why fix what isn't broken?

 

[SteveMobsterG]

Maybe he was doing one of those stupid shit you see in the gym videos. Hip belt or similar squats are fine but having a bar behind his neck seems pointless. In my 38 years of training I've not seen both done together.