Zercher Squats

[Jim Ouini]

I tried these today with some 30lb kettlebells. Actually I started with fronts and then switched over to Zerchers. Luckily my yakisoba noodle arms are small enough to fit into the KB handles, so I just slid them up about halfway up my forearms and went to town - took a relatively wide stance and just held the KB's infront of me like the guy in the pic.

I must say they do seem to work the core pretty well, couldn't get as low as on my front's but that was probably just the wider stance.

I think I'll keep in the rotation, looking forward to trying them with some appreciable weights.

Also did some swings and I guess whatever one calls a squat clean and press. I love these kb's as an alternative workout, so many things you can do with them.

 

[hangclean]

I tried these today with some 30lb kettlebells. Actually I started with fronts and then switched over to Zerchers. Luckily my yakisoba noodle arms are small enough to fit into the KB handles, so I just slid them up about halfway up my forearms and went to town - took a relatively wide stance and just held the KB's infront of me like the guy in the pic.

I must say they do seem to work the core pretty well, couldn't get as low as on my front's but that was probably just the wider stance.

I think I'll keep in the rotation, looking forward to trying them with some appreciable weights.

Also did some swings and I guess whatever one calls a squat clean and press. I love these kb's as an alternative workout, so many things you can do with them.

Your not getting the same benefit with kettleballs. I guess it would be of some benefit, but why would you do them this way over the barbell?

 

[Jim Ouini]

Because I was doing a light kettlebell workout and just doing it for fun

 

[wnt2bBeast]

try doing these concentric only from a low setting
awesome for your deadlift

 

[bignate73]

try doing these concentric only from a low setting
awesome for your deadlift

thats a great idea!

 

[hangclean]

try doing these concentric only from a low setting
awesome for your deadlift

This would be a great thing to do but I have a problem with my gut getting in the way trying to pick it up. Just kidding. Thats kind of like training with Atlas Stones.

 

[wnt2bBeast]

This would be a great thing to do but I have a problem with my gut getting in the way trying to pick it up. Just kidding. Thats kind of like training with Atlas Stones.

i bet my gut is bigger

 

[hangclean]

i bet my gut is bigger

Yeah but mine has a nice hernia popping out of the upper abdomen that looks real sexy.

 

[fortunatesun]

.I 'm not a strongman, but I think Zerchers would be great for that type of training. At least for me, it zeros in on the way I pick up bulky, irregularly shaped objects.

 

[Kane Fan]

.I 'm not a strongman, but I think Zerchers would be great for that type of training. At least for me, it zeros in on the way I pick up bulky, irregularly shaped objects.

I was thinking the same thing
Zercher Squats and BLDL are probubly two very big lifts for Strongmen Types