Faster than me at least, but not so fast that your ACL explodes

Love the video, guys. I'm mid-30s and just finished week 5 of your backsquat program. I remember "dive bombing" squats when I was younger (Ala Clarence) and eventually hitting brick wall plateaus/getting knee pain. Now, having focused more on control (and YOUR ASSISTANCE WORK IS THE DEVIL), I've seen a huge improvement. Definitely feel stronger. I'm saving this video and referring anyone to it that needs squat education.

@sikastrength

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 yes thank you!

I squat down then up

Thanks guys! Really appreciate it!

@sikastrength

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

0:45 I like to think the back wall was painted black and white because... "This is the gray area"

great info here

I bought the squat lecture this week :)

i showed this video to my squat, and we've agreed instead of me getting stronger, my squat should lose some weight

Seeing the footage of klokov pause squatting made me really curious as to what you guys would have to say about it. What are the uses of pause/tempo squatting to such an extreme degree?

@jermaineayivoh8263

2 жыл бұрын

Increased TUT (Time under Tension) which produces more hypertrophy. Increased RFD (Rate of Force Development) increasing at which rate an athlete can produce force (can be a real game changer during the concentric portion of the squat). Also long tempo and pause squats significantly improve an athletes "feel" of what the body is actually doing. If you have balance problems when squatting at regular speed, tempo squats will expose that lack of balance and will teach you proper positioning like nobodies business.

@albupavel

2 жыл бұрын

@@jermaineayivoh8263 so you're pause squatting 200kg?

@jermaineayivoh8263

2 жыл бұрын

@@albupavel No I pause squat 170kg now. But I don’t need to be able to pause squat 200kg already to have a decent understanding of how it is helping me. I used to be too reliant on the stretch reflex to fire me out of the hole. I didn’t realise how much so, until I tried pause squatting for the first time. I was capable of doing a set of regular squats of 170kg for reps, yet I could barely pause squat 130kg for 3 reps when I first tried. It gave me a whole new perspective of much was left in the tank.

@albupavel

2 жыл бұрын

Damn

@Cin9999

2 жыл бұрын

@@jermaineayivoh8263 citation needed lol

Lately I've been trying something new (for me) with my squats. To consciously exert force (to control the weight) in the eccentric portion of the movement (going down). I felt like just diving into the bottom position made it impossible to recruit all my strength, from 0% to 100%. But now exerting force going down, i feel it much easier to go from let's say 60% to 100%. And now that you lads have made a video about it, i now know scientifically why that is. Thanks a lot!! This video will save a lot of knees

@Baris2gs

2 жыл бұрын

exactly man, same thing has happened to me, controlling the eccentric portion makes you feel confident

@getstrongby4038

2 жыл бұрын

I think this is what people are trying to get across when they say "TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT"!!!

@ 07:03 is that Bugez his daughter. hyped as fuck.

Lads you mentioned the hybrid high bar squat position in a QnA a while ago, any chance we could get a video?

@Baris2gs

2 жыл бұрын

you mean the one Candito has done videos on?

the footage of children squatting multiple plates blew my mind.

@jabari8950

2 жыл бұрын

I really wanna know how much weight they were lifting

@Mrdest211

2 жыл бұрын

@@jabari8950 I wanna know who let that one kid crank his neck completely backwards

@jabari8950

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mrdest211 ong

@ericwang4757

2 жыл бұрын

6:22 that kid is brayan ibanez he won panams recently and squatted 170x2 i believe at 14; he competed at my gym a few years back… i think sn 70 c&j 90 or something like that? When he was 12-13

@jabari8950

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericwang4757 wtf… do Yk when he started training?

Now you made me curious about the work done against gravity and the power in relation to squat load and speed with all the 0,5mv^2 talk. Never thought about the tall vs short lifter through P = F*s/t before.

Can you do the video on the athletic highbar squat?

Sika is finnish for pig. Maybe you should drop the antlers for a curly tail in your logo? Great video as always!

I feel like I can lift way more with that bounce out of the hole but being 6'4 it makes me feel like my knee might explode and kill an innocent passerby.

@Runner-Boy

2 жыл бұрын

Lol depends what you think the whole is how deep you go

@sikastrength

2 жыл бұрын

That would be part of the tendon spring and stretch reflex working but of course it has it's cons

@landerhendrickx3522

2 жыл бұрын

Try to build up your Petersen step up and Hack Deadlift ;) your knees will thank you later

I had to watch it a second time because i got distracted by the amazinn squats

Fun fact. The guy who Hooke's law was named after, Hooke. Also invented the bubble level.

@sikastrength

2 жыл бұрын

A fucking brilliant man all said and done

I haven’t watched this yet but if there’s no clips of Milko Tokola I’m starting the first revolution of sikastan

@sikastrength

2 жыл бұрын

You'll be pleasantly surprised....

@ericwang4757

2 жыл бұрын

@@sikastrength Yessss i love it! Shoulda put the “brutal back squat” vid it’s one of the best weightlifting video of all time

What about head position (or where to look) during squat? Straight ahead, up, down? Or is it personal?

@yourmomtwice

2 жыл бұрын

There is a degree of individuality within forward and slightly down. Up is not good, but anything else within reason is fine. Even more important than that is that whatever you choose stays the same throughout the range of motion.

First class as always

ear plugs & nasal strips oh I almost forgot … you guys have raised the bar on intelligent content 🙏🏻

What accessory work can you do to work on the midline? On the quads? And on the hips/posterior chain?

@olindblo

Жыл бұрын

accessory work for the midline is included in the Road To Anywhere squat program 🤙

Does sika strength have a video about core strength?

Fitz can't keep getting away with that rapacious breathing

@lvortiz87

2 жыл бұрын

Darth Vader/shaggy meme crossover: "Are you challenging me?!"

@sikastrength

2 жыл бұрын

He's taking the piss

If you use 1/2*(mv^2), the faster you descend the heavier you make the squat. Also if you modelise the tendon as spring, when you dive bomb your squat you will reach the shut length of the spring. Appart from the fact that its not good to reach the minimal length of the spring for longevity, you also lose effectiveness after a certain point in the compression.

Where can I get pants like the guy at 3:40 is wearing?

Milko tokolla is hype as fuck

lol at you thinking that anyone is paying attention to what youre saying and not being totally distracted by senpai's genetically enhanced squat technique

@alextheguy1858

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe they're just dressing up an excuse to algorithm boost via reposting senpais squat

Can someone please explain what midline is ?

How does limb length affect your ability to stand up quicker in the squat? Can a lifter with shorter legs move the bar quicker out of the hole?

@sikastrength

2 жыл бұрын

It all depends but in homogenous situations the shorter limbed lifter has less distance to travel

@kblkbl

2 жыл бұрын

@@sikastrength Not only that but a short legged lifter has a smaller moment arm in all the joints that matter, what means less "force" is required to move a same given weight.

@joys8634

2 жыл бұрын

@@kblkbl lmao this means nothing in competition. I cant say I lifted more weight because I moved the weight more

@kblkbl

2 жыл бұрын

@@joys8634 Who's saying otherwise? Being more efficient in lifting weights is the whole point of the sport.

Very nice kangeroo footage!

I love being inseminated by the Sika boys With knowledge

@mikeray6558

2 жыл бұрын

bro… me too

Not eyerish enough lads I can still understand you

How much does Under Armour pay you lads?

@sikastrength

2 жыл бұрын

Fuck all the ungrateful capitalist pigs!

Guys I'm after a tibialis anterior hypertrophy programme only please.. Keep your juicy quads the chick's dig muscular shins WAY more.

@sikastrength

2 жыл бұрын

I hear there's a guy with some stuff out there who does it...

1th

I try to hear him breathe cuz you always mention it, but I can’t. I’ve been listening for it on multiple videos with headphones and without, but I guess you have to be there to hear it. Mouth breathing is not good for you though. our nose dehumidifies the air and our nose hairs trap bad stuff so I wouldn’t recommend that.

Clarence do fast squat, I do fast squat. I am not Clarence..............Injured.

brain is now pregnant

Konstantinovs the King. On a side note lads, running the 'at home' program during lockdown, and fook me, it's excellent. Cheers.

@sikastrength

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing it!