Ordered one with the code. Thanks! Adding variety is always good. Tried these without any pads and was way to uncomfortable at heavier weights.

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

Very true. Happy you got one

Been wanting this anyways, will use your code! 👍🏼

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

Save that money!

Man I need to get back into doing these again! Great lift!!

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

Thanks man. It really is a great lift. I did them this morning as a primer for my heavy deadlift

Ill get one of these eventually, might wait til HGC

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

That is a good time to get one! It also just feel better getting equipment there

I use a thick a thick ez bar . Good superset is zercher's followed by fronts . If I'm short of time I'll do ten sets .

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

That’s good advice!

Have to embrace the suck with Zercher squats.

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

You do, but the suck can just be hard instead of hard AND painful. Bahahaha

i also use the zercher pad/zercher squat on my secondary squat days. I really love the upright torso positioning .... it takes a lot of stress off my lower back that already gets hammered by low bar squats and deadlifts. i go one step further and do the zercher squats on squat wedges, to get a long ROM and focus on the quads. curious do you have a camber squat bar (like the ones from EliteFTS, etc. that are usually made out of schedule 40 pipe)? I believe supposedly those also mimic a quad-dominant / vertical torso squat as well but I dont want to pay for one of those and certainly dont have any room left in my small space to store one.

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

I do have a cambered squat bar but I find that it really forces staying tight in the hole a lot more effectively than remaining upright

I didn't know someone designed the upper back. Learn something new everyday 😉🤣

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

…I need to stop going off-script. 🤦

@michaelderenne9838

7 ай бұрын

@@TheKurtlocker lol

Not that the pad is expensive at all, but if you already have an axle/fat bar, that + elbow sleeves is a cheap alternative that I've done. As an aside, if anyone isn't doing them, try zercher yoke carries, it'll be one he'll of a love/hate relationship.

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

Zercher chain yoke carry is another favorite of mine

@carlgibson7850

7 ай бұрын

@TheKurtlocker I've heard good things. Don't have the kit, yet.

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

I don’t have a legitimate chain kit, but I just use my power center crossmember, two chains, and two loading pins

What about using an axle for it? Should be much more comfortable than a normal barbell

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

An axle can work well as it spreads the surface area out. I have an axle but still prefer the Zercher pad

@CK-iy3hx

7 ай бұрын

@@TheKurtlocker I have never tried the Zercher Squat, but I will give it a try after having watched your video

Anybody else tried the 10% off code? It doesn’t seem to be working for me.

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

Try code kurtlocker. I’ll get the KL10 straightened out

@st3v3nGD

7 ай бұрын

Kurtlocker worked. Thank you.

New Rogue bar?

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

I do have a new rogue bar

There are other reasons for doing Zercher's besides just getting all the awesome looks???????? man, who knew? 🙂

@TheKurtlocker

6 ай бұрын

Bahahaha

Supple in the ditch! Sweet! Sorry buddy. I just can’t with the zercher moves. My biceps tendons already hate me, pad or no pad.

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

Fair enough. Thanks for dropping by the channel. Always appreciate your support

@Invictus13666

7 ай бұрын

@@TheKurtlocker your reasoning for doing them is solid though. I think some of it is I have a really stiff ankle from an old injury-I laid on the gurney and listened to 2 docs argue about taking it now or later.... I can do a powerlifting straight shin squat but overheads and zerchers need more degrees of flexion than I have, so I wind up having to bury the bar hard in the groove and keep my arms straighter. Or something. Or I’m just a pussy with sissy elbows 🤣🤣

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

@Invictus13666 all good man. Training is so personal, as long as you’re able to get an effective stimulus I’d argue you’re killing it

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

@Pler1978 just out of curiosity, why those particular strength benchmarks?

You have a top notch belt squat and your doing zercher aquats, what ever.

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

Loving my variety. Still love my sauatmax but this offers a different stimulus

Meh, it is the same as a squat pad. Most people adjust to the discomfort quite quickly it seems. As always $0 < $65

@TheKurtlocker

7 ай бұрын

Understood. I didn’t get used to the discomfort and found myself avoiding the movement as a result. AbMat solved that problem with a simple product but I totally get your POV. Thanks for dropping by

@Pler1978

2 ай бұрын

Good god gym people are the most broke and cheap ppl.