The “Best” Squat Exercise: A Rant
A few days ago I put a post out on social media about the squat being one of my “must have” exercises in a strength and conditioning program. That brought up a...
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The Squat And Sprinting
In a previous post ( http://www.cissik.com/blog/2016/05/athletes-need-to-squat/ ), I touched on the importance of the squat exercise for athletes. Continuing with this thought, Styles et al, in the Journal of Strength and...
Do Bands Change The Back Squat Exercise?
Bands and chains, what the research calls variable resistance training, have been around as a training tool for a while now. Powerlifters introduced these as a way to help strengthen lifts during...
Sleds vs. Squats: Which Is Better?
Many of us consider the back squat to be the foundational strength training exercise for athletes. It develops practically every muscle below the diaphragm, requires the athlete to exert force against the...
Sleds And The Horizontal Application Of Force
Maddigan et al have a really interesting study in the current issue of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research that compares the weighted sled push to the back squat in terms...