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Kevin T. · 08-30-2006, 07:47 AM

I do the same thing as Nick, but I just use my box squats boxes instead, set up below parallel. If I stop at the bottom, I kill any momentum I had hitting the hole and bouncing back up. I don't know if its just me, but squatting from a dead stop is harder than going down then back up. I think I'll havfe to grab a cardboard box next time just to make sure. Thanks for the idea Nick!

08-30-2006, 07:47 AM	#45 (permalink)
Kevin T. GU '12 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: N.J. Posts: 3,979 My Profile	I do the same thing as Nick, but I just use my box squats boxes instead, set up below parallel. If I stop at the bottom, I kill any momentum I had hitting the hole and bouncing back up. I don't know if its just me, but squatting from a dead stop is harder than going down then back up. I think I'll havfe to grab a cardboard box next time just to make sure. Thanks for the idea Nick! __________________ "Rust on a nail builds tetanus. Rust on a barbell builds character, strength, and attitude." -EC "Don't spend your life wishing. Spend it doing." -FishrCutB8 "You're a mutant, like a snake with two heads or a cat shy one nipple. Be thankful that your mutation is helpful." - LD Goals (current, not necessarily PRs): Deadlift: 350 (330); Squat: 300 (260); Bench: 200 (185)