Walking backwards

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Scott Birdby Scott Bird | March 9, 2006
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Just a quick squat session today.

At the risk of sounding a little weird (perhaps a bit late for that comment), I hate walking backwards with a bar on my back. To the point of looking for any excuse not to do it. This makes squats - at least until I find myself the proud owner of a monolift - particularly frustrating.

In an attempt to overcome this most irrational behaviour I’ve adopted a squat/bottom squat split; with the emphasis slowly growing toward the free squat. Otherwise I tend to walkout the shortest distance possible, just clearing the rack. Minimising energy expenditure I guess.

Squat
2×20@20/44
2×20@40/88
2×10@60/132

Bottom squat
2×10@80/176
2×10@100/225


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1

That’s a strange fear, are you worried about tripping with it? Is it only a problem when there are weights on the bar or will an empty bar bother you just as much?

Posted by: Stinn | March 11, 2006 2:36 PM

2

An empty bar isn’t too bad, so it’s probably a case of thinking about ‘what would happen if…’. The more weight, the worse it gets.

I suspect it’s just a case of squatting until I get used to it. Or get that monolift :)

Posted by: Scott | March 11, 2006 2:47 PM

3

Or you could just load a bar up and do backward laps around the block :D

Posted by: Stinn | March 11, 2006 11:02 PM

4

Just know what you’ll do if something goes wrong. Even practice it a bit. Then you’ll instinctively respond if something does go wrong. If you plan on competing many feds don’t have a monolift and you’ll have to walk max attempts out.

Posted by: Jon | March 12, 2006 11:19 PM

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