Even more research has just confirmed that squat lifting (knees bent and back straight) techniques are no safer than stoop lifting (knees straight and back bent) techniques when picking up heavy ...
CHICAGO – The squat lift, an exercise that has long been a standard training technique for athletes, puts inordinate stress on the spine and likely is the cause of chronic stress fractures in young ...
If you go to the gym often, you might have been told you shouldn’t lift weights in runners. The common belief is it is bad for your performance and can lead to injuries. But is this really the case?
Knee pain slowing your squat gains? These proven fixes improve technique and mobility so you can train stronger and safer.
The tyrannosaurus rex wouldn’t have liked pushups. That’s because it had short arms. The mechanics would have been difficult for a T. rex to get into pushup position. The range of motion its arms ...
There are precious few humans who can say that they've moved over 1,000 pounds in any lift—and fewer who have done so with all that weight on their back for a squat, the discipline considered by some ...
View this post on Instagram A post shared by POWERLIFTING INDIA 🇮🇳 (@powerlifter_india) Blaine Sumner’s 1,113-pound squat was once considered impossible. At the 2017 Arnold Sports Festival, he made ...