DEVELOPING EXPLOSIVE POWER WITH BOX SQUATS
Box squats are what it says on the tin you squat onto a box. I have found box squats incredibly useful in teaching beginner lifters how to squat deep and with proper form. In my experience a vast majority of athletes struggle to do squats in a proper and safe manner. By introducing them to box squats the 3 fairly major benefits are;
hamstrings and glute muscles, which are key movers in this exercise. 3. Huge gains in hip power ; Because at the mid point of the exercise you have to come to a dead stop ( this will recruit more muscle fibers which results in more strength) you really have to engage your hips to drive back up and out of the seated position.
1. Box squats are safe; One of the major flaws in squatting is rounding out the lower back although this can still occur with box squats, it is a lot easier to overcome using this method. 2. Correct technique is enforced; Box squats force you to sit back correctly when in the eccentric (lowering) phase of the lift, it forces you to lower the bar using your hips first. This places more stress on the powerful
I have used various boxes, beer crates, concrete blocks, reebok step boxes, rubber bumper plates and all sorts of strongly constructed objects to act as my box. It is recommended that you use differing height increments when box squatting the most common heights are 18, 15 and 13 inches although it is not uncommon for more experienced athlete to box squat even lower.
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