Charles Poliquin on Box Squats

Expert Discussion Strength Training
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The methods are different from the principles in the application to the athlete.

With the Poliquin approach the athlete tends to become tight, and rigid. To much emphasis on the muscular apparatus and not enough on the neuromuscular interaction.

But using the “Charles Poliquin Principles” of reps, sets, rest intervals, is a good way to design strength training programs. I use the term Charles Poliquin Principles loosely as he has just put together the work of other coaches into a nice book and theory course.

Strength training is supplemental to the athlete. But in Charles’s approach strength training is paramount.

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So, in other words, his personal method doesn’t work as well as his write-up of other coaches rep, set, and rest principles.
Unfortunately, the methods that can be very effective over the short off-season usually available to the S and C coach for team sports can not be extrapolated over the longer term, where strength training alone can never be paramount.

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I have found that using his methods over the short term with athletes of team sports was very effective.

But none of these players got paid for what they did in the gym, and the progress they made was useless unless it transfered to the field.

Coaching is more than personal training.

If I was selling cars I’d tell you mine were the best cars on the market, regardless of who’s parts or technology went into them.

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box squats/half squats is lazy man squatting.

to the ground baby…

hi jane !!!

ciao

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that post was not ment to be funny, its comical that the panel is looking for that
jesus christ approved workout, its simple,
keep it intense, take it to the ground, recover,
and win on race day…

the doctor is in house…

ciao