Slant Board for Squats (Double Circle Squat Wedges Review)
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- Опубликовано: 6 авг 2024
- Slant Board for Squats (Double Circle Squat Wedges Review)
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In this video I’m reviewing the squat wedges / slant boards by Double Circle Fitness.
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Why Would You Need Squat Wedges?
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People mainly use these slant boards for two reasons:
(1) They lack ankle dorsiflexion that prevents them from getting squat depth
(2) They want to target more of the quads when squatting
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Squat Deeper
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When you have a lack of ankle dorsiflexion your squats will suffer.
If your shin bone can’t move forward, you won’t be able to get enough depth in your squats.
By using a slant board, you create artificial ankle dorsiflexion and it allows your shins to move forward so you can squat deeper.
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More Quads Activation
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Because your knees go further forward using a squat wedge, you’ll activate more of the quads muscles.
This is similar to a sissy squat where your knees go past your toes.
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Individual Squat Wedges vs Fixed Width Slant Boards
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Individual squat wedges allow you to change the width of your stance and also give you the option to externally rotate your hips.
With a fixed slant board you’re stuck with the width of the board.
If you try to externally rotate your hips with a fixed width board, you put more weight on the inside of your feet which causes your knee to go inward.
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Specs
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Material: Steel
Weight capacity: 1000 lbs
Length: 13.7"
Width: 7"
Height: 4.7"
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Features
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Diamond plated top for better grip
Rubber bumpers to prevent shifting/slipping
Resistance band slot for added resistance while exercising
Handle in the back
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Slant Board Exercises
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You can use the slant boards for more than just squats.
Use them for calf raises, calf stretches, and lunges.
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Perfect for ATG Knee Workouts
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If you follow the Knees over toes guy and his ATG training program and exercises, this is a piece of equipment for that program.
Knees over toes guy (Ben Patrick) recommends using slant boards.
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Chapters
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0:00 Slant board for squats
0:12 Why use a squat wedge
0:52 Specs
1:55 Ankle dorsiflexion restriction
2:39 Deeper squat
3:05 Advantages of squat wedges
4:26 Individual squat wedges vs single slant board
5:36 Slant board exercises
6:01 Squat wedges and resistance bands
6:50 Double Circle squat wedges review
7:01 Where to buy
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This is the best overview of wedges I’ve ever seen. Straight, to the point and with enough detail. Love the examples too. Was deciding between individual wedges and one big wedge and your video cleared it all up for me. Thanks a lot!
Thanks my man. In my opinion, individual wedges is the way to go cause you have more options.
Hell of a good review. A lot of thought and effort. This is the first video I watch from you, I'm going to try and see them all. Double Circle is a great brand. I ordered my gymnastic rings from that company and absolutely love them.
I have a wood single slant board, which is very good quality but your points here make me think now that individuals are better option. These DC wedges must be selling like crazy since they're currently out of stock.
If I may add, take a look at the knees over toes guy channel. The Jefferson curls exercise is what prompted me to buy a slant board in the first place.
Lastly, I love that you explained the mechanics of the human anatomy in the squat. If there is one issue I have with Kinobody is that he never explains were to position your joints to optimize the muscle targeting (which is some content you may see from B-Pak). He just says this is the most effective exercise go and do it. LOL.
Glad you got some value out of the video. And yeah I think individual boards are better than a single one.
I've been using these for several months and they're hands down the best option for wedges / slant boards. A couple of points:
1. If you want a greater than 20 degree angle, they are easily sturdy enough to put varying thickness boards (1/2", 3/4", 1") under the back and they are still rock solid.
2. The front bottom edge that touches the floor and the edges of the band cutouts are pretty sharp so it's a good idea to soften those edges with a layer or two of Gorilla Tape or something. I could see over time bands being cut through if the sharpness wasn't blunted some way.
Good tip on the gorilla tape
That was a really well made video. Very well done.
Thanks 👊
Love this videos so much, I subscribed for more helpful tips.
Thank you!
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Awesome explanation about dorsal flexion. I didn't know anything about that. I definitely have issues with mobility in being able to squat deeper on a flat surface. Raising my heels immediately allows me to get a deeper squat.
Yeah it really does help to get deeper. Did you get wedges yet?
@@ShreddedDad haha...yeah you were spot on with your guess. I got them the other day but haven't yet taken them out of the box.
@@DiscoveringStrength sweet!
Great for quad work! Nice review
Thanks brother 👊
I had no idea that was a thing. Thanks!🙂👍
Now you know 👊
Hi, are these not made to put your entire foot on? I noticed you only put about half your foot on them. Also, how do they feel compared to squat shoes?
Great video. I am looking into squat wedges but the thing confusing me is the incline angle I need. I see you can get lots of different inclines on the wedges. I see in your video you stand near the front of the wedge with your toes still in contact with the floor. Would you say it is possible to stand further back on them to get a larger heal raise or should you buy more than one set for the different angles?
With your hole foot on the wedge yes you’re gonna get a different angle then if you have your toes touching.
So yeah you can change the angles a bit depending on how much of your feet are on/off the wedges
@@ShreddedDad Great, thanks for clearing that up for me. In that case I will just go with the largest angled ones as should give me more options 👍
@@andyrausse3446 good deal
I also do rdls with my feet in front.
Huge fan of squat wedges
I dig them. I don’t have a specific machine to target quads so the wedges help.
hi , what is the weight of each wedge
Don’t know the exact weight but they’re light. I’d say 5 lbs or less
Well - here's another that's going to take my 💰
It’s made to be spent 🤣
I have one of these. I got mine from prime fitness.
Sweet. Do you have individuals or a single wedge?
@@ShreddedDad yes i do. I almost thought about double but the singles are way better like you said better options.
@@johnnygunzfilmbuff7821 gotta try RDLs on them
@@ShreddedDad depending on squat biomechanics I sent them a squat video on my squat mechanics and told me which ones I should purchase.
@@ShreddedDad yes but make sure the feet are in front instead of thr back.