@@rockon8174 they don't have to go into the NFL though. The way they're built and as strong as they are already they could go into all kinds of sports - grappling and strength sports spring to mind.
John is such a natural leader, coach, and mentor - you can just see it in his interactions with these kids. They are one lucky group and they will realize it even more when they are older 💪🏾
John has stated in the past that squatting with any bar on his back gives him horrible back pain for days after. Yet, here he is barbell squatting for our viewing pleasure. Hope your back was okay after this!
Those people who grew up in those fancy fitness centres will never understand why we crave to workout in gyms like this. Just listening to those iron plates clinking gives me chills. Also the machines they use are raw if you know what I mean. They are the perfect equipment to master the brain-muscle connection as you really need to control your whole body while working out on them. If you are new to bodybuilding or just weight trainings and you start out on those lets say 'joint friendly' machines they will limit the movement which is great to a certain point but as a beginner you are missing out on many things especially how to control your movement in order to get to work only with the prefect motion of range. Also, when that lad said 'yes sir' was a fantastic moment. You can tell he is (and both of them) coming from a good family and grew up learning the right manners. Thank you John for this fantastic video!
I came here to see the comments on squat depth and I was laughing before I even got started. Look, squat depth is not set in stone. It is sport specific, it's anatomically specific, and its goal specific. I competed (yes, competed so I wasn't just a gym warrior) in both Olympic lifting and powerlifting for well over a decade. I squatted ATG when I Olympic lifting because that was SPORT specific. I squatted to powerlifting legal depth when I powerlifted and widened my stance because that was SPORT specific. Bodybuilders often do shorter range with no lockout because thats better for their goal (quad growth). SPORT specific. Some people literally don't have the anatomical structure in their hips to squat "ATG" day in day out without eventually getting hip, knee, and back issues no matter how good the form and desire. Look up "Scottish hip" and you'll often see discussions on differing hip anatomy. I will NEVER do a full range barbell bench press again. EVER. A. I don't powerlift anymore and I fucked up my anatomy benching before a meet (separated AC joint). There are a bunch of similar movements like weighted dips and strap push ups and floor presses that work perfectly for keeping me strong and pain free. Good form is always essential but unless someone is clueless, don't automatically become the "depth" or "form" police just because. When you have someone like John teaching people, understand there is a rhyme behind his reasons.
exactly - I warned the kids that the ATG police would be out having no clue how this applies to football, morphology, flexibility of tissue etc. Thank you.
I started doing hamstring curls first also merly on accident once bc the squat racks where all taken...and then i never looked back..bc my squats felt so much better and logically it made sense
Yessir. I have begun hitting the leg curl machine first after watching Coach John. It just feels better pushing those quads against hammies full of blood .. like working bi's/tri's at the same time time and awesome pump.
It makes alot of sense too bc ur still moving ur knee joints to warm then up but without pre exhausting quads like starting with leg extensions. Also, the ham pump helps you spring outta the bottom a bit better on squats.. in my humble opinion of course haha
Im not able to afford your training programs (yet) i truly appreciate the content you put out. it has seriously help me learn and progress physically and mentally mr. meadows. you have no idea the impact you have on us here. John is a prime example of fitness culture (coaches and trainers) should aim to be . the fact you took time to train these young men speak volumes.
@@nateinsane4023 I'm from Belgium and they're closed here. But even if they where open, Cystic Fibrosis is a lung desease that impacts immume response, so it isn't safe for me anyway...
Thanks John! another great video. I can't tell you how many times I'm getting approached here at your old gym in Washington court house (that's the weird name for our town for anybody that is not familiar with this part of Ohio) and they asked me if I heard of that mountain dog 1 guy. Then I say as a matter of fact I have. Then they're totally blown away by the fact it this is the gym where you got your start. You have a lot of fans here John you're always welcome here to make a video or just stop in for a workout. 👍
John makes me think back - I used to do the leg workout backwards: accessories first and squat last. I did this maybe once a month and it was killer. By the time you get to the squats - your legs are pretty close to Jello. I see John recommends the leg curls first as a warm up - so a similar approach and I am humbled that I even have a thought close to Johns' :)
I already feel squats in my hamstrings so I do leg extensions first in order to turn on my quads before squats. By doing that, my squats are MUCH better.
John you do lots of thoughtful, educational vids but this may be my favorite you’ve ever done. Maybe because I’m old and it’s nostalgic but I think more because it shows the basic stuff most everyone should do without drama or over doing it. As an aside I find I really miss a leg press training at home and I never thought it was that big in my training.
Now besides the great workout you showed . I think you gave a very good advice on the belt Maybe for a future video will be nice if you posted what is the best weight lifting gear/products we can buy to help us with our workouts.?
Not related to this video but i tried some of your tips on exercise ordering and i was able to bench press again due to shoulder discomfort/pain. Thanks man, keep up the good content!!!
Bro I'm telling you every generation kids get bigger and bigger. Both boys and girls, they're getting huge! I was just a pipsqueak as a teenager compared to these guys!
Same dude... literally lunges across the entire field and back, every day. He brought a strength coach in and he ended up arguing with him about how we shouldn’t squat, deadlift, good morning, or clean - only bench in the weight room because they were all a waste of time. They didn’t know anything back then and I’m 29!
John, you may have answered this but I am always looking to improve and always have questions. In regards to set structure: -a couple warmup sets to get the flow (high rep) -feeder sets to get you to your working sets (lower rep) few sets how many working sets do you aim for total? 2 or 3 of 8 if i’m not mistaken? I know intensity/rpe is more important that amount of reps but how many sets should you aim for? 3 maybe 4 for big muscle groups, 2 maybe 3 for smaller groups... You’re answer would be greatly appreciated! I love watching your content and i treat it as if I were your student!
Good and basic leg workout. I know there's comments about squat form. Personally I go to parallel at least but 5% of time i do partial squats to overload the quads and nervous system with new weight that I want to full squat in the future.
Just did a leg workout from one of your other videos, can't find it to comment there. But it made me damn near puke, following your intensity and rep scheme. Thank you for the lessons, John
Newbie q... if my form starts to fail and I don't have my reps in... lower the weight, call it a set, or take a break and start back to finish the set with the current weight??? (In general with ALL reps/sets)
Interesting pad placement on the first exercise, the leg curls. I always tried to keep the pad as low on my legs as possible. You're keeping it right under the calf.
Hi John. You moved that 315 fast on squats! I recently herniated a disk and I’m in the process of training my squat back. I was thinking of buying that safety squat bar that you use from elite. I’ve worked back to 275 for working sets and hope to get back to over 315 again for 8 . It’s been a nerve racking process lol.great video!
Hey man when I squat my lower back sometimes has pain and it runs down my leg, did you get this before you herniated your disc, even with good form. Mainly on heavier loads. Like when I do a weight that’s 5 rep max. I spend a good 20-30 minutes priming my quads and hamstrings and stretch. Maybe I have an imbalance.
@@joshjohnson2145 I had weeks of stiffness from pouring skids of concrete by hand and had multiple adjustments by a chiropractor. Finally one day I was warming up on a squat workout with 135, 225 and 295 and felt a pop in my lower back. That’s when I first had pain down my right leg that was intense for 3 weeks.I never even made it to my work sets. I had no sciatic pain before hand, just lower back pain and stiffness. You probably have some form of a herniaton if you’re feeling sciatic pain I would guess.
@@raymcknight900 yeah thanks man, I hope you’re doing well, look the pain is probably a 4/10, 10 being screaming, a little ache in the lower back and down the leg, I’ll see the doctor. Sucks man cos I’m trying to bring my legs up. Also with disc herniations do they take a long time to recover from, like 2-3 weeks, or is it more like a few months, hope you’re doing better man
Wish I had all the knowledge I now have (& access to someone like John) back when I was in high school. Could have avoided some dumb training mistakes & injuries.....
John what are your thoughts on squat depth? Some say that squatting atg is the only way to squat, some say squatting parallel is the right way as it hits the quads more, whats ur take on this?
depends on structure - tissue health, flexibility and other factors. My low back can't handle deep reps, but that by no means means that deep reps are bad. You get more stimulation working deep reps. I just do ultra deep rom on machines where my low back is supported.
Great video John, I always enjoy your leg videos. I have a question for you. When I do squats, I go down as far as I can. I always use really strict form. I have been doing that for 20+ years. I know you have touched on this before. I always tell kids use strict form and go down as far as you can. Should I not be teaching them to squat deep ?
Hey John. I have a home gym I do not have a leg curl machine but I have a glute ham raise. What are your thoughts on doing GHR's prior to squats for the same reason that you do leg curls prior to squats? Would doing this prefatigue the glutes too much?
This is making me wonder why no one, even John, is going as deep as I thought you are supposed to... I'm not talking going below parallel, but a good deal past 90 to around parallel. (I wrote this before 14:55) 😄
yea I like to get super deep on hacks, leg presses, and other back supported equipment, squats - I just go to where my form holds up (no lower back rounding, etc)..
@@mountaindog1 That makes sense. Unfortunately I just have a solid complete home gym and no access to a hack squat or leg press machine; and fortunately even though I'm weak I am able to go all the way down to parallel on regular squats with good form. Thanks for all your videos, I apply a lot of the stuff you teach to keep improving my routines.
Young man answered "yes sir."
Volumes👍👍💪💪
yep, and why I keep coming back to help
good to see these young men listening intently and willing to learn. they're going to be some serious athletes
NFL is a rigged sport! May these men get better jobs than playing in rigged sports. 😐
@@rockon8174 the house always win
@@mikalrj when you know the rig, you always win. It ain't like the Casinos. Sports are rigged and easy to see.
Inspirational
@@rockon8174 they don't have to go into the NFL though. The way they're built and as strong as they are already they could go into all kinds of sports - grappling and strength sports spring to mind.
John is such a natural leader, coach, and mentor - you can just see it in his interactions with these kids. They are one lucky group and they will realize it even more when they are older 💪🏾
You are correct. The gift of being able to “connect”.
I haven't seen John squat with a regular bar in a long time, he looks so cool with that hoodie on
Gives me Dave tate vibes lol.
@@thomasgreen1557 I was thinking the same thing. I didn't realize it was John at first.
John has stated in the past that squatting with any bar on his back gives him horrible back pain for days after. Yet, here he is barbell squatting for our viewing pleasure. Hope your back was okay after this!
it was thank God...
Max Badstibner using a pad will probaply help
@@hvafaenskaljeghete1800 Lower back pains, not pain where the bar sits.
@@MaxBadstibner so squats isnt for everyone*
@@hvafaenskaljeghete1800 That’s true. Especially for a guy like John who had lifted for many years.
Those people who grew up in those fancy fitness centres will never understand why we crave to workout in gyms like this. Just listening to those iron plates clinking gives me chills. Also the machines they use are raw if you know what I mean. They are the perfect equipment to master the brain-muscle connection as you really need to control your whole body while working out on them. If you are new to bodybuilding or just weight trainings and you start out on those lets say 'joint friendly' machines they will limit the movement which is great to a certain point but as a beginner you are missing out on many things especially how to control your movement in order to get to work only with the prefect motion of range.
Also, when that lad said 'yes sir' was a fantastic moment. You can tell he is (and both of them) coming from a good family and grew up learning the right manners.
Thank you John for this fantastic video!
I came here to see the comments on squat depth and I was laughing before I even got started. Look, squat depth is not set in stone. It is sport specific, it's anatomically specific, and its goal specific. I competed (yes, competed so I wasn't just a gym warrior) in both Olympic lifting and powerlifting for well over a decade. I squatted ATG when I Olympic lifting because that was SPORT specific. I squatted to powerlifting legal depth when I powerlifted and widened my stance because that was SPORT specific. Bodybuilders often do shorter range with no lockout because thats better for their goal (quad growth). SPORT specific. Some people literally don't have the anatomical structure in their hips to squat "ATG" day in day out without eventually getting hip, knee, and back issues no matter how good the form and desire. Look up "Scottish hip" and you'll often see discussions on differing hip anatomy.
I will NEVER do a full range barbell bench press again. EVER. A. I don't powerlift anymore and I fucked up my anatomy benching before a meet (separated AC joint). There are a bunch of similar movements like weighted dips and strap push ups and floor presses that work perfectly for keeping me strong and pain free.
Good form is always essential but unless someone is clueless, don't automatically become the "depth" or "form" police just because. When you have someone like John teaching people, understand there is a rhyme behind his reasons.
Or vice versa.
exactly - I warned the kids that the ATG police would be out having no clue how this applies to football, morphology, flexibility of tissue etc. Thank you.
I started doing hamstring curls first also merly on accident once bc the squat racks where all taken...and then i never looked back..bc my squats felt so much better and logically it made sense
What feels better now that you've started getting your hamstrings primed before squats? Or what have you noticed?
@@deegoodwin4060 the squats feel more fluent and smooth my hamstrings actually feel stronger and more developed
2-3 sets of 6-10 reps is enough for me. The weight is just like 20-35lbs but just to get the tension before I squat
Yessir. I have begun hitting the leg curl machine first after watching Coach John. It just feels better pushing those quads against hammies full of blood .. like working bi's/tri's at the same time time and awesome pump.
It makes alot of sense too bc ur still moving ur knee joints to warm then up but without pre exhausting quads like starting with leg extensions. Also, the ham pump helps you spring outta the bottom a bit better on squats.. in my humble opinion of course haha
Thanks again John. Fantastic session for the boys. What you are showing everybody is beyond helpful. Can’t thank you enough for coming to The Gym 💪😎👍
Glad to help
I love the respect they show for Meadows. It's great to see that especially in today's atmosphere where respect is fading as a quality.
@Chris 100% Agree. What an amazing opportunity they got to learn from Meadows himself.
Im not able to afford your training programs (yet) i truly appreciate the content you put out. it has seriously help me learn and progress physically and mentally mr. meadows. you have no idea the impact you have on us here. John is a prime example of fitness culture (coaches and trainers) should aim to be . the fact you took time to train these young men speak volumes.
Gonna be so happy when I can go to the gym again... I really miss the legpress...
Yeah man... its a fucking nightmare
@@ShadowDancerr agree...
I can squat and deadlift at home... but it's just not the same...
@@CysticFibrosisFit where do you live? In WA gyms are reopened
@@nateinsane4023 I'm from Belgium and they're closed here.
But even if they where open, Cystic Fibrosis is a lung desease that impacts immume response, so it isn't safe for me anyway...
@@CysticFibrosisFit stay strong brother this will all soon be over 👊 Respect from Stockholm Sweden
Thanks John! another great video. I can't tell you how many times I'm getting approached here at your old gym in Washington court house (that's the weird name for our town for anybody that is not familiar with this part of Ohio) and they asked me if I heard of that mountain dog 1 guy. Then I say as a matter of fact I have. Then they're totally blown away by the fact it this is the gym where you got your start. You have a lot of fans here John you're always welcome here to make a video or just stop in for a workout. 👍
I will! When I said the Gym was like the gym I grew up in, I meant that one!!! :)
Sweet!!! Be good to see you again brother.
Awesome, old school workout in the dungeon
Powerful, teachable young men. One of my favorite episodes.
These kids would be hard pressed to find a better mentor: I’d say they’re gonna do alright overall
They are going to remember this as they progress to the next level of sport / chapter in life. You are a tremendous coach! I can’t wait to try this
John makes me think back - I used to do the leg workout backwards: accessories first and squat last. I did this maybe once a month and it was killer. By the time you get to the squats - your legs are pretty close to Jello. I see John recommends the leg curls first as a warm up - so a similar approach and I am humbled that I even have a thought close to Johns' :)
I'm gunna have to try this. Makes alot of sense. Do you go to failure or save a couple in the tank on each set when doing the leg curls first?
@@thomasgreen1557 not to failure on the accessories. 8-12 reps that are difficult.
I already feel squats in my hamstrings so I do leg extensions first in order to turn on my quads before squats. By doing that, my squats are MUCH better.
One thing that i started doing was adding stretching routines twice a week, it has helped me alot
Real plates for those old school gains no silent rubber bs
Great video John, awesome to see you working with local high school kids! We need somebody like you to come to our high school. Thanks for the content
"Still got a little juice in there" Makes 315 look like 135. Yeah I'd have to agree 🤣
John you do lots of thoughtful, educational vids but this may be my favorite you’ve ever done. Maybe because I’m old and it’s nostalgic but I think more because it shows the basic stuff most everyone should do without drama or over doing it. As an aside I find I really miss a leg press training at home and I never thought it was that big in my training.
Fantastic teacher. Some lucky young men getting to workout with you! Another great video. Thank you!
Now besides the great workout you showed .
I think you gave a very good advice on the belt
Maybe for a future video will be nice if you posted what is the best weight lifting gear/products we can buy to help us with our workouts.?
Not related to this video but i tried some of your tips on exercise ordering and i was able to bench press again due to shoulder discomfort/pain. Thanks man, keep up the good content!!!
Great to hear!
It just so happens to be leg day, baby! Let's get it!!
A man ...teaching young men ... 💜💜💪💪
Here for my dose of pre-workout for tomorrow!
Bro I'm telling you every generation kids get bigger and bigger. Both boys and girls, they're getting huge! I was just a pipsqueak as a teenager compared to these guys!
Great video. I could watch John teach and mentor for hours!
Nice work lads. Love to see more of these
My HS Football Coach knew 1 leg exercise and 1 leg exercise only: lunges.
I'm never doing another one of these ever again lol
Not even when applying evolving rep ranges to it and quality t o n n a g e in a gentleman split?
Bro dont invade every yt fitness video
*Laughs in Bulgarian split squat*
Same dude... literally lunges across the entire field and back, every day. He brought a strength coach in and he ended up arguing with him about how we shouldn’t squat, deadlift, good morning, or clean - only bench in the weight room because they were all a waste of time. They didn’t know anything back then and I’m 29!
Hi mr. Machine, thanks heaps you've just shown me how your knees should be pointing out with squats
Praise the lord! Just awesome to see those PHAPR's John!!!!
God damn John, was looking for some inspiration from you for my leg workout today. Next thing I see is this 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
What a timing sir just before my leg workout thanks 🔥
Fun video, John! Lots of good information I can use in the gym this week! Thanks brother
Great stuff! Those young men are very lucky to work with you brother
im lucky too!
Good work John. Knees out, get down there and get em
That's the plan!
Nothing says 'old school' like plates clanging ... you knew who had 2, 3 or 4 plates without even looking. Get it!!!
This is the earliest i’ve been on ur vids 🔥💪
Once pandemic is over would love some more of these for chest/back/arms/etc
It's push day for me today but now I just want to hit legs lol definitely going to try the curls first before squatting though.
You had me at "Yes sir.' That sort of respect only comes from athletes.
I am going to try leg curls before my next squats to see if it works for me.
Love the videos man you’ve been such an inspiration to me keep em coming man
I appreciate that!
Yeah buddy! Throw this down in the iron garage 👌
Nice to see the " young guns" listening to the legend himself
Mountain dog and the wolfs
Great content / respect
Hooded archetypal hero figure at the squat rack...Mandalorian finale comes to mind.
Killing it like always dad!!
I’m going to do this tomorrow
awesome workout john
Awesome leg session M Dog!! Ps those are some big boys!!💪👌👍👏😎
Hi everybody, it’s John Meadows here 😌
Great video guys! Excellent thank you
Great job guys..
I really like these kids vids . Great spirit
yep!
Love these type of vids
Best in the business
clear improvement on his squuat form on the last few reps on the set that starts around 13:00
John, you may have answered this but I am always looking to improve and always have questions.
In regards to set structure:
-a couple warmup sets to get the flow (high rep)
-feeder sets to get you to your working sets (lower rep) few sets
how many working sets do you aim for total? 2 or 3 of 8 if i’m not mistaken? I know intensity/rpe is more important that amount of reps but how many sets should you aim for? 3 maybe 4 for big muscle groups, 2 maybe 3 for smaller groups...
You’re answer would be greatly appreciated! I love watching your content and i treat it as if I were your student!
you are on the right track!
Good and basic leg workout. I know there's comments about squat form. Personally I go to parallel at least but 5% of time i do partial squats to overload the quads and nervous system with new weight that I want to full squat in the future.
Just did a leg workout from one of your other videos, can't find it to comment there. But it made me damn near puke, following your intensity and rep scheme. Thank you for the lessons, John
I miss doing Back Squat
6:35 get them an Elite FTS YOKE BAR!!! 😎
Welcome to my city John! Get some crab cakes with old bay before you leave
John, dope video
Can't wait for the powerbuilding program to drop
Hey John! Great video. You mentioned your “PHA-PR” during squats. Did you have to alter your supplement intake PHA at all? Thank you!
Yes I did - lots of ubiquinol for one.
Heck yea love these fellas
me too!
Alexander grew up so fast lol
A+ guys.
Great coaching 👌🏾
Glad you enjoyed it
John Meadows training someone on legs “Ok, we’re doing hamstring curls first! Didn’t see that one coming did ya??” 😂 Love it!!!
Newbie q... if my form starts to fail and I don't have my reps in... lower the weight, call it a set, or take a break and start back to finish the set with the current weight??? (In general with ALL reps/sets)
lower the weight and perfect form
Love it, man!
whats up my man!
Great video John
I like the Nirvana in the background
Most younger guys don’t want to listen. You can tell these 2 are disciplined and humble
Looking strong John 💪
I've been lifting for 30+ years and I'm still always checking my form.
smart man
Interesting pad placement on the first exercise, the leg curls. I always tried to keep the pad as low on my legs as possible. You're keeping it right under the calf.
Makes it easier and less pressure on your ankle tendons when you go heavy lol
I actually feel my calves more the lower I have the pad. I think it doesn't matter how low you go if it doesn't limit your hamstring contraction.
Love the Bobs hoodie! Thats where I workout!!
let Bob know I was wearing it!
2:30 I also notice hips tend to pop up when the person uses too heavy of a weight on the leg curl.
Hi John. You moved that 315 fast on squats! I recently herniated a disk and I’m in the process of training my squat back. I was thinking of buying that safety squat bar that you use from elite. I’ve worked back to 275 for working sets and hope to get back to over 315 again for 8 . It’s been a nerve racking process lol.great video!
the spider bar from there is the one I love! it is awesome
@@mountaindog1 thanks man! I’m going to get it!
Hey man when I squat my lower back sometimes has pain and it runs down my leg, did you get this before you herniated your disc, even with good form. Mainly on heavier loads. Like when I do a weight that’s 5 rep max. I spend a good 20-30 minutes priming my quads and hamstrings and stretch. Maybe I have an imbalance.
@@joshjohnson2145 I had weeks of stiffness from pouring skids of concrete by hand and had multiple adjustments by a chiropractor. Finally one day I was warming up on a squat workout with 135, 225 and 295 and felt a pop in my lower back. That’s when I first had pain down my right leg that was intense for 3 weeks.I never even made it to my work sets. I had no sciatic pain before hand, just lower back pain and stiffness. You probably have some form of a herniaton if you’re feeling sciatic pain I would guess.
@@raymcknight900 yeah thanks man, I hope you’re doing well, look the pain is probably a 4/10, 10 being screaming, a little ache in the lower back and down the leg, I’ll see the doctor. Sucks man cos I’m trying to bring my legs up. Also with disc herniations do they take a long time to recover from, like 2-3 weeks, or is it more like a few months, hope you’re doing better man
Wish I had all the knowledge I now have (& access to someone like John) back when I was in high school. Could have avoided some dumb training mistakes & injuries.....
11:56 loved that moment
Squating with elevated heels helped relief my lower back pain
Thanks for video John. Are you located in Baltimore? If so we gotta meet up one day .
John what are your thoughts on squat depth? Some say that squatting atg is the only way to squat, some say squatting parallel is the right way as it hits the quads more, whats ur take on this?
depends on structure - tissue health, flexibility and other factors. My low back can't handle deep reps, but that by no means means that deep reps are bad. You get more stimulation working deep reps. I just do ultra deep rom on machines where my low back is supported.
Old Lion schooling the young Lions 🦁👍
Brock's knees were buckling a little bit on the squat. Scary man, i hope he takes care of that.
we were working on it during the session, we'll fix it. he is a sophomore in high school. Give me a year with him :)
@@mountaindog1 that’s true he’s a young man you’ll turn him into a monster
Guy is super young and actually really strong for being a sophomore
Great video John, I always enjoy your leg videos. I have a question for you. When I do squats, I go down as far as I can. I always use really strict form. I have been doing that for 20+ years. I know you have touched on this before. I always tell kids use strict form and go down as far as you can. Should I not be teaching them to squat deep ?
no you are correct. As long as their form holds up, it's great to go deep
@@mountaindog1 thank you John, I have a ton of respect for you.
Loved it!
I love the all metal weights!! hearing the clang clang when they move. I hate these gyms today with that rubber coated garbage
Id give both my kidneys to train with you but your videos will have to do
Great
About that hamstring tip in the beggining, does hamstring focused back extensions work aswell before squating?
gotta be careful, dont want lower back to pump up
Hey John. I have a home gym I do not have a leg curl machine but I have a glute ham raise. What are your thoughts on doing GHR's prior to squats for the same reason that you do leg curls prior to squats? Would doing this prefatigue the glutes too much?
no go - need hams to be super warmed up before GHR
This is making me wonder why no one, even John, is going as deep as I thought you are supposed to... I'm not talking going below parallel, but a good deal past 90 to around parallel.
(I wrote this before 14:55) 😄
yea I like to get super deep on hacks, leg presses, and other back supported equipment, squats - I just go to where my form holds up (no lower back rounding, etc)..
@@mountaindog1 That makes sense. Unfortunately I just have a solid complete home gym and no access to a hack squat or leg press machine; and fortunately even though I'm weak I am able to go all the way down to parallel on regular squats with good form.
Thanks for all your videos, I apply a lot of the stuff you teach to keep improving my routines.