Movement Demo - The Zercher Squat

Mark Bell demonstrates proper form on the Zercher Squat in this quick and simple movement demo from Rogue HQ.

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[joerapo]

Ed Zercher was never in prison. He was a guy with a dungeon basement gym that invented this lift since he didn't have any racks.

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[haircafekevin]

Just bought one of these sweet bars.  I'm a personal trainer and I have been teaching the zercher squat to my clients to help teach them proper squat depth.  Has been extremely useful even for beginners since its only 25 lbs.

[OllieMartinGamer]

Was not expecting to see Mark on this video

[Kaleema]

LoL! Mark was gasping for air at the end. You can tell he was like, "turn the dang camera off already!"

[VTFFTW]

Oh damn, I didn't know Mark bell was zerch positive! :P

[erikpratt]

Anything Mark Bell, I'm buying it

[jeffcummins]

An honest question for the group: I'm 55, about 5-7, 200. This looks like a very challenging lift, and I think at my gym, I'd have to start this lift from the floor. Is it worth it? I deadlift (well, trap bar dead lift, for the most part) and I squat, but this looks particularly challenging, and I worry about injury. Thanks in advance for any input!

[hardyardshunting]

Why is this video so wrong?!?

Ed Zercher was a lifter in the 1930s-50s who invented the lifts. He did everything from the floor, no racks.

You should be able to zercher the same as your front squat, and some guys will do huge weights with these.

[jefkoele-wijn]

I'm gonna try this one, looks interesting

[andyheckman]

Is there a way to do moving zercher squats? I'm new to free lifts and I don't know a lot of techniques.

[kroytjhio]

I thought that the proper form was to squat so deep that you get the bar to your knee level, in front of your knees

[kylewattssurfing]

Awesome awesome thank you very much...

[HannibalBarcaRTW]

this guy doesnt even break parallel on most of his squats lmao

[tylertouchette]

This video is terrible. The movement is horrific.

[matsuwd-emethdaath]

He says you wont be able to do max loads on Z squats...not true...i have done them back in early 2000s and did 5x5 with 315 LoL quite easily

Pretty sure seasoned weight lifters would start 315 as warmups 😂

[weallgotissues]

WHy? Just hold a dumbbell in front of you and do the same thing but better.

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