FRONTSQUAT: Tips for Tall People

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[Wayfrer]

Having long ass legs and a long torso and trying to squat to full depth high bar/front squatting is a nightmare. I love squatting but the lift is the bane of my giraffe legged existence.

[Themistoclees]

140kg clean/160kg paused front squat/180kg paused back-squat...
300kg paused sumo

My snatch is a tall snatch by default because when I grip collar to collar the bar is still not in the proper height.

Do u even limb bro

[faronyoung]

The explanation of how you used to front squat is EXACTLY the stuff Im going through now trying to learn weightlifting. This series has been extremely useful, thanks!

[TypicallyUniqueOfficial]

Thank you so much for this.

I love front squatting and I have zero back pain using front squat, but my long ass legs make it difficult to bias my anterior strength.

I'm super hamstring dominant, they grow so easily for me so my hips, glutes, and hamstrings just want to take over every squat.

[wolfemooney]

Could you make a video on the program Gurph ran to get such short femurs?

[iwnl_vale]

Just what I needed on my Front Squat day

[SportyWizard]

im 5'7 fridge why am i watching this

[StevenAllotey]

I'm 6'5". When I back squat, I have to damn near do a good morning to hit depth. Front squats have been an absolute game changer for my leg development.

[Lavabug]

Not advocating for all cases, but as a 187cm hobbyist nothing has ever put kilos on my front squat faster than squatting daily maxes with 4-6 back off doubles 4-5x per week (and back squatting only once). 30-40kg increase in my front squat in under 2 months. I had already done blocks of 5x10 in the front squat before (which killed my knees). No comparison. The intensity and frequency made a real difference.

[kylebeng]

while i understand a lot of this talk is strength sport focused, i very much appreciate the references/considerations to other sports. I'm a tennis player and I try to extract as much info to improve my training, outside of just getting a bigger squat. Many strength sport athletes typically tend to only focus on contact sports, but largely, there are many other sports to consider when speaking about S&C like soccer, basketball, volleyball, racket sports, batting sports, etc. Many of these sports, spending so much time in the weightroom is often detrimental, because the sport is so skill-dependent rather than athleticism.

[LithiumAndDietSoda]

Can you make a part two showcasing some weighlifter front squats and comment on them in light of this advice?

[selfemployed]

It's like you're literally saying everything I did wrong yesterday doing my front squats. I'm going to get those toes a little straighter and more volume.

[drkyleditz]

Great video, wasn’t until I made my front squats as deep and as narrow footed as I needed to catch my cleans, and some cycles with pauses. Started too strong at first and had some knee issues but took it back and then slowly loaded. Now FS is much closer to max clean. Sikastan, you never fail me❤️

[enochcrosby]

Fitz, how do you feel about doing paused front squats in order to build postural stability and become more comfortable in the 'hole'? Is this a substitute for higher rep sets?

[adamjones]

As always, Love the subtle jokes in the thumbnail lads.

[chrisnicolaou]

If you're bored to watch the video here's the answers:

1) Use a more narrow stance for more forward knee tracking - more quad involvement

2) Do more volume on Front squats

[markcalleja]

I'm not very strong at squats I. Defiantly long femures and short torso at just over 6 ft back squats feel more awkward than front squats, i feel much more natural doing front squats, but yes i do flare my toes out alot

[Alejandro-tent]

my torso, femur and tibia are all the exact same length

[fluffyscruffy]

Great video, thanks!
- A loosy-goosy-limby lifter!

[tytanowykarol]

Did you know that Gurph was in this video? He was just quiet all this time and out of the frame, but you can see individual hairs creeping in the corner.