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Welcome to training fellow Pac-Rimian! My name is Lee Weiland, Co-Founder & CEO of Pacific Rim Athletics, LLC and Creator of "Powerbatics."

Our mission is to help people of all ages, levels, and backgrounds achieve Total Body Mastery through Powerbatics Training.

And me and my Team of Doctorate Physical Therapists and Elite Athletes/Coaches have helped 1000's of people do just that.

And you can hear from countless students (ages 3 to 83 featured in all of our videos) who've trained from scratch and through past injuries to become highly advanced...

Gaining Press Handstands, 1 Arm Pullups, and Human Flags just to name a few...not to mention incredible Powerbatics' skills...

While radically transforming their bodies and minds for the better.

We believe 1:1 Coaching (face-to-face and online) when combined with Positive Community guarantees the very best of safe, effective outcomes.

To that end, we ONLY offer FREE content...in order to inspire you to become a stronger version of yourself (and not to be confused with real, transformative coaching).

If you would value further information--and transformation--we suggest opting-in for our Free Training and then booking a Complimentary Coaching Session to do a deep-dive on your current situation and goals.

Blessings!

I look forward to everything you're going to achieve!

Coach Lee

[kevinsaravia]

This is the most inspiring channel in all fitness youtube !

[troncarter]

You have rediscovered something ALL men dream of when they were We ALL wanted to be ninjas!! Why? Because it looked so cool and FUN! Thankyou sir for your work.

[brucehelppie]

i'm a former powerlifter. heavy squats got me strong and immobile. i remember the days of being stiff and sore for 3-4 days after a squat workout. bodyweight squats don't create the same dysfunction.

[kinfefirdawok]

No reason to give up Squat though. Just incorporate it with all other exc. you mentioned! Squat ist amazing!!!

[bodyzoasispersonaltraining]

Squat is a range of motion. And a base for runners, martial artists. Etc. I'll keep my roots bigger than my trunk. Complex movements, snatches, squat thrust presses . I love the athletic mind. We work to be outdoors off grid and aligned w the creator. 🎉

[michaelekwulugo]

I love the way you’re dropping scriptures in there, I can kill two birds with one stone whilst watching your content: training for body and spirit👏🏾🙌🏾🔥🇬🇧

[punhr.]

Such a good video.
Cementing what i already felt and thought about squating!
Thanks!

[TayOHNO]

changing my leg day routine 🤔 love your vids man.

[CDSandra]

I have a partially torn ACL and meniscus I’m working around. I do 10 minutes a day walking backwards, and 2 sets of 20 reps of deep body weight squats 3 times a week with my heels on a 2x4 so I can get the knees over the toes a bit. I had to work up to this. My knee feels great 98% of the time, but at this stage, I am leery of any jumping or running, because in the not too distant past, before I got to where I am now, a slight jog crossing the street, made my knee feel awful for weeks.

[estellebailey]

Wow you are my hero you wouldn't know how you helped me I will be ever great full to you God bless

[jebwu]

Good to know I already hate squats anything to replace them I will take.

Your Bible reference are incredeble!

[ImKezo-kqpq]

I get what you're trying to convey on this video and I agree with it but I will still train like a bodybuilder twice a week full body and then the rest of the days I'll be training for strength and just training my abilities because I'm 5'6 currently 149 pounds I'm muscular but I still wanna gain weight up to at least 165 pounds, I don't think it will affect my performance if most of my weight is lean muscle I wanna be athletic but also muscular so that's my goal look good but also be athletic

[andypiek]

6:41 - what is the name of that ? i wanna learn

[bballah]

Great video and I agree on all these points. There is a guy on here that has videos on strengthening the lower back after having a herniated disc. I can't remember the name of his channel but the reality is a neurosurgeon that called out Ronnie Coleman for doing squats after twelve back surgeries clearly stated "Doing squats with a ruptured or herniated disc is a big no no" and common sense would tell you he's right as your putting massive load and strain on your entire lumbar region. Even though this guys content means well in trying to help people recover from a herniated disc I truly believe what he is saying and promoting is counterintuitive and very dangerous to the uneducated person that doesn't know any better.

[Rossi]

Lee, interesting as ever. As a 65 year old in reasonable shape I would struggle with the jumps and generally high impact moves hence the use of body weight squats and other moves. How do you get from “couch” to those moves safely? Thanks, Ian

[eacali.]

So glad to see you openly including scripture in your videos, encouraging people to look into the ancient wisdom of the Bible. What you say is against main stream and being a Follower of the bible makes you go against to mainstream too as you fight against the things of the world as a soldier.

[Vlabar]

We have endurance muscles, power muscles and strength muscles. Which ones do you want to focus on is the question?

[exothermic]

I’ve been dealing with patellar tendonopathy for about 5+ years. To date the primary remedy I’ve found is Spanish squat isometrics and heavy slow isotonics. Has anyone overcome a similar issue with different methods? I’ve tried knees over toes guy stuff but had zero progress and in fact all it did was cause flare ups if I tried to progress anything beyond very low level exercises. I was getting okay progression when using the leg press but once it got to about the 90 pound mark my back started suffering so im done with the leg press.

[michaeljovan]

I would like to ask your opinion on seated leg extensions and curls? Thank you for sharing your wisdom and experiences, I love your channel!

[truefistofthenorthstar]

I do jump squats, jump rope and sprints