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UkrainianGuy
19-08-2009, 01:23 AM
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Sean Summers
19-08-2009, 08:19 AM
I'm impressed.
SS
69challenger
19-08-2009, 10:13 AM
That was bloody amazing!
countrychic
19-08-2009, 10:20 AM
I can't see this at work...... dang
WonderWoman
19-08-2009, 03:39 PM
HOLY SHIZA!!
69challenger
19-08-2009, 05:19 PM
Anyone here do overhead squats? Gotta admit, I tried them today and holy hell, the whole balance thing is crazy!
Andre
19-08-2009, 05:32 PM
Thanks for the video... I feel real weak right now ;)
O-Train
19-08-2009, 06:04 PM
Olympic lifting stuff always amazes me. Probably because I've never really tried it. Made me think of the 48kg woman from China in the last Olympics:

If you didn't already feel weak...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRYZn1IiamY
Gemini
19-08-2009, 06:27 PM
Wow tough gal!
Big D
19-08-2009, 09:57 PM
that was just amazing
Scaffer
19-08-2009, 10:18 PM
Anyone feel like squating??
#8
19-08-2009, 11:37 PM
i do overhead squats as part of my strength training routine with my trainer and i can vouch for their supreme difficulty factor with less than half of my body weight. very useful exercise at building core strength and proper squatting technique.

overhead squats really show you how to incorporate your back muscles to your advantage to lift the weight.
cog
20-08-2009, 05:58 PM
i do overhead squats as part of my strength training routine with my trainer and i can vouch for their supreme difficulty factor with less than half of my body weight. very useful exercise at building core strength and proper squatting technique.

overhead squats really show you how to incorporate your back muscles to your advantage to lift the weight.

HALF?HAHAHA!Well...you've got big balls to admit it!Gotta try these,surely they must force your technique to be correct.
cog
21-08-2009, 07:27 AM
This is for sure a chick's exercise.I can't even do one with my arms overhead!
whiteknight
26-08-2009, 08:25 PM
That's freaking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dryvrgrl
30-08-2009, 02:30 PM
Ok... we tried these today!!
Little leigh (who can squat like 60 pounds more than me) can NOT do them with just the bar!!

I can do them pretty easy... (with just the bar), the movement is a little weird but easier than normal squats for me... adding 10 lbs to each side was still ok to lift through the legs but my little arms got sore and started shaking like Grover from sesame street! LOL so after 6, Leigh had to help me out a bit... (mind you it was after normal squats and 3 sets with the bar... so I'm holding out and going to try it again!)
69challenger
30-08-2009, 04:33 PM
Good stuff Dryvrgrl! I did them on Friday. 65lbs for sets of 10. I found them pretty easy (balance wise), hubby can't do them...lol. My goal is to do them with bodyweight.
Dryvrgrl
30-08-2009, 06:04 PM
its kinda like walking in heels!!...
Felinecougar
30-08-2009, 10:27 PM
That girl was so impressive. I'm in awe.

Were all gonna be tying it now. Me too!
Dryvrgrl
31-08-2009, 06:16 PM
Hey FC!! did you try them?

might want to mention that the DAY AFTER trying these squats, I am having a little trouble making it up and down the stairs!!
69challenger
31-08-2009, 06:44 PM
^^^LOL...same here!
Felinecougar
01-09-2009, 01:06 PM
Haven't tried yet. I ran out of arthritis meds and had a week off them before I started back up again. I"m so stiff in the morning and all the old injuries are aching again. Balls of my feet are so bad in the mornings I want to crawl out of bed and where I broke a rib a few yrs ago aches too.

Old...I'll leave them for you young girls dears.
KawiCara
02-09-2009, 12:27 PM
WOW! props to that girl...Im gonna try these!
gicantor
03-09-2009, 10:06 PM
um wow...
cog
03-09-2009, 10:28 PM
um wow...

Did you try it,gicantor?
gsxr750
03-09-2009, 10:28 PM
I'm in love.
gicantor
03-09-2009, 10:35 PM
Did you try it,gicantor?


haha no, i was just impressed and turned on at the same time. Back off gsxr, she's mine! :D
XXXL
06-09-2009, 01:19 AM
I've worked out with Nicole... she's an awesome, bad-ass chick!

I have our clients doing these OH Squats and many of the O-lift variants a lot... by performing movements that require so muscle to work together (vs isolation movements) you create a HUGE stimulus for the body to respond... unfortunately, most commercial gyms have banned movements like this as they deem them too dangerous... haha

Definitely worth the time to get these though, but unless you are a gifted lifter, you will require a competent strength coach to get you there.
JifeLacket
16-09-2009, 03:05 PM
Yea thats nuts... i started them with my coach so i can get my snatch down and man are they killer!

That chick is a beast!
XXXL
19-09-2009, 08:40 PM
Keep up the work on those O lifts JifeLacket! You will be happy u did!

Snatches are another great exercise bodybuilders should be doing more of, and less leg extensions...
XXXL
19-09-2009, 08:44 PM
Oh ya, and more FULL squats - means crease at hip must be below top of knee at bottom of ROM. If I see anymore 160 lbs guys with tooth pick legs doing 300 lbs "1/4" Squats I may start yelling! haha