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Performing the squat seems simple enough. Sit down and stand back up is what you do at the core of the movement. You can talk about squatting ass to grass....

Having trouble with your squat technique and feeling uncomfortable in your squat?  There could be a number of issues like your chest falling...

At Garage Strength, athletes like yourself use the high bar back squat, the front squat (with a clean grip or, if your mobility is limited, like a posed genie)......

Squatting every day has a few big examples. Pat Mendes squatted 600 lbs every day for like 2 years straight. Ivan Djuric is someone who squats every single....

Box squats improving speed can certainly be up for debate, but let’s play devil’s advocate in favor of the box squat. If two sprinters are on the line and of....

Good morning squats are good for you? Ok, maybe they aren’t the absolute best exercise but there is an assistance exercise to the back squat that is.....

When we are training all of our athletes here at Garage Strength, we like to get them to squat deep. There are a couple of reasons why. And let...

A lot of people go throughout their entire with serious back pain. This might be people who aren’t even in the realm of fitness and are comple...

There are a lot of simple movements that can be utilized to train our glutes. On top of that, we need to think about why we are training our glu...

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Football players are known for being big meatheads. They just throw on weight, yell and scream, and do arm workouts. For any football player, l...

For this article, I’m going to get into some squat variations: which ones are my favorites, and how I choose to program them for certain people. To start, I’ll just lay out the variations I can think of--Single Leg Squat, Cambered Bar Squat, Duffalo Bar Squat, Safety Squat Bar Squat, and Zombie Squat. Each has their own benefits and I’ll get into them below