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Want to be strong, powerful, explosive, all of the above? Where do we sign up?! Well, if that's the case then you need to make sure you are prioritizing your squats. We squat to improve overall strength. The compound movement that is a squat helps knee extensors and flexors get stronger, more stable, stay healthy and arguably improve mobility. With squatting, you can put a decent load on your body and this in turn stimulates muscle adaptation, which is the whole purpose of training is it not? Aside from leg strengthening, squats also improve trunk control which we know is massive. Having solid dynamic trunk control allows you to be strong for all of your athletic goals. More often than not, there is no reason NOT to squat. But what happens if you can't? What happens if you don't have access or are unable to squat? Do you kiss your leg day gains goodbye?

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...

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...