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Why the Front Squat is Superior to the Back Squat in Training w/ Anders Varner, Doug Larson, and Travis Mash - Barbell Shrugged- #477

Barbell Shrugged

Doug Larson

Business, Training, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Paleo, Weightlifting, Nutrition, Crossfit

4.7 β€’ 2.8K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode the crew discusses:

Musculature recruitment differences in the front squat and back squat

Why the front squat helps overcome mobility limitations

Why the front squat creates a deeper range of motion

Why the back squat is better for testing but not training

Why there is more core development in the front squat

Why the front squat is safer to coach in group class settings

Why the front squat is superior in training but the back squat is. superior in testing

And more…

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Coach Travis Mash on Instagram

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Transcript

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0:00.0

truck family, I want to say thank you. Thank you for all of the nice comments about the show

0:07.4

and really just all of the positive support that everybody had reaching out taking screenshots of the show last week that we did about glassmen in the state of crossfit

0:17.3

The whole scene seems to be changing rapidly

0:21.2

And I just really appreciate the fact that you guys allow us the space to talk to you

0:26.8

You believe and trust in our voice and it just means a lot that we can get on here and have long form conversations about super complex subjects and

0:36.6

That you guys trust us and listen and think that our message matters

0:43.6

Nobody ever really wants to be addressing

0:46.6

complex issues like this

0:48.9

And even when you are doing it

0:51.7

There's something about it where you just hope and pray you're not offending everybody because the intent behind of it is

0:57.8

Just all love and the love for fitness and getting the fitness people focused on fitness and

1:03.9

Seeing how much good we can do in a simple 45-minute show

1:09.8

But it seems like we nailed it. It seems like there was a lot of really positive feedback

1:14.5

I really appreciate everybody that took a screenshot and said thank you

1:18.2

um

1:19.2

Look like we did a a solid job of

1:22.8

helping you guys

1:24.3

Really

1:25.3

Kind of put the thoughts together that you are having in your brains and if you haven't listened to the show

1:29.8

Please go back and check it out at last Wednesday show it was the show that we launched just before this so you should be able to download it as well

1:38.2

But it's really appreciate everybody that

1:40.9

Really gives us a space to have deep long form discussions about complex issues and

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