YES! That is correct according to Mike Boyle! Here is the scoop. Mike boyle as this 5 minute presentation online, that is part of a large DVD installment. The link portrays that this Mike Boyle has been saying NO to the regular good old conventional squat that we t-men, meat heads-gym rats, and other not fucking terrible idiots know we should be doing. Of course, Before I go any further, here is the link to the five minute video:
http://www.functionalstrengthcoach3.com/squats.html
Watch it? Good. -Lets discuss why we should know this is stupid.
First off, in the list above the video it goes on that Mike Boyle says no to squats and states that we should watch the video to see WHY we should no longer squat. Unfortunately for these people, I -like may others, am actually educated as a scientist and understand how to apply the scientific method, Mike Boyle on the other hand..... Not so much.
Notice in the video it is never actually explained why I should not be squatting. He says squat is a back ex cerise not a lower body exercise. and that is just about all that is addressed about squatting. He goes on and on about just people with some weight on their backs -Field a good question and pulls of some statistical bullshit.
God damn. Let us re examine this. If one is going to make a statement like "I no longer thing we should use benching as a chest exercise!" I fully expect a great follow up as to why I should only consider my bench excerise as a triceps workout instead of pecs. Instead, Boyle presents some "back calculations" that don't quite match up with peoples squatting performance. Therefore, there is no fucking reason supplied to me as to why I shouldn't fucking be squatting.
To a lot of people a surprise might slip up as to a general statement of do not do squats any more! -I was not. The only thing that surprised me about this video is that he called out the t-nation crowd in the beginning, which got me interested. Only to be brutally turned down when he started bringing up the calculations for one legged squats into regular back squats. I really wish we could put a rest to these things and go old school and just write our shit down and go back o it in 5 weeks to see if we got any fucking stronger.
So far, Mike Boyle should just be sorry that such a video is presented with a crowd, such as myself, who do something else besides shoot juice drink beer and try to pick up make up bogged down whores. Cause every damn tool on the planet will "click here" to see further reason why whatever the fuck he's (maybe she?) doing in the gym is backed up by some crack pot.
Anyway, Mike Boyle sometimes brings these things out "to get people thinking". Which I fully respect. I want people to re evaluate why we squat. So I say go to www.t-nation.com and type in SQUAT and by all means read away. You will surely go insane from all the information out there as to why I want to put 500 damn pound on my back whenever I so much as wanna grow a pound of muscle. Its just something us GFH ma-fa's gotta do.
If reading isn't your thing, which it probably isnt because the illitercy rate among people who go to the gym is drastically increasing with the usage of Winstrol-V, then check out this hilarious link which sums up my life and many others. But towards the middle lists a plethora of reasons why we squat. Mostly for the hormonal response we get when a spinal load is applied. Our bodies basically respond with "grow" -which is a recipe for looking good naked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nppzGV1U8y8
My last point may not round out a totally coherent argument, but there is no need to do so in my opinion, really just trying to point out some meager detials. What is so conventional about a back squat anyway? Last time I checked kicking off your shoes, putting a box under you and slapping some plates and bending a bar was the odd-ball thing to do in a gym judging by all the stares I get. If somebody wants to see something "non-conventional" than lets put that bar on our clavicle for some front squats ass-to-floor or man-the-fuck-up and zercher squat until your elbows are bruised up from your loaded bar. Furthering this point, why not ditch the pussy pad, learn to grip the bar properly, and start training like you really mean it. -If you can think of something to replace a "conventional" squat -something that puts a shit ton of weight on my spine so I feel like my legs are useless afterwards -please enlighten me. As for now, I'll stick to my heavy back squats before you catch me one leg squatting with a weight vest and dumbbells.
-GFH
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Definitely makes you think, doesn't it? Very outside the box thinking on this one. I can think of some cases where I agree with this and some where I disagree, but as well all know, women are only attracted to 3 things:
ReplyDelete1) Money
2) The thing between your legs
3) An impressive back squat.
So until then... keep on squattin'!