Per usual you've quoted me like you're disagreeing with something I said but I don't think anything you outlined actually disagrees with my points.Hardartery wrote: ↑Thu Sep 15, 2022 11:25 am Don't believe me? Watch some videos of Novikov training squats. He butt winks like a maniac on the ligth sets and it simply stops happening when the weight gets heavy. He's not the only one, just the one that popped into my mind. I have seen quite a few video of guys doing exactly the same thing. It is not a legitimate concern for anyone.
I think almost literally any significant form deviation without proper reset/progressive overload is "bad." Is there a high probability it's going to injure you? Maybe not. But there definitely seems to be some correlation between injuries and load mismanagement (non trivial probability).
And giving the literal world's strongest man as an example on why a movement obviously isn't dangerous is pretty asinine, no?
You don't actually lack the mobility to butt wink. Your brain is intelligently protecting your spine from a perceived threat when the weight gets heavy. This can lead to over protection from butt wink without any weights. Butt wink is literally a sign of LACK of mobility. When Novikov starts squatting without it it's not because the weight is so heavy it mashes things together properly. It's because he's warmed up and has more mobility. And the obvious reason why it's a non issue for him is because he's warmed up like that forever so he's properly adapted to the stress of light (heavy ass for the rest of us) weights with PPT. If Novikov spent his entire life never squatting deep enough to produce PPT then tried to squat 4 weeks like that in the 500-700 lb range in working sets, I would bet a lot of money his lower back would feel like shit.
My favorite was casually pulling 475 or whatever for easy reps on the Kabuki trap bar at Mark Bell's gym. I get a kick out of him. I also think he's on point for a lot of shit.Reverse sled pulls. Calf to thigh lunges. Jefferson curls. If you follow Ben's advice the worst that's going to happen is you lose.a little strength and gain a shitton of mobility. If you follow Squat U's advice you might lose 50% of your strength and end up in more pain because you're weak (you might also make a ton of progress and lift without pain again).Renascent wrote: ↑Thu Sep 15, 2022 1:58 pmEvery time I see him dunk that damn basketball and excitedly pop up into frame, I get the feeling that he's fully aware that his presentation style draws the ire of a measurable portion of the strength community, and is more or less amused by it.
Calling his outfit the "Athletic Truth Group" is some admirable trolling, I think. Dude's a genius in my book, for the presentation alone.