You should be squatting (deep and heavy). Aside from the direct benefits to the muscles you’ll be stressing, you’ll also be sending a large stimulus to your central nervous system, resulting in a system-wide anabolic environment (increased testosterone among other things). Squatting literally makes you more of a Man.
[This video applies to all of you who weigh less than 100lbs more than you want to. If you're that big, focus and diet and long walks for now.]
And by deep, I mean hips just below knees, or “below parallel” as Rippetoe terms it.
If you’re going to squat full depth like a Man, you probably need to open some stuff up:
Repeating an important point from the video, you’ll want to say “fuck it,” throw some weight on the bar, and get after it. That would be myopic and immature – boyish. Be a Man and get your mobility in line first. Besides, most of you probably haven’t seen the inside of a gym in quite a while, so this mobility work will serve to get you warmed up (long-term) to the process of getting your sweat on regularly.
Kelly Starrett, an all-around mobility boss, has a few tips for those having trouble getting into position:
And for the record, I hope to shoot most of these videos with someone else holding the camera.
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