SS has nothing to get through plateaus and that should be addressed because it is something that happens to all of us.

Sounds about right.

SS is ok (I’d like to see more reps/volume) when you’re first starting out lifting but that type of linear progression has a very limited life.

SS for 6 months max.

It's like you don't know SS isn't just sets and reps. It's an in depth biomechincal analysis and blueprint for how to perform the main lifts. Whether Wenning understands it or not, Karwoski, Coan and all other raw record setting low bar squatters squat using "hip drive"

fumbles 12 the variations are usually minor variations. Kinda an exaggeration on his part. In weight lifting it could be something like snatch grip high pulls from.a deficit, from blocks, from the hang, and from the floor. That's 4 variations for essentially the same thing to put it in perspective. For the bench you could have variations like close grip, close grip touch and go, close grip spoto press, close grip with chains, close grip with bands, close grip tempo, etc. it's not necessarily completely different movements but variations of the same movements

Keep in mind that he utilizes variations based mainly on weaknesses i.e. weak points. From what i have seen on his instagram (not talking specialty bars etc. since regular gyms tend to not have those): decline bench, incline bench, close-grip, paused bench, various pauses from 3 to 5 all the way to 10 sec pause, slow-eccentric reps etc. Just be as much creative as you can and pick a variation that attacks your weakest link of the movement!

Speed , reps and max. Many of the same exercises with slight variations. Change them often. Learn to know where your weaknesses are and spend more time on them.

Not “incorrectly” as much as the fact they frequently squat in ways that could be seen as “inferior”-for lack of a better term-in developing where their weaknesses most likely lie (hips, hamstrings, glutes, low back etc).

Should they only squat wide now and forever? Of course not. But I, like Matt, do think it could help them break records tremendously if they could get the wider base box squat esq form down pat.

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He said that this style of squatting isn't natural to the body. The reason you would want to do it is you wouldn't want to create knee problems and back issues later down the road. The reason why this style of squatting is not popular is because it takes longer time to learn and the percentages have to go way down which hits some people's egos.

Squatting like them allows you to focus a lot more on strengthening glutes/hamstrings where most are weak. Training squat like Olympic athletes will train quads too much and not make you stronger overall

Yeah going off what these guys said think of it more like a checklist, right? So first you squat learn with this form (where once you know what to look for it’s easy to see where the lagging muscle group is. Second you strengthen those lagging muscle groups, doing this while maintaining that type of form will make your training max go up for whatever variation you’re using. You keep breaking maxes in training and meets in a form where it’s easy to find whatever is holding you back and you can build a world class lifter of yourself or an athlete.

Yes it is strange that he does not believe in squatting 3 days a week. this is a important component in the the programs I have had much success from. Perhaps he had a bad experience from doing this or didn't program it correctly when he did it or even worse maybe he never even tried it lol.

Nasty Nate yeah I feel like all the top level powerlifters would say to squat 3 times a week once you hit a certain point. than stop obviously when you can't recover because your to strong! but for us natties I'm not sure if there really ever a point your body can't handle 3 days a week endless if you got some crazy job!!

I don't think there is really a time you would have to stop squating with frequency based on strength. I think the problem is alot of guys just are not knowledgable enough to program it correctly. They think the goal is to go to the gym and blast their legs with volume creating the need for lots of recovery. You would think someone as smart as Matt Wenning would know better. Blaine sumner for most of his career trained full body 3-4 frequency and is superior in regards to squatting than Matt so the strength level is not a factor its more of smart programming and maybe a better managment of food and recovery.

Then you're friend is build to squat.. Squatting that many times a week is terrible advice for 99% of people

Yes some people are special. As well if a elite sport athlete who doesn't powerlift only. That would be too much with sport specific training