3 Things To Learn From John Haack

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Today we talk about about one of the Greatest Powerlifters in the game today, he will more than likely be known as one of the Greatest of All Time, John Haack.
John's squat as some points which really align with our philosophy here at Sika Strength, he stays upright and really engages his quads, and never strays too much from the 3 main lifts.
John Haack's deadlift is also something you can learn from, his quad dominant conventional pull is what most lifters should aspire to achieve. Finally we talk about John Haack's programming and his approach to training, it's a no frills and simple method which has worked very successfully for him so far!
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@danielghesquiere2011 2 жыл бұрын

I laughed there's no bench press section, only god knows how he does that

@basicmeme1040 2 жыл бұрын

Long arms ain't good

@philipmeisterl 2 жыл бұрын

:D:D:D

@BD-eo8zw 2 жыл бұрын

@@basicmeme1040 Bro he can bench 270kg

@BD-eo8zw 2 жыл бұрын

let me say that again

@BD-eo8zw 2 жыл бұрын

270KG

@danedavidson 2 жыл бұрын

As an Aussie watching this while eating breakfast before racing off to work I played it at 2x speed and was shocked to find I can actually understand you guys better at double speed...

@Rack979 2 жыл бұрын

If you want to look at a non-weightlifter/powerlifter, there's Valarie Allman. I'd like to see you break down her 120kg power clean from last year versus her 122kg power clean from this year (she's around 70kg and 6 feet tall). Also she's the reigning olympic champion in the women's discus.

@srthyrdyjhy 2 жыл бұрын

She's a beast

@sikastrength 2 жыл бұрын

Will check it out!

@wendell3610 2 жыл бұрын

I think it would be cool for you guys to look at the genetic freaks of each powerlift. Most built to squat, most built to bench, most built to deadlift (i.e. Lamar Gant)

@sikastrength 2 жыл бұрын

Awhhhh that's good idea!

@connorparks3955 2 жыл бұрын

@@sikastrength I’d watch those

@RobertSmith-xp1mg 2 жыл бұрын

@@sikastrength I think it would be even better to explain what build is good for which lift and giving both examples plus counter-examples. For example people usually say that short arms are good for bench press but bad for deadlift. Then how can you explain the existence of people like John Haack or Kirill Sarychev who are world class at both lifts?

@fallingwickets 2 жыл бұрын

one of your best episodes of the year...THANKS

@hansneggs Жыл бұрын

Yes. His longevity must also be considered . Incredible

@heyhey2810 2 жыл бұрын

i love these kind of vids, pls do more john haack

@MrScalesie 2 жыл бұрын

Funniest part of the Mark Bell interview was John haack talking about training before he fed the calves bell thought he was talking about doing calf exercises and he was actually feeding calves on their dairy farm

@AndrogenReceptor01 2 жыл бұрын

2:27 Christ have mercy…I tore both retinas watching that

@almightybilly 2 жыл бұрын

She mercilessly tore both scrotums.

@mellpear4773 2 жыл бұрын

great video! loved this - after this the next two names are, of course, Jamal Browner & Dan Grigsby

@sahiblohcham909 2 жыл бұрын

i love the weightlifting competition reactions and you guys should also do a powerlifting competition reaction

@RamenReignss 10 ай бұрын

2:30 that squat is meme equivalent to the 1 inch arch bench press

@Slinkypinky 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like Panagiotis Tarinidis would be an interesting one to look at; everything about his lifts looks suboptimal but yet he’s consistently pushing some crazy weights at only 66kg

@williamgutierrez3199 2 жыл бұрын

Good review

@bigtom9459 2 жыл бұрын

Would be cool to see a video on Jamal Browner, he pulls sumo(cheater) in competition BUT he recently has been adding conventional into his programming and pulled a 955 conventional a few weeks back. He's also extremely diligent with his programming, and generally does much higher volume than other powerlifters, which could be an interesting topic to discuss.

@sikastrength 2 жыл бұрын

We're big fans of Jamal so we'll surely do a video on him!

@basicmeme1040 2 жыл бұрын

Jamal is amazing

@ayda2876 2 жыл бұрын

leave sumo alone 😡

@yahyakahya5326 2 жыл бұрын

A video on squatting with knees versus hips, maybe?

@tanthai3653 2 жыл бұрын

You squat with both. If you’re doing too much of one youre doing the squat wrong

@aavila1206 Жыл бұрын

@Tan Thai I wouldn’t say it was wrong but I would say you want to balance the distribution of the load as much as possible between the 2. Call it bro-science if you’d like, but I think the more you bias extreme load on fewer joints the more damaging.

@Fillegubben 2 жыл бұрын

Would be fun to see a similar one on Jamal Browner and Kevin Oak

@etimezz 2 жыл бұрын

Damn, this video is helpful as fook. I was running a program with a lot of low bar squatting and sumo deadlifting and my hip just got trashed.

@DredFulProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, yes he is.

@joeloforii 2 жыл бұрын

6:44 do I smell a Tamara Walcott call out 🧐🧐

@georgestamatelis7812 Жыл бұрын

A video on Dan green and Jeremy hoornstra would be fun.

@Emresinho Жыл бұрын

Yes.

@4zazel777 2 жыл бұрын

I noticed 21,9k->22k. Congrats! ;D

@yungjoj1903 2 жыл бұрын

You guys keep saying that feet should be pointing forwards but isn't this down to how each person is built? If I contract my glutes my femurs(and subsequently my feet) angle out pretty significantly, so I have to squat and deadlift with angled feet. Is there some sort of mechanical advantage to having your feet facing forward or is it just a really general cue.

@stoempert 2 жыл бұрын

You are right. Large percentages of people are simply unable to reach powerlifting depth, let alone ATG, with feet pointing straight forward. Or if they can, they do so in an awful position. Each person has to find their best combination of stance width and feet angle. Generally, practicing your ATG position gives you a good indication where your body wants to go.

@owainwynjones5394 2 жыл бұрын

Would be cool I you did a video on Jamal Browner. Ridiculously strong powerlifter

@nickcustodi592 2 жыл бұрын

You can sneak those clips of Ilya cleaning into any video please and thank you

@scottheaton8469 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of the best squatters tend towards a slight varus knee. Haack is like that, just a touch bowlegged if anything, definitely not knock kneed.

@Ironforged.beastIG 2 ай бұрын

He’s on the right path to be the goat. 2300 total at 206

@SLouiss 2 жыл бұрын

How is the low bar placement but with high bar knees forward mechanics?

@stephenward2743 2 жыл бұрын

Would love a critique on Russel Orhii. He programs using RPE and works up to a top single with back-off work. I personally think its a suboptimal training style though clearly he's done well for himself...would be interested in what you lads thought.

@johnree5958 2 жыл бұрын

I would not say RPE is suboptimal. Most elite level powerlifters I believe uses RPE with backdown sets. He is coached by Joey Flexx who coaches a big majority of lifters are world champions and I believe he coaches all of them using RPE and a similar style of top et and back downs.

@getstrongby4038 2 жыл бұрын

I have no idea about optimal but those sets after the heavy single feel amazing, and I feel I can do them much faster/ with better form then if I never did the heavier single

@danielkenny7684 2 жыл бұрын

Mike Tuchscherer has entered the chat

@Nik2555 2 жыл бұрын

Sub optimal? Literally every top ipf lifter trains this way

@ayda2876 2 жыл бұрын

what ?

@squam273 Жыл бұрын

Pretty disappointed that you guys are talking about movement patterns as if they are degenerative. A low bar squat isn't going to "destroy your hips" any more that a high bar squat is going to "destroy your knees" or a deadlift is going to "destroy your back" or any other nonsense regularly spewed in an Instagram comment section. Also the majority of drug tested elite powerlifters squat low bar including Pana, Russ, Ashton, etc. So the idea that a high bar squat is inherently more efficient is pretty easily proved wrong. At the end of the day it comes down to preference. If you want to squat low bar then do it. If you want to squat high bar then that's perfectly fine. I expect more from you guys

@ck-rd2ce Жыл бұрын

this

@jackcunningham3401 2 жыл бұрын

Can your programs help me reach his level?

@getstrongby4038 2 жыл бұрын

Luke richardson had the best looking powerlifting squat imo (he lifts more towards how you guys talk about) and his dealift is more quad dominant I really think he could have been one of the greatest if he didn't go to strongman

@paddygilmore711 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible power lifter - 400kg back squat as an under 21 if I recall correctly

@paddygilmore711 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible power lifter - 400kg back squat as an under 21 if I recall correctly

@getstrongby4038 2 жыл бұрын

@@paddygilmore711 that's the one! Moved so fast too It's crazy

@danielfulford6135 2 жыл бұрын

@@getstrongby4038 That 403 looked about RPE 6. Absolutely nuts. Extra kudos for his celebration as well.

@hithro5466 2 жыл бұрын

Dude him, pavlo, and olievares would be a wild competition if the first two stuck with the sport.

@benjamingrunberg7807 2 жыл бұрын

Gleb Pisarevskiy had high hips start in 2000, but then he changed to low start in 2004 when he did 255kg clean🤔🤷‍♂️

@niveknijinsky9978 2 жыл бұрын

John seems to be a really Sound Lad

@matthewmckee6289 2 жыл бұрын

John Haack or Jamal Browner?

@danielghesquiere2011 2 жыл бұрын

Y'all need to show deadlift panda some love

@ud4vv 2 жыл бұрын

dan green would be cool

@bryantgouveia Жыл бұрын

My new flex is I squat the same as John Haack 😌

@Giuseppe_Paolillo Жыл бұрын

His programming is quite simple. THIS. I see too many people losing their mind around excessive complexity, even at amateur level. Man, if you still are not able to deadlift 2 times your BW, you're not that complex. Your program doesn't need to be either.

@andrewlowman8073 Жыл бұрын

England claims Northern Ireland as an extension of them?

@charlieprice1519 2 жыл бұрын

It would be nice to see a review of other KZfaqr programming such as bald omniman, Alec enkiri and alpha destiny cuz they are natural, not genetic freaks. To get a sense of how you see their s and c.

@matthewmckee6289 2 жыл бұрын

I know you aren’t the biggest fan of RPE based training (neither am I), but what are your thoughts on velocity based training? After trying it out for the novelty, it got me thinking that it could definitely be beneficial for squats and possibly pulls, especially on comp specific blocks when there’s not any need to go super heavy.

@leojamesfitness6031 2 жыл бұрын

I still can't believe that 600lb bench press

@aavila1206 Жыл бұрын

Literally benching an elite natty deadlift 😂😂

@alexmc7798 2 жыл бұрын

1st thing should be - pick the right parents.

@gosstopher 2 жыл бұрын

Shots fired....."because he's not a cheater." 😂🤣

@jasonsteiger1186 Ай бұрын

Should have called it hack’s hacks

@ck-rd2ce Жыл бұрын

No raw powerlifter that squats low bar actively tries to maintain a vertical shin angle. Not sure what makes you think raw lifters squatting low bar over a career will destroy the hips anymore than squatting high bar will destroy the knees. The overwhelming majority of raw records have been set using low bar....Ray Williams, Orhii, Atwood, etc, etc

@ganjagangja Жыл бұрын

There's strong. And then there's John Haack. This guy is an absolute weapon, the bodybuilder in the closet in me also likes how he's lean as fuk also.

@McWhatevs 2 ай бұрын

2:25 no lift

@jesseb5710 29 күн бұрын

I highbar cuz it looks manlier

@wendell3610 2 жыл бұрын

Did you guys ever see him do cleans back in the day? Terrible technique, incredible power tho.

@Smithster80 2 жыл бұрын

Mikhail koklyaiev

@hammerfist8763 10 ай бұрын

Very high high-bar + knees far forward = good way to blow knees out. Very low low-bar + legs real wide = hard on the hips. It's best to avoid the extremes and find the posture that works best for the individual lifter, especially once they get to squatting heavy singles. The bar placement and squat technique needs accommodate the lifter's anatomy, not the other way around.

@benchgoblin 6 ай бұрын

anyone can squat high bar regardless of “lifter’s anatomy”

@hammerfist8763 6 ай бұрын

@@benchgoblin But not everyone can squat optimally using high bar.

@benchgoblin 6 ай бұрын

@@hammerfist8763 I disagree. plus you’re getting less quad development out of low bar

@hammerfist8763 6 ай бұрын

@@benchgoblin Are we talking about bodybuilding or powerlifting? A significant number of world record squats were made lowbar. So don't sit here and preach to me and my 650 pound squat. You go tell those world record holders how wrong THEY are.

@benchgoblin 6 ай бұрын

@@hammerfist8763 I didn’t know normal people had to compete in bodybuilding or powerlifting to squat. for normal people low bar is not going to be the way to go most of the time, which is my opinion

@wayentruoc 2 жыл бұрын

They belkins

@danielghesquiere2011 2 жыл бұрын

Americans clicked this so fast

@ShinSuperSaiyajin 2 жыл бұрын

so I guess John Haack has an automatic visa to Sikastan? LOL

@washujo5755 2 жыл бұрын

More like automatic citizenship.

@iliasissmaili4370 2 жыл бұрын

I totally disagree with the low bar squats being more dangerous than high bar. It's mostly individual preference. Low bar for most people helps them handle more weight and are mostly safe. And that's what powerlifting is all about. I think this is just your weightlifting bias talking.

@sikastrength 2 жыл бұрын

I don't remember where we said low bar was more dangerous then high bar. What time did we say that?

@iliasissmaili4370 2 жыл бұрын

@@sikastrength 2:05

@tanthai3653 2 жыл бұрын

@@iliasissmaili4370 they weren’t saying low bar squatting is bad. They were saying the vertical shin, 90-degree knee bend, very forward torso angle, hips far back puts quite a bit of strain on the low back and hips. You can do these cues with high bar too but low bar is more accomodating for these cues

@iliasissmaili4370 2 жыл бұрын

@@tanthai3653 im pretty sure they showed a clip of rippetoe squats.

@NikhilKumarM Жыл бұрын

I've tried both. Low Bar felt much better for me. Accidently came across Mark Rippetoe's videos and they are gold.

@stronk_monke 2 жыл бұрын

Larry Wheels broke 3 weight classes. Also one of the best wilks in the game.

@heavyassaultmode1503 2 жыл бұрын

You're definitely on point with the criticism of the sit-way-back 3-ply style squat. However, in the same breath: "knees forward" & "a very applicable squat for most athletes" & "very well-built for squatting." John Haack may very well possess an anatomy where a knees-forward squat is optimal but a great number of us do not. Advocating a knees-far-forward squat...really? So instead of blowing out the athletes' hips, they blow out their knees. I've never squatted more than 6 plates to parallel and don't compete (or juice-never have) but after 30 years of squatting, I still have good knees and back. I credit my neutral, balanced stance.