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Or the previously useless ballpoint pen that saved the "ship" on the "moon mission".

SlingBlock™️

Too late, Rogue has already started producing the Power Block (US patent pending) and they aim to sell them for 100 bucks a piece. They recommend using two, one for each knee. Their Black-Friday deal will be 2 blocks for the price of 2. Made in the US. Every homeless Spotted Owl will be compensated by a new home for every block you purchase.

HOW MUCH YA BLOCK?

With today’s wood prices that’s a bargain!

Mark wouldn't be interested these recent days anyways. He's a fan of the kneesovertoes guy lately.

If you have shorter tibias relative to your femurs, your knees might still travel forward of the toes, even in the low bar squat, right?

That's not true. It's on the book. Different proportions will give you different knee positions but most will be "near" the toes. I don't remember the quote but that's stated after the part that talks that knees over toes isn't bad for the knees. Even this video has knees over toes, slightly.

@@Russocass I never said knees over toes were bad, just in general the anthropomorphic need for knees over toes if going to be much less in the low bar position, and much higher in the high bar position. Ofc this will vary for differing skeletal and join differences, but it stands as a general rule of thumb

Don't you want knees NOT too far forward in order to activate the hamstrings as a result of a more horizontal back angle? That's my understanding.

@@kqh123 yes. A mistake - I should have said quadriceps not hamstring.

@@brianhickey5949 ok that makes sense 👌

2/3 to halfway down. Forward movement of the knees in the hole kills some of the stretch reflex coming from the hip because it makes the back become more vertical and thus opening the hip angle. Same with back angle. Set it about halfway down and dont let it change untill you are at the same spot in the ascent, making you lead with the hip out of the hole "staying in the hip".

Do you prefer to destroy your knees and not lift properly?

You can squat without using your quads? News to me.

I high bar without a problem, but admit I reduced the frequency to 2x's per week, which I was going to do with squats anyway once I hit intermediate (going to 4x's per week program). I enjoy having a nice set of quads and no nasty golfer's elbow.

@@HAL-dm1eh who asked tho?

@@johnnyp.601 What do you mean?

Yes they are. White's boots 'cause Uncle Rip has 💰

Try Duluth Ballroom jeans. Had a pair that lasted for a good 6 years. (That's a long time for a fat boy with the thigh rubs.) I can't get them where I live now but I miss em.

@@ericbailey6779 Thanks!! Just got some recently (coincidentally) and like 'em a lot. Good to have confirmation on my purchase! (Duluth, that is)

@@jackhomer8917 Carhartt used to be great for me too, but the fatter I got the worse they fit and the more they rubbed. They still aren't bad if your in decent shape though.

@@ericbailey6779 Roger that.

How do you build a block of wood? sawdust and glue? maybe sniff the glue...

@@Jafmanz It's easy to build wood. You just need a helping hand.

@@turo3066 Yes from the soil, the sun and the clouds.... grow a tree..

Oly shoes help with ankle mobility, doesn’t affect your knee position. Just makes it easier to reach depth if ankles are a limit factor (and they are for me!)

If your body is that different squatting won't be for you. You can still do it but should not go crazy.

The back angle is created by the knee travel. Rip wants you to squat with your hips as the dominant muscle group, not your quads. It really doesn’t matter too much. If your femur is crazy long, you will be more vertical in the torso. It really doesn’t matter too much though.

Longer femur will result in a more horizontal back angle. This isn't a bad thing. Sometimes the trainee will prefer having a wider than normal stance to negate their long femurs. This is OK too, as long as depth can still be achieved, with a wider stance.

Do you really need to ask such a question... make one out of cheese for all it matters...

Absolutely not. That would be like adding upright rows in your program and calling it still calling it Sarting Strength.

YOU'RE NOT DOING THE PROGRAM.

Rip didn’t say don’t let your knees go past your toes. The TEBOW is to be used as a guide. The distance of the block from your toes will vary depending on your anthropometry. A half-inch or inch out is a good place to start. Find the distance that gives you the proper back angle and depth.

@@JasonTurk exactly, sadly he didn't mention that on the video and it will lead to some confusion to the absolute beginners.

@@Russocass I would hope you did Not stress the beginner too much with such things 😂 the block might help if they have seriously poor proprioception

500kg*

Not as good as mahogany tho

The tubow should be located in a place specifically calculated for the individual. The problem that the tubow prevents is excessive knee sliding. Search that last term on youtube, there's a good video from this channel about that.

Perfect depth. 2:03 btw is even lower. Hip joint is below the knee.

@@odn7769 Again, good thing I'm not judging this.

Lots of things wrong with your comment, you donkey.

@@startingstrength I spat my coffee out reading that.

Knees track over the toes, slightly past.

Notice he says "on his antropomethry" 1:00. Angles depends on your limb length.

It doesn't really matter, honestly. It's useful for learning to use the back when low bar squatting, but you're not gonna pop your knees just because they trace over your toes. Knee cave does more damage to tendons that forward tracing ever will.

@@jorgg1382 knee cave tweaked my right knee for a few week, had to use wraps for a while and figured out it was my flat feet and lack of arch support in my squat shoes that was contributing to knee cave. I got a pair of nike romaleo 4s, which had fantastic arch support, and no longer have any issues with knee cave

Looked like a squat morning to me

When people do proper hip drive with a bar, it often looks exaggerated when they demonstrate it without a bar.

It is exaggerated. Because that’s how it’s taught. When a bar is on the back it’s not at exaggerated.

It has a Staring Strength sticker on it. Also, the nicest block of wood North Texas has to offer. Designed to patina and age with the lifter.

😂

Thanks for reading my comment on your podcast, but it wasn’t really a “hater” comment, more being sarcastic and, honestly, astonishment and admiration. Astonishment that people would be stupid enough to pay that for a block of wood, and admiration for actually being able to convince people to buy it. And no, Rusty, I wasn’t advocating stealing from a construction site. They throw away scrap lumber and, if someone were really broke and felt that they had to have a “tubow”, they could use a scrap 2 x 4, instead of your 2x12 prototype. I would think that most any piece of wood that has a flat end could be used in a pinch, a 2x4, 2x6, 4x4 , etc. If I ever need mittens and ear muffs sold in Hawaii, you will be the folks that I call.

Why would you even care? 😂 Power lifting isn’t a terribly serious sport at the best of times. Squats are great for training, bad for competition.

As a fat guy, nothing helps the squat more than belly bounce. Its like a push off your quads man. Below parallel is easy

But he isn't strong.

@@dard4642 Have you seen his videos?

@@robertthompson5501 yes

@@dard4642 Why do you believe he is not strong?

@@robertthompson5501 He is absolutely fit, no doubt. I'm not insulting him by saying that he isn't strong. Is he strong compared to a nonathletes, sure. Is he pulling 600 lbs off the floor? Nope. Is he squatting even 405? No. I'm not shaming him, because he doesn't train to do that; those aren't his goals. I wish him only personal and professional success; I wish the same for his clientele. As a 5'8 50-yr-old who has never particularly cared for basketball, I don't care if my vert is 40 inches or 10. There's a much higher demand for normal folks trying to get stronger than for athletes trying to improve their vertical jump. It is impossible to compare his training modalities and outcomes to Rip's / Starting Strength's. KneesOverToes is based on the strengthening a range of motion that most people do not even use. In that context, "strengthen" means to develop some strength where there was none; it does not mean to train that muscle over time to produce the type of strength to move heavy objects. Starting Strength's objective is (to quote Mark Rippetoe) "to get you stronger than day-old piss." No "bulletproofing" your joints, no improving your vert. The only outcome Starting Strength promises is that you will be stronger and that they believe their way of training novices is comprehensive, the simplest and the most efficient. I am always impressed by athletes. I'm not hating on KOTs.