Rich demonstrates great body positioning while the load stays over mid-foot.
The overhead squat is the ultimate core exercise, the heart of the snatch, and peerless in developing effective athletic movement.
This functional gem trains for efficient transfer of energy from large to small body parts, the essence of sport movement. For this reason it is an indispensable tool for developing speed and power.
The overhead squat also demands and develops functional flexibility, and similarly develops the squat by amplifying and cruelly punishing faults in squat posture, movement, and stability.
The overhead squat is to midline control, stability, and balance what the clean and snatch are to power, unsurpassed. – The Overhead Squat, CrossFit Journal Issue 36
Workout
Overhead Squat
10-8-8-5-5-3-3-1-1-1 (find 1RM)
Chuck loads to comments.
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Nice form, Rich!
Sometimes the journal dips too deep into it’s kool aid but not this time. I fully agree that the overhead squat should be included and be a top exercise in and system that trains athletes. Of course MBS has always been strong with the good core movements