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Very tough on rugby players to front squat with various injuries that is why the front squat harness is fantastic for them. Ashley Jones
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Welcome to frontsquat.com, Having problems with front squats?
Front Squat technique suffering because you do not have the flexibility in your shoulders?
Shoulder pain getting the better of you?
- “I love Front Squatting but my delts hurt to much”
- “The Front Squat is by the far the best leg and core exercise ever but I just can’t squat deep enough because i can not keep my elbows up through out the squat”
- “Front Squats kills my shoulders”
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Very tough on rugby players to front squat with various injuries that is why the front squat harness is fantastic for them. Ashley Jones
“Now you have a third and by far best method of training the front squat” Ashley Jones Crusaders Head Strength Coach – Super 15 Rugby
“I consider the front squat to be one of the most important lower body options available to strength coaches. Often I will prescribe it first when teaching young athletes to squat as it reinforces the chest up position that is required when squatting. Also it is important in strengthening the receiving position of the clean and by being able to front squat in excess of your clean weight you have the confidence to trust your leg strength when you are coming up out of a heavy clean.
The one problem that most athletes have is that they complain of sore wrists when trying to rack the front squat correctly using the clean grip. Of course you could revert to the bodybuilding style of crossed arms front squat but this is only one part of the problem solved and it also does not transfer as well to the clean. You could also use lifting straps attached to the bar as a much better option than the bodybuilding style of front squat.
Now you have a third and by far best method of training the front squat, by using the front squat harness you can position the bar in a similar position to the regular front squat, whilst working on the necessary flexibility to perform the front squat. The harness comes in two sizes fitting all body sizes comfortably and enables you to grab the top of the handles keeping the elbows up and also because of the fact that the weight is out in front of the athlete the lower back has to work harder to keep you upright. This further strengthens the posterior chain and can be used in a number of programming situations as you learn the front squat and beyond into all aspects of your training.”
Ashley Jones
Crusaders Head Strength Coach – Super 15 Rugby
New Zealand
GETSTRENGTH’S FRONT SQUAT HARNESS ALLOWS EVERYONE TO ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF FRONT SQUATTING Tony Boutagy
“He is still doing his full squat training using the Front Squat harness from GetStrength”
Dr. Daniel Baker Strength Coach, Brisbance Broncos Rugby League Club
The Australian Strength & Conditioning Assocation (ASCA) has determined that there are 5 desired outcomes of a lifting routine aimed at improving sports performance. They are 5a; Improved body/limb/joint Control and Stability 5b; Increased generalized muscle Size and General Strength 5c; Increased Maximal Strength 5d; Increased Power 5e: Increased Strength-endurance.
At the Broncos, we embrace full squats as the cornerstone exercise for improving leg drive. We do not have a leg press, leg extension or leg curl machine. I tell the players what execisdes to do, what weight to lift, sets and reps, rest period, everything. If you are at the, Broncos, you are full squatting.
However, we realise that due to the intense physical collisions in rugby league, that players get bothersome injuries time to time that preclude them from safely or effectively doing free weight barbell squats. So what do we do?
We have a number of strategies we use, depending upon the injury. Here is 1 of our strategies.
Pictured is David Stagg, who holds our club tackling record. As he only weighs 97 kg and has great endurance, he has to do plenty of tackling (ie. the bigger blokes run at him and he keeps aiming up at them every single time). From this heavy collision-oriented workload, he can get niggling shoulder injuries that detract from his full range of motion in some weeks. In this instance, he cannot actually get his right arm up to do a full back or front squat ~ but he is still doing his full squat training using the Front Squat harness from GetStrength. So he holds the harness at chest level with his right hand and takes the usual front squat (clean grip) with his left and starts knocking out multiple sets of 10 reps.
Like all great tacklers, he knows the value of keeping his leg drive strength up. He is not seeking ways of “getting out” of full squat training, he is seeking ways to embrace it when injury may preclude conventional, traditional barbell full squat training.
There are a number of different methods to ensure full squat training continues despite bothersome injuries. The Front Squat Harness is one. Other specialty bars offer other methods. As an athlete or coach, you may need to GetSmart about your ensuring your full squat training continues throughout the season.
Dr. Daniel Baker,
Strength Coach,
Brisbance Broncos Rugby League Club
T-Nation 5 Star Review
Pro’s:
This product is awesome!! I’ve always shied away from doing front squats because they were so uncomfortable to do. Now I look forward to doing them again.
That alone makes this product well worth its asking price. You overcome your excuses for skipping this very important exercise.
The Front Squat Harness was solid and well built. It felt comfortable on my shoulders with the right amount of cushion.
The directions were simple and easy to follow. The pictures showed the proper hand and elbow placement.
Pro’s:
1. Comfort. This piece of equipment maintained an extremely high level of comfort no matter what weight was placed on it. I found it completely comfortable with upwards of 450 pounds on the apparatus.
2. Adjustability. My training partner and I had no issues whatsoever using the Front Squat Harness and our sizes are completely different. 5′7 190 and 6′4 235. The harness adjusts to your size almost naturally. You simply find the comfort spot for you and go to work.
3. Allows user to perform very effective front squats without needing to hold a clean grip. My partner found this very helpful considering he cannot hold the bar comfortably in the clean position due to wrist inflexibility. This allows new trainers to gain the benefit of front squats immediately.
4. It is very easy to assist your training partner with a spot by simply pushing up on the elbows of the trainer. This will allow the usage of greater weight and greater variability in training with things such as forced reps.
Pro’s:
1. Lets you hold more weight without putting undo stress on the wrists.
2. spreads the weight across the shoulders not the collarbone or delts
3. makes the legs work harder, seems to target them very well.
4. blood cleans off really easy.
5. good and confortable padding
The Harness just came.I put a light weight on and tried it. I can tell right away that this is a great tool but you know already.
Thank you Elliot
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About Steve Thompson
Managing Director and founder of Getstrength.com International. Strength Coach since 1999 New Zealand Powerlifting Record holder. I have competed in two IPF World Powerlifting Championships and was the coach for the Worlds Masters Powerlifting Bench Champs in Miami, USA 2006.
