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Originally Posted by Eric3237
But in that case I think you can cut through a lot of people's squat problem with just more practice under the bar with emphais on greasing the squat groove (Pavel's term which I love) rather than just piling on weight as quickly as possible at all costs. Not too many will want to agree with that, I bet  . Most want to have their cake and eat it too. |
Everyone's looking for the Holy Grail of routines or exercises that is going to propel them into greatness. After you've been training for a while, you realize that it doesn't exist - we keep looking though...
Here's something I picked up from Dr. Squat once a number of years ago on his forum that I think is relevant here. It's one of my favorites and newbies who have any aspirations of greatness should take it to heart:
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Originally Posted by Dr. Fred Hatfield
In order to achieve ANYTHING in life to the pinnacle of your capabilities, you must 'marry' the thing! Become a 'priest' to it. Live, eat, sleep and breathe it! You MUST NOT succumb to sleeperdom and meander from one routine to another in the false hope that one of them is gonna 'work'. It will not! You may get a quick fix from it, but it'll only be because you re-injected some adaptive stress into your routine.
Do this instead. THINK IT OUT!
Now, most lifters cannot do this because they are not educated in the discipline, and because they have never been taught to REALLY think things through! So, the alternative is to find yourself a bonafide guru who HAS, and hang your hat on what that person has to say! So, find one! ONE!
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