10am - Start of Squat Camp at a Starting Strength affiliated gym Next Level Barbell in Milwaukee, OR owned by Jordan Stanton
Had an amazing time at this Squat Camp and I would do another one of these in a heartbeat. Following the Starting Strength method, Jordan and his guys took about 9 of us through the paces for 5 hours until 3pm. We did a section on bio-mechanics, technique on the squat, and had some long sessions at the end on Programming and an open Q&A for over an hour which I thought was awesome.
For work sets I worked up to 4 sets of 315lbs x 5 reps. Never squatted this weight for even one rep. Proud of that effort.
We backed off with 2 sets of "paused" squats at 80% which for me was 255lbs, x 5 reps.
Bottom line the biggest technique takeaway for me was less about technique and more about just knowing know where "depth" is. I was not hitting depth in training on many of my squats, and I realize that now. I was going to parallel but need to get below it. I know where that is now and I was getting drilled on it during the session.
The other piece was breathing through the mouth, not just nose, and taking in way more air. That was a big learning point as well.
Watching some of the other lifters was helpful too.
Other than that, I have definitely already fixed the bar and wrist positions coming into the training, those were not an issue whatsoever, so that is encouraging.
We worked hard. I now know what it is like to truly work hard in a squat, and I can take this with me into my own training sessions. I definitely realize there is another level I need to get myself into when entering that garage and putting the plates on the bar.
3pm - End
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