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Excellent instructional video. Clear and concise.
nice top bey
I tried overhead squats once thinking I was all cool. I couldn’t even do 1 rep, I kept falling over. Even when I just used the 45lb bar
So I want to do this to help with imbalances but I couldn't do a 35 point plate the bar is 45. I want to get the technique down before I start with weight. Advice? Rn im trying to do it with anything I can find but as I got up I fall forward help please and don't be a dick
Good vid guys, thanks!!!
Just did 135 lb overhead this morning, felt really good but still need to work on ankle mobility.
I can't overhead squat worth a shit. I can squat and front squat perfectly but when I try to overhead squat I suck ass😂
are there any specific excersices i can do to get better mobility i cannot even get my hands, shoulder, ancles in the same position standing straight?
great advice thanks!
"I doubt they will talk about if I should be shrugging my shoulders or not – which is what I'm looking to find out." Oh dang. They did!! This video covered everything thanks guys.
For me it feels more comfortable if I do it with shoulders up. I used to do it like that also when I do handstand or doing military press. But I will try out both to look what is the best for me.
Good video
Noisy ass gym 🙂
Fucking hate weight lifting shoes. It would be impressive if you had the mobility to overhead squat with perfect from while barefoot, or with fivefingers. It aint with those fucking high heels.
It's not a drop snatch… it's a snatch balance
Any advice for doing the Overhead Squat on a Smith Machine? Or anything done differently?
the guy doing the demonstration at around 2:20 is going in to anterior pelvic tilt on the way down, and then buttwinking back to neutral at the bottom. tighten up those abs!
Mean buttwink
Why do all these Fitness YouTube Bros have to carry on in this overly enunciated voice? The content might be decent, but it's such a turn-off.
That was a snatch balance
this is great thanks guys. i struggle to get low on my overhead squats so its good to know its about enhancing flexibility. I look forward to more practice.
Any suggestions on how i can stretch better to accommodate for quickening the process?
isn't this bad for your knees?
Thank omar i have to get used to this with 150lbs
No mobility drills?
Is it normal to pass wind when you first start doing this
Great video I really like the explanation of the movement and the tips on what to watch for when performing the exercise this is kind of a trickier movement for me.
Did i miss the part on "mobility"?
The OHS is one of the most dangerous and impractical exercises you can do. Impractical because I dare anyone to find an occasion in their everyday life where they have had to use this movement to lift anything. Answer is likely NEVER. And dangerous because anytime you bring your shoulders behind your center line, they are at greatest risk of injury because the shoulders are not built to operate this way. Snatches and front squats are far more effective and safer alternatives you can do instead (and which actually mimic real-life lifting movements)
Most underrated mobility exercise!!
i recently did 135 lbs for 8 reps with this movement, i highly recommend it as it will make your back, shoulders, traps and legs much stronger. it will also improve your core strength.
speak less and show more
2:11 you have a little bit of hyper extension of the back and a little bit of pelvis tilt at the end
But anyways, nice squat 🙂
JUUUUST GET TO THE POINT
This is so fucking hard.
Awesome explanation sir
I really want to master the snatch, but this overhead squat is so difficult 😁
Get your facts straight!! In Olympic lifting you do NOT need to do a squat that goes low to the ground. I do a split squat and can do way more this way than I could ever do with the "low to the ground" squat in the snatch. I can't even overhead squat an empty bar!! At the 2:10 mark, when I try this, all that happens is the bar comes way forward and I absolutely cannot go "butt to the floor". At 3:30, my alignment goes away AS SOON AS I go to the floor. I can overhead squat only with my arms going forward.
Thanks bruh
wait but Oleksiy said to push the bar to the ceiling!!
:c
Bruh, when you get 225 snatch you're going to be in depression of scapula because how heavy that shit is. Learn to punch it up to keep all of it tight, when it gets heavy af it'll start depressing automatically and be even more stable because you are recruiting traps at maximum force.
I tried overhead squats today for the first time in like 6 years, and boyyy did it expose a ton of mobility issues for me. I am way too tight and need to become more flexible.
Wow you are the best
3:50 YOU ARE GOING TOO DEEP CAUSING THE DANGEROUS PELVIC TILT (BUTT WINK)
is no one concerned that they shot this video in 3 minutes when the video length is 7:41? at the start u can see top right 3:59 and in the end 4:02 ` . `
An aluminum technique bar is great for learning this lift and for warming up this lift once it's learned. York's 15 pound Alumalight bar has been good to me for many years.
I try many times this exercise but when I start going down " with a wood barbell " I lost stability and fall forward or back fall
lock the elbows.
Why does my mid back look like a prawn when I do this? Same when I front squat🦐