I was practicing overhead squats today. It seems that I’m always practicing them and never really trying max weight.
My wife watches sometimes and never fails to find faults in my technique. “You’re too far over on your toes!”, she’ll tell me. Sometimes we argue about it. She usually wins though, as usual. Regardless, she’s right. Perhaps I am too far on my toes, but no matter how hard I try, it never feels right. I’m just going to face it – the overhead squat is hard. It’s damn hard.
There are some great articles and videos available on the net discussing the overhead squat, but today, during my search for another article to maybe help me get my technique right, I found this article. It’s by Dan John, the Strength Coach and Head Track and Field Coach at Juan Diego Catholic High School in Draper, Utah. Not the most auspicious title ever, but nothing to be ashamed of either.
John can lift a tonne and according to his articles, he seems to have had much success coaching others to lift heavy as well. In his article on overhead squats, John talks about how damn hard they are, but also discusses how overhead squats create, in his words, Dad strength.
I guess I’m not the only one who struggles with this.
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