Squat day.

No, not me, unfortunately. Nick has taken to training his power squat again with the intention of breaking his 2006 pr of 601 and I get to support him as he supports me every Saturday when he drives down to Girya to train snatches with me.

The very interesting part is that for the last two years Nick has barely been under a squat bar, and, when he was, the most weight that was on the bar was between 350 and 400 lbs for not an impressive amount of volume.

One could call it maintenance but that would be a generous phrase. What Nick HAS been doing is showing up, rain or shine, crazy business travel schedule or not to train with me on Saturdays. And for many moons it was his only workout of the week.Just a bunch of kb swings and or snatches 24 and 28 kgs.

When he decided to start training for real a few months ago and actually wrote out his training cycle and followed it he was amazed that it produced a very easy 502 double that was so much better than the 500 he did before squatted his pr 601 at Nationals that it wasn't funny. It had to be the kettlebells.

The RKC Hardstyle kb swing and snatch use basically the same mechanical positions, ( straight back, hip hinge, biomechancial breathing match, max acceleration) and focus as the power squat and deadlift.The transfer from KB to Barbell has been obvious and amazing. Even to Nick.

He can't believe that he not only maintained strength but actually Gained barbell strength by swinging and snatching.What the Hell effect indeed!

Here is today's effort. 90 % of his last best , recent effort of 500 for 2. This is how it's done. On a Sunday morning, in a small garage, just two guys, after a crazy busy travel and work schedule,AFTER 100's of snatches yesterday with the 28 kg. Nice job man

450 lb squat, two ways: