Nebraska Strength and Conditioning

[Guest guest]

Mel wrote:

" Maybe then you could refer 's analysis to some of those intrepid

Cornhuskers to let them explain the biomechanics involved and why

their methods may have produced some of the strongest lifters in the

world, especially in the FULL-DEPTH squat. Or even better, please send

me JPG photos of some of the Cornhuskers at the bottom of a loaded

full squat and I will place them in our photo Files for all list

members to judge for themselves. "

Per your request Mel I spent some time (much needed sleep time I

might add )at HuskerPower.com and came up with the following:

Quoting from their website...

The core exercises used at the University of Nebraska are the hang

clean and the squat. A Quicktime video of their technique can be

seen at:

http://huskerpower.com/squatdemo.html

[i gave up trying to play that Quick Time video clip after about 20 minutes of

Netscape trying to make me sign up for Quick Time Pro 5 version, followed

by Apple trying to do the same thing for about $30. I have Quick Time on my

computer, and I am signed up with Netscape already, anyway, so it soon became

apparent that they all wanted $30 for a Pro upgrade. My version of Quick Time

would

not automatically open the Husler video, as it usually does, so enough was

enough

after all that wasted time. Anyway, U of Nebraska programs probably were all

devised

by Boyd Epley who started the NSCA and I am quite familiar with his work. Ah

well, I

would like to have seen that video. Mel Siff]

A few more points of interest...

The instant the thighs are PARALLEL to the ground explode out of the

bottom position.

[interesting - so the " bottom " position in the squat is when the thighs are

parallel to the ground! This is actually the definition for half squat, which

is

a very different exercise from a full squat. Did you also notice that the

instructions stated: " Hips are in vertical alignment with the shoulders " ?

I would really like to know how anyone can ever keep the shoulders directly

above the hips in a full squat? What U of Nebraska are calling a " squat "

actually is a half squat and I am sure that Boyd would not even vaguely

apply the exact same instructions to the full depth squat. Mel Siff]

and...

Keep your weight back on your heels.

By the way, the squat record of 756lbs. was set in 1987 by football

player Keven Lightner.

Goodnight,

Steve Bubel MS, CSCS

San , Texas