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Wish your wheels were bigger. Well, there's an old saying. Just learn to front squat double your body weight for 8 reps and your legs will be plenty big.

Now I don't know if anybody actually enjoys squatting. Despite being an avid squatter and competitive powerlifter for years I am still always happiest when my squats are done. Let's face it, they aren't a sexy lift, they are brutally hard, and nobody really cares what you squat.

But the fact is, if you want to be a strong and powerful athlete, you have to squat till you drop. You have to put your work in under the bar to develop the full body muscle and power that will make you a champion. Here is a cool squat workout I picked up from Charles Poliquin. Do a set of front squats and stop 1-2 reps shy of failure, then catch your breath with the bar racked. Next get right back under the bar and bang out a set of back squats. Again stop shy of failure. Keep increasing the weight until you can't front squat any more and forced to only back squat.

This will allow you to improve your max strength on the front squat while still getting plenty of volume in, which will help induce growth. I tried it today and it is a killer! My legs are really beat up tonight and I can feel the extra volume that I snuck in. Give it a try for yourself.

• Mobility Work
• Squat Super-Set
• work up to a max single in the front squat, for each set do the following
• Front Squat
• catch your breath quickly
• Back Squat
• Stone Lifting, substitute deadlifts with a snatch grip if you don't have a stone (which is ghetto)
• work up to a max single
• Front Squat Holds
• do one set between each set of stone lifts
• 110% of your max front squat, un-rack the bar and stand with it in the front squat position

Think your squat workout is tough enough but you aren't getting any bigger or stronger. Check out this workout done by strength legend Jesse Marunde.


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