Calf raises-Never, in all my time as a powerlifting coach, have I watched a lifter miss a squat weight and thought “dang, they would have nailed that lift if their calves were a little stronger”.
Whether you looking to squat 700-pounds or blow a defensive end off the line, it’s about the hips and the posterior chain of muscles, not the quads. Leg Extensions-A fine bodybuilding exercise if you are looking for a sweet quad sweep, but quadriceps just aren’t all that important in regards to functional strength.Scratch the good mornings and get your hips and thighs stronger if you want to come out of the hole properly. You mean to tell me that you lack the hip/leg strength to come out of the hole when squatting and so you subsequently lean forward and use back strength instead? Next, you mean to tell me that to correct your weak hips and thighs (the muscles that SHOULD be firing you out of the hole), you are going to do good mornings, which will just continue to strengthen your back and increase your strength imbalance even more? Hmmmmm, this Coach sees this as illogical. Or, worse yet, they claim that they lean too far forward when squatting and are performing good mornings to correct the problem. Most lifters that do good mornings claim that it helps to keep them upright during squats. Good-Mornings-I realize that a large portion of the readers will disagree with my assessment of this exercise, but nonetheless, I stand by my opinion that the good-morning (and all of its variations) is one of the most overrated and ineffective squat assistance exercises.USAPL Louisiana State Chairman (2014 - Present)ġ996 - Penssylvania State High School ChampionĢ009, 2011, 2012 - Winning Collegiate Natl CoachĢ010 - Winner of Louisiana Strongman Champ.Ģ012 - USAPL Collegiate Coach of the Year Head PL Coach of Abbeville High (2014 - Present) High School Science Teacher (2002 - Present) Head PL Coach of UL Lafayette (2000 - Present) MS in education administration, UL Lafayette, 2006Ĭompetitive Powerlifting (1995 - Present) BS in biology education, Louisiana College, 2004
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