Squat Check

[BCS]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlvjsgi1j2w

That's me doing 415x5. See anything alarming?

[Mark Rippetoe]

The first 4 are just a pube high.

[stronger]

this isn't really to do with form, but it almost seems that you didn't make enough noise. Grunting a bit will pop you out of a sticking point pretty well

[Mark Rippetoe]

He's too quiet?? He didn't seem stuck.

[stronger]

He's too quiet?? He didn't seem stuck.

of course. maybe it's a habit worth forming though was my point

[BCS]

Thanks Rip. I really don't make a lot of noise when I lift. I'm not a very excitable person.

[Steve Hill]

this isn't really to do with form, but it almost seems that you didn't make enough noise. Grunting a bit will pop you out of a sticking point pretty well

In keeping with the "Sifting Through the Bullshit" thread, I am interested in the physiological reason (if any) for this.

Does grunting help myofascially release intra-muscular scar tissue fibrosity, releasing our dysfunctional / locked-up and inactive core by loosening out tight IT bands and pirformis while re-balancing psoases (psoasi?), or is this probably more psychological than anything else?

[Mark Rippetoe]

I think it has more to do with functional core modulation in the context of rebalancing the eccentric/concentric continuum. Let me be clear: unless absolute focus remains on the neuromuscular proprioceptive/GTO subsystem in operation preferentially throughout the psoas/piriformis/tranversalis/paraspinal macrosystem, you will always precipitate a non-stable core situation that can result in lowered motor unit recruitment ratios when calculated against potential submaximal/maximal recruitment dysfunction capabilities.

[ZachN]

In keeping with the "Sifting Through the Bullshit" thread, I am interested in the physiological reason (if any) for this.

Does grunting help myofascially release intra-muscular scar tissue fibrosity, releasing our dysfunctional / locked-up and inactive core by loosening out tight IT bands and pirformis while re-balancing psoases (psoasi?), or is this probably more psychological than anything else?

The show Sports Science did an episode related to this a few years back. I don't remember details but I believe they measured force produced by a fighter's punch when he yelled and w/o yelling. The fighter did produce more force when yelling.

[Marc]

I think it has more to do with functional core modulation in the context of rebalancing the eccentric/concentric continuum. Let me be clear: unless absolute focus remains on the neuromuscular proprioceptive/GTO subsystem in operation preferentially throughout the psoas/piriformis/tranversalis/paraspinal macrosystem, you will always precipitate a non-stable core situation that can result in lowered motor unit recruitment ratios when calculated against potential submaximal/maximal recruitment dysfunction capabilities.

Heh, best part of this reply: "Let me be clear"