Anybody got some tips for dumping the bar onto the floor on a back squat ?
Should I just go practice dumping with progressively heavier weight? I still cant see myself being conifident enough to squat 3rm kind of weights outside of a rack. I get stuck in the hole if I fail, pretty hard to dump the bar then surely?
I've only dumped the bar once in a squat - couldn't get out of the hole, so I just leaned back and let the bar roll of my back.. And yah, it did hurt =/.
Like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2vbjxB0bBk
dumping the bar is a pretty natural, life-or-death thing. You don't need to practice it.
In fact, don't practice it, because you'll just use it as a crutch. Squat in the rack with the pins well below parallel and pretend they aren't there
Ive joined a new gym where the rack is very very busy. But there is a platform and squat stands which are not so busy.
Ive seen other guys in various gyms squat confidently outside the rack. Was just wondering if there were some techniques to be learned.