@Zacheryah
Do you have any advice for busting through a plateau in a front squat, specifically when it’s the upper portion of the squat that I fail on. I’m plateauing at 125kg - 5 sets of 3. (1 rm is 133kg) Any extra weight seems to stop me dead as soon as I get just above parallel. Haven’t been able to increase for about 3 months now, even with shifting sets + reps + rest around.
Any specific exercises to strengthen that upper 1/2 - 1/3 of a front squat you could recommend? Would be much appreciated, dude.
Also how goes your training. It’s been a while since we’ve seen anything?
I completely forgot to reply to this, i'm sorry.
What exactly happens when you are at that point. You lean forward too much, or without dropping the bar, you just completely still and have to toss it ?
There are two prime reasons on why a frontsquat fails.
1) Lack of rigidity, which is all on the upper back which stabilises the lift
2) Lack of quadricep power. However then you would fail lower
3) something obscure
So try this :
1) If you feel its lack of rigidity : more then 2 days before or after front squats, seriously hammer your lats. Pullups, chinups, lateral pulldowns
2) If you think its a lack of quadricep power, double the workouts per week and stay in the 4-8 rep range
3) If you think its neither of those and purely getting stuck at lockout, add a workout with high bar work, against a variable weight (for example rubber bands). Speedwork, so nothing extreme
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Is anybody here from Switserland, close to Varese ?