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Dan,

Well said. It's very easy to lose sight of the trees while in the forest. 

The problem is most Americans are riddled with muscle imbalances by the time
they get to college. On average they spend way too much time sitting around
on the Internet and/or playing video games. So, they are not spending any
formative years committed to a basic "common sense" program. Instead, they
start working out behind the proverbial starting line and with the mindset
of getting quick results - a recipe for disaster. Your approach makes
complete sense, but it's simply not what the majority of people are doing.
Just my 2 cents.

Todd Langer, MSc, CES, Rolfer
Boulder, CO

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Dan Partelly
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 12:20 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Supertraining] Re: Overhead Squat Progress

Squats are not rocket science. Old school, time tested approaches , 
and commitment to a basic program, not rushing the loads, a will to
do correct form, even with helpers at first, will always give results
in learning the exercise. 

After all, once upon a time, we used to defecate in the ATG squat
position. Now it seems that half of the world finds this position 
very arcane.

Dan Partelly
Oradea, Romania 

--- In Supertraining@ <mailto:Supertraining%40yahoogroups.com>
yahoogroups.com, Chad Scheitel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> People shift their weight forward onto the ball of the
> foot because their glutes are not strong enough to
> push the heel down when in the extreme position. If
> want to test this just have someone do a wall sit with
> their legs at 90 degrees. People obviously will not
> have "ankle flexibility" issues at this joint angle
> but they will still shift their weight to the front of
> the foot and lift the heel up when they become
> fatigued. This is because they want to use their
> stronger quads and not use the weaker tired glutes.
> 
> Oh and one more thing, what kind of "flexibility" is
> everyone talking about?? Many people may have great
> passive flexibility in all of the joints you are
> talking about, but once you ask them to do a movement
> they are unable to relax and contract the appropriate
> muscles at the appropriate times unabling them to do
> the motion you are talking about (an Overhead Squat in
> this case). Developing these kinds of abilities are a
> lot more complex than just having someone do static
> stretching for the muscle groups talked about. 
> 
> Chad Scheitel, MA, CSCS
> Minneapolis, MN
>