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Todd,

Thanks a lot for outlining this to me. It is very intetresting to me to
realize many things which happens there.

Dan Partelly
Oradea, Romania

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "todd langer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>   _____
>
> 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 <chadscheitel@>
> 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
> >
>