box squat height

[I'D RATHER BE DEADLIFTING]

Irish- sounds like your rack is like the one Dave sells on Elitefts. I wish I had that one. That is actually all I'd like to do is maybe see how it feels to have my toes out a little further, like a few inches.

 

[Adam MacKinnon]

im 5'7 and squat off of a 11'' box. I think my hams have some strength but my glutes are weak. Flexability is so so right now but i'v been workin on it for the last couple weeks and i have had some good results. I lift in the cpu which is affilated with ipf so i have to squat low in comps. Heres my stance from my last meet (and yes i have to work on form the pic quality isn't good but you can see my stance
http://www.wannabebigforums.com/attachment.php?postid=190894

 

[Geno_O]

Good thread. Some of you mentioned that your butts drop
quickly in the last couple of inches before hitting the box. I
have just started to box squat and I do the same thing. Is this
caused by the wide stance?

This causes a lot of shock on the back. Is there a good way to
stop this? mental images? exercises?

 

[brianmincher]

It is painfully obvious to me that I have been squatting on too high of a box for speed work. I am going to drop down to my 11 1/2 inch box and reduce my working weights and start over from there. I as of right now cannot get to that depth with the westside stance. Maybe I can start with a narrower stance and gradually move it out. Or if I keep the stance narrow, maybe I can just develop some Karwarski like quads and use those to squat the weight up.

B.

 

[powerlifterjay]

When i hit boxes i am 1inch below paralell. And my toes are hanging over the edge of the power rack. I squat ultra wide. But feel uncomfortable setting up in a monolift this wide. So i have brought my squats ina couple inches as well. I might go back out but not sure. My meet is 6 weeks out or so and am just getting ready so i dont knwo what i will squat like.

I wish i felt comfortablke enought to stay boxxing up until the meet but just cannot need to free squat. Maybe next time.

 

[aurelius]

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quickly in the last couple of inches before hitting the box.

This happened to me at first. If the box isn´t too low(don´t know what that is exactly) then just keep going with light weight. After four sessions I can control myself the whole way now. By the way, the top part of my thigh is parallel when I sit.

 

[spatts]

I go by the Q-angle, but judges just look to see if you hips are lower than your knees. My box squat for comp is about 13.5 inches, but I've been training to 12'. The distance from the vertex of the angle (the underside of my knee) to the floor is 18 inches. Low box squats to 8" will be added later. For those that don't have the hamstring strength to lower slowly to that depth, I agree with aurelius on taking it lighter at first. The downward compression caused by losing control, and FORM, is not worth the risk. Build the hams up first, and work on a low squat later.