Goblet Squat - Page 2

Greg Kemp · 02-26-2006, 07:55 PM

Does anyone have video of the Goblet Squat????

James R. Climer · 02-26-2006, 08:28 PM

Jes! The verbal description of GSs always loses me at the bakery. Any chance of seeing this in a photo and/or vid?

Ryan Atkins · 02-26-2006, 09:05 PM

Does this help?

http://www.crossfit.com/discus/messages/22/20544.jpg

Greg Kemp · 02-26-2006, 09:11 PM

So it is a squat with a DB held at chest level with the DB in a vertical postion.

Jerry Hill · 02-27-2006, 05:01 AM

Great pic Ryan that's how we do them but we hold a kettlebell 'by the horns'.

We emphasize elbows in, weight to the chest.

TIM,
Concentrate on 'opening up your groin' and dropping your hips between your legs.

-Jerry

Jason Billows · 02-27-2006, 06:38 AM

Sorry to belabour the point, but I'm still a little confused.

Does Ryan's pic show a front squat or a goblet squat?

I thought a goblet squat held the bumbbell vertically hanging at arms length betwee the legs as you squat.

If that is a goblet squat in Ryan's photo, what does a front squat look like? Simply holding two bumbbells in a press ready position while squatting?

James R. Climer · 02-27-2006, 06:43 AM

Excellent picture, I just wasn't following the description of how the DB was held.

Now this exercise is meant to teach good squat form almost automaticaly, correct?

Allen Yeh · 02-27-2006, 06:56 AM

Jason,

The picture is a goblet squat..

A front squat is usually with 2 dumbbells and in the "rack" position.

James,

Almost automatically, the things Coach John said to remember is that your elbows should be between your knees at the bottom, not on top or to the side of your knees.

That picture looks almost as if the person has risen out of the bottom position already.

An exercise that Coach John did for us with the goblet squat was to do 10 second bursts of work.

2 rounds of 10 seconds regular goblet squat
1 round of 10 seconds of bottom to bottom goblet squats
2 rounds of 10 seconds of bottom to bottom goblet squats and then picking up PVC into an overhead squat.

Dan John · 02-27-2006, 07:40 AM

Nice review, Allen. I thought the same thing...the pic is either right after coming out of the hole...or bad tech. Push the knees out with the elbows.

Dan John · 02-27-2006, 07:45 AM

Oh...if you have to only use Goblet Squats...but they provide exactly what you or your athlete/client needs...you may come to the conclusion that "this is enough." I'm all for learning as many skills as you can learn, but there are times when enough is enough.

Above somebody asked about "laziness," a good question, but I have found that sometimes people try TOO hard to learn something like the Back Squat or whatever and it causes a whole bunch of other problems. I thrive as a coach on finding an indirect way to get to the same place (see my free book, "The Contrarian Approach to the Discus Throw" on my site for a good example)

So, I guess I'm saying that you can beat the hell out of some nice grandma to make her learn the back squat or...you can have her do Goblets with more weight and an easier learning curve. Six months later, she back squats and asks "why didn't you teach me this before?"

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02-26-2006, 07:55 PM	#11
Greg Kemp Affiliate Profile: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Yorba Linda CA Posts: 108	Does anyone have video of the Goblet Squat????

02-26-2006, 08:28 PM	#12
James R. Climer Member Profile: Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Paso Robles California Posts: 1,148	Jes! The verbal description of GSs always loses me at the bakery. Any chance of seeing this in a photo and/or vid?

02-26-2006, 09:05 PM	#13
Ryan Atkins Member Profile: Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Racine WI Posts: 925	Does this help? http://www.crossfit.com/discus/messages/22/20544.jpg

02-26-2006, 09:11 PM	#14
Greg Kemp Affiliate Profile: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Yorba Linda CA Posts: 108	So it is a squat with a DB held at chest level with the DB in a vertical postion.

02-27-2006, 05:01 AM	#15
Jerry Hill Affiliate Profile: Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alexandria VA Posts: 649	Great pic Ryan that's how we do them but we hold a kettlebell 'by the horns'. We emphasize elbows in, weight to the chest. TIM, Concentrate on 'opening up your groin' and dropping your hips between your legs. -Jerry

02-27-2006, 06:38 AM	#16
Jason Billows Member Profile: Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ottawa Ontario Posts: 384	Sorry to belabour the point, but I'm still a little confused. Does Ryan's pic show a front squat or a goblet squat? I thought a goblet squat held the bumbbell vertically hanging at arms length betwee the legs as you squat. If that is a goblet squat in Ryan's photo, what does a front squat look like? Simply holding two bumbbells in a press ready position while squatting?

02-27-2006, 06:43 AM	#17
James R. Climer Member Profile: Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Paso Robles California Posts: 1,148	Excellent picture, I just wasn't following the description of how the DB was held. Now this exercise is meant to teach good squat form almost automaticaly, correct?

02-27-2006, 06:56 AM	#18
Allen Yeh Member Profile: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: reston va Posts: 768	Jason, The picture is a goblet squat.. A front squat is usually with 2 dumbbells and in the "rack" position. James, Almost automatically, the things Coach John said to remember is that your elbows should be between your knees at the bottom, not on top or to the side of your knees. That picture looks almost as if the person has risen out of the bottom position already. An exercise that Coach John did for us with the goblet squat was to do 10 second bursts of work. 2 rounds of 10 seconds regular goblet squat 1 round of 10 seconds of bottom to bottom goblet squats 2 rounds of 10 seconds of bottom to bottom goblet squats and then picking up PVC into an overhead squat.

02-27-2006, 07:40 AM	#19
Dan John Departed Profile: Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 365	Nice review, Allen. I thought the same thing...the pic is either right after coming out of the hole...or bad tech. Push the knees out with the elbows.

02-27-2006, 07:45 AM	#20
Dan John Departed Profile: Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 365	Oh...if you have to only use Goblet Squats...but they provide exactly what you or your athlete/client needs...you may come to the conclusion that "this is enough." I'm all for learning as many skills as you can learn, but there are times when enough is enough. Above somebody asked about "laziness," a good question, but I have found that sometimes people try TOO hard to learn something like the Back Squat or whatever and it causes a whole bunch of other problems. I thrive as a coach on finding an indirect way to get to the same place (see my free book, "The Contrarian Approach to the Discus Throw" on my site for a good example) So, I guess I'm saying that you can beat the hell out of some nice grandma to make her learn the back squat or...you can have her do Goblets with more weight and an easier learning curve. Six months later, she back squats and asks "why didn't you teach me this before?"