Overhead Squats

[Fender]

I tried doing a search for any discussions of overhead squats and found nothing. Here is a link that discusses them http://danjohn.org/overhead.html
I guess I'm just starting this thread to open a discussion on them...what do PullinBig and the other vets think of these.

 

[shortz]

IMO, they are very goal oriented. If you are BBing, then you shouldn't worry about them. If you play sports, then they can help you, but, you can't use as much weight with them, so this is why in a BBing or PLing sense, they are not very logical to use.

 

[gottabadrash]

what a waste of time

 

[pullinbig]

if you are an oloypic lifter and you execute a snatch then you have done an over head squat. thats about the only time it should be executed. they are dangerous as you can see in this clip.

http://www.irongame.com/videos/AleksandrKurlovich-195kg-429lbSnatch@SHW.wmv

he got credit for the lift too. BS on that one.

heres what they supposed to look like

http://ecsc.uoregon.edu/~benn/movies/2005col/Burgener155.mov