Jump Squat Questions

[James Evans]

Having re-read this earlier I tried some variations tonight. Thought they were fun as much as anything.

Doesn't the King of Careful Lifting, Mike Boyle, advocate jump squats as a safe and easy to coach alternative to the Olympic lifts? Or was that before he fell for the clean grip powersnatch?

I like Boyle by the way but I know his approach is always evolving.

[Allen Yeh]

Originally Posted by James Evans

clean grip powersnatch?

I've tried that a few times and I just didn't care for it much. It felt really awkward especially since I was fighting to do it as a snatch instead of instinctively cleaning it with that grip.

Jump squats I've done with heavy, mid-weight and unweighted. I don't know how much I like them programmed in there for heavy weight. I prefer doing it unweighted as part of a circuit or something.

Ever do Alwyn Cosgroves leg finisher? That's always fun. I think it's like 20 seconds jump squats, 20 seconds squats, 20 seconds squat with a pause at the bottom, and then 20 second hold...rest 30 seconds? and then repeat. Fun stuff.

[James Evans]

I actually prefer them with the clean grip. Absolutely no way I could OHS deeply like that though without some serious work.

Read about the leg finisher but never actually done them. Imagine that's quite a burn.