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Developing Your Squat Setup

Developing your squat setup

How to set up your squat

  1. Place hands on the bar, make sure they are symmetrical
  2. Line yourself up with the centre of the bar
  3. Get under the bar and position it securely on your back
  4. Take a big breath, brace hard and drive up to unrack
  5. Let the bar steady, then walk out from the rack
  6. Let the bar steady again then take a big breath, brace hard and commence your reps
  7. Upon finishing your reps, let the bar steady before you walk it back into the rack
  8. Lower the bar into the rack and get out from under the bar

My custom squat setup

I’ve been squatting for a few years now and over that time have developed a rather unique squat setup that seems to work pretty well for me.

It’s important to understand this setup is unique to me and lifters shouldn’t try to emulate my setup, but rather develop their own by using the basics mentioned above.

Based on those tips above we can see that I have 26 points to my squat routine and set. Nearly all of these happen automatically and without a second thought.

My 26 squat pointers

  1. Apply chalk to my hands
  2. Do up my lever belt
  3. Do up my wrist wraps, left then right
  4. Position myself behind the barbell
  5. Place left hand on the bar, then right hand
  6. Roll bar back in the rack and make it’s secure
  7. Make sure grip is set and the bar feels good in my hands
  8. Align head and feet with the centre of the bar
  9. Chest bump the bar a few times to make sure I’m centre
  10. Get under the bar and position it lower on my back than is required
  11. Wriggle bar up my back into position
  12. Shake my head around a few times and make sure bar feels secure
  13. Adjust feet as required so they’re under the bar
  14. Big breath, brace into belt
  15. Unrack, make sure steady and balanced
  16. Take three steps back, left foot first
  17. Lock knees and hips, make sure I’m steady and balanced
  18. Big breath, brace hard
  19. Initiate the rep by breaking at hips
  20. Descend under control and with weight on heels
  21. Hit depth
  22. Drive up fast, chest high, elbows forward
  23. Lockout rep and repeat
  24. Finish set
  25. Walk back into rack starting with left foot first
  26. Hit rack, lower bar, drop right foot back and get out from under the bar

Above you can see me complete 5 sets of 2 reps with 240kg to demonstrate just how similar each of my squat sets look.

Bulk Nutrients Expert - Dave Napper

Dave Napper

Dave Napper is a world record breaking personal trainer, nutritionist, powerlifter and business owner.

He is the owner-operator of Brisbane North Barbell, helping to train the next generation of powerlifters and strongmen.

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