What goes through the minds of people who do this goofy shit?
I can't speak for other people but for me it's:>I want to fuck a girl in the standing position without having an aneurysm
Everything cause their spine don't snap.
The pump is nuts
>>76926024sorry. i just felt like it. :(
I also think about fucking a fat girl when I do these
What makes it goofy? What makes it goofier than a barbell back squat?
>>76926067Because it's always some dweeb doing it with lmao0.5pl8 in stead of getting their basic ass squat, DL, row and curl to non dyel figures. But that's hard and and requires effott so here you are doing meme variants of the fundamentals
>>76926024I don't have a squat rack
>>76926087Zercher squat is my best variation, I can hit 440 for two singles.I just like them, they're fun and not as crushing as a back squat. I don't give a shit about people who try to rationalize them with 'muh functional strength', it's just a unique and effective variation.
I find it weird how few people seem to have a claustrophobia response to squatting. Like one third of people are deathly afraid of heights but 99 out of 100 can just hop into a situation that feels like it would crush their entire body and they just don't panic.
>>76926024the only reason I don't do this is because I don't want to hurt my bicep tendons
>>76926115I always squat in a squat rack with safeties set properly.
>>76926115Because unless you are retarded you don't just put 300kg on the bar if you know you can't handle the weight. SO if put on 150kg and I know I can handle it I feel decent about it even though even that still would be enough weight to get me in trouble if things do go wrong. Although I see olympic lifters do that shit from stands with no safeties and 250-300kg and it DOES make me feel squeamish even if for them the weight probably seems the same as 150k does for me.
>>76926024It's the only squat variation I can do at full range without the spinal load causing issues for my lower back.Because of my body proportions it's the only squat I can do while staying upright.
>>76926024I don't know, but I know what's gonna being go through your mind in the next 89 hours.
>>76926153>>76926124I get it but the same logic doesn't apply to heights where people can know they are safe on a roller coaster but they still are freaking out
>>76926067grabbing things with your elbows is weirder than carrying them on your back
>>76926286>I don't know, but I know what's gonna being go [sic] through your mind in the next 89 hours.What are you talking about?
>>76926103440 lbs for 2 singles is nice. Zercher squats are uncomfortable to do so people don't do them or shit on them. Nothing feels better than doing a 400 lb+ zercher then slamming the bar into the rack onto the j-cups.
>>76926353>j-cups
>>76926338You know what I'm talkin' about.
>>76926024good stuff
>>76926024for me its>ah fuck my elbows hurt
>>76926024I am a hobby freestyle wrestler and it comes very close to lifting someone up so I basically think when doing it, that I am lifting another man up.
>>76926024I saw a guy doing zercher walking lunges today with 40kg. That was a new one. Looked like it was hurting his arms.
>>76926353>Zercher squats are uncomfortableHaving a bar on your back is uncomfortable at first too. You get used to it. Some never do and even use pads.
I train them over "conventional" squats simply because it's a movement I use almost daily at work. Unironically functional training.
>>76926024I have a barbell but no rack.
>>76926024>God, I wish I was holding a qt in my arms
>>76929081>He doesn't steinborn squatNGMI
>>76926032ThisOne dude actually asked me why I do them and I told him, does he want the real answer or the pr answer?But in truth, it's the best core activation squat variation. You do zerchers, your normal squats will immediately get better simply because of it. After heavy zerchers, normal barbell back squats feel like vacation.
>>76926024>i like this better than front squats cause front squats hurt me too much
>>76929163>fuck up your back any% speedrun
>>76929261Zerchers feel more painful than me than front squats, only the choking aspect of front squats is more uncomfortable (unless you are into that ofc)
>>76926024Feels better on my hips despite being able to do atg back squat
>>76930780i think i have some anomalous blood vessel that goes there cause front squats hurt me like im getting stabbed
>>76926353>j-cupsNatural? Lactating?
Anyone else do zercher deadlifts?
>>76926338>he doesn’t know lmao nobody better tell him either
>>76930765No reason Steinborn would fuck up your back if you start easy enough and slowly build up your capacity, just like with any other barbell lift.
>>76926024Underhooks, takedown defense, strongman comp, and "I wonder if I should buy a squat rack"
>>76931102Yes, they are gigabased.
>>76926024i "get" zercher deadlifts but i have no idea why you'd do these instead of simple front squats this movement is good for exactly one thing and it's moving the bar around on the squat rack without removing too many weights cause you're lazy (sometimes i still end up bruising my biceps doing this if im not careful, fuck ass movement)
>>76933009Vastly different core, lower back, and hip activation compared to a front squat or back squat, driving different adaptations. A strong front squatter will have strong quads, but a strong zercher squatter will have a powerful posterior chain and core in addition to strong legs.
>>76928374>so I basically think when doing it, that I am lifting another man up.
>>76926024I want to be able to suplex a nilla
