Improving your squat and dead lift with a body weight exercise.
Sounds impossible right?
Once you’ve become strong in the squat and dead lift you’d think that all the body weight squats in the world aren’t going to help.
(well at least, that’s what I thought)
However, I did find one body weight exercise that seems to have really helped my dead lift starting strength, and my squat depth (which has always been an issue for me).
Now, normally when I’m in the mood to try some crazy body weight exercises I turn to Adam Steer at BodyWeightCoach.com for ideas. However, this nasty little exercise comes from a much different source…
Meet the Shiko.
Sometimes referred to as the ‘sumo stomp’.
Flexibility + Strength + Balance = better dead lift starting strength and a deeper squat.
Now, for MOST of us (or maybe it’s just me) the flexibility and balance issues will make this an exercise you’ll want to do in the privacy of your own home…
I’ve been doing them now for 3 weeks and have A) become much better (but not great) at them, and B) have noticed that my squat and dead lift feel awesome.
So something for you to try.
(A video full of thongs, just for you!)
(This one’s a little dark, but a good one for the ‘rhythm’ of the movement)
BP
PS- If you are following the Anabolic Again Muscle Building Protocol you would do these as extra workouts, but ONLY during your lower body compound cluster cycles.
