Alan Thrall Coaching the Squat: Starting Strength Training Model
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Watch my "How To Squat" tutorial video here: • How To Squat: Low Bar
In this video, Alan Thrall teaches the squat using the Starting Strength teaching model. This "fly on the wall" footage is from random training sessions at Untamed Strength gym in Sacramento, CA.
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This is really nice to SEE the repetition with multiple people. Different bodies shows different obstacles. Thx dude
I really love how the lapel mic is clipped to Alan's beard.
Love this kind of content. Using beginners and real people to coach.
More please!
A couple of years a go when I was learning to squat, this was really useful. Now I'm teaching my brother how to squat and need to learn how to coach the movement... turns out this is the video that keep on giving!
This is one of the best squatting videos I've ever seen
This was some good content! I would love it if Alan would do the same with deadlift and bench sessions
If you can squat a bar, you can poop in the woods.
That's functional fitness for you lol
or sh!t your pants while walkin?
I always wonder how people poop in the wood if they can't properly squats and fall back during pooping . . . . not end well.
@my mom Wow, what is wrong with you? I mean emotionally, aside from your mental deficit and lack of education.
You can survive in india lol
THAT BEARD MIC THOUGH
I love everyone hating on SS and Alan teaching the stylings of SS, keep doing you thing Alan, ill keep watching!
I like this style of video, I can see myself going through these cues in my head when i'm squatting. It's really helpful to see a visual representation of the starting strength book and helps put things into perspective watching other people go through the cues.
It's a miracle, this comment section is spawning squat and anatomy experts left and right
This is actually very helpful.
Seeing the common mistakes being corrected, helped me reevaluate my form.
Thanks Alan
How long before Alan starts saying hhhwhy?
HEEP DRAIVE
hwhat?
FOOLISHNESS!
Showing videos of you coaching people is really useful. It's good to see what mistakes actual beginners make and to get your advice on correcting the issues. Nice work :)
Using lots of people in this series is a great way to show a variety issues people run into when learning these exercises and a also a great way to teach.
Thanks for all the help Alan. Really appreciate it. You've got a couple Marines out here in 29 palms following your videos and training tips. Semper fi brother
"that's hip drive" Alan sounds so happy when he tells him haha like he's told him a secret to unlock something haab
I think its awesome he is a starting strength coach now. Watching Rip's videos accelerated my training.
I'm a rah rah man, especially when training. I whole heartedly admire the way you coach. You're direct and kind at the same time. I'm working on that growth to become a more gentle trainer.
Thanks to the people who agreed to have their learning moments filmed so that we could have this video to help us.
Thanks to you Alan I have fixed my squat and deadlift you've help me improve
This video is amazingly helpful! I've been trying to lead with my chest, instead of my butt even though this is supposed to be a leg exercise... I've also been trying to break first with my knees instead of both hips and knees breaking at once, because I've heard knees are supposed to break first, but it feels so unnatural to have them break separately. Both breaking together feels so much more natural and correct for my body. Thank you for this! I used to lift weights and am getting back into it. I used to never squat because I heard it was so easy to mess up and destroy your back. I was fine with deadlifting though lol. This video gives me the confidence to try squatting now that I'm getting back on the saddle!
Alan, you're a god damned treasure, been following you for a long time and you just keep getting better and better. Thanks for all the great content. My coaching is 100x better thanks to you and others, big fan of Rip too.
When I first started lifting I just viewed the squat as a simple movement to train the legs. Just put the bar on your shoulders and go up and down.
But it’s so much more than that. It’s such a complex movement. I’ve done more research on the back squat than any other lift and I’m STILL learning.
I have rehabilitated 15 people using the starting strength model and all of them have become beast after a year of starting strength. When physical therapy fails you or bodybuilding fails you you'll pay good money to be trained by Alan thrall or any starting strength coach. P. S. Mark rippetoe is a barbell strength god sent to us from the cast iron plate heavens😇😇😇
I really don't understand all the hate for SS in the comments. I personally don't do EVERYTHING the SS way, but it's such a fantastic starting place to build skill, I don't see the problem here.
When I first started studying Rippetoe's methods, I was a high bar squatter. I switched to SS method, and I sucked at it for a while, then I got better, and after a while I adapted into my own variation of it. It's well worth going through, even if you don't end up keeping EVERYTHING from the method.
So... I wish I watched this video before I did my squat set today and tried helping my newb friends. Regardless I sent them your updated squat video and I'm learning a lot.
Also, I appreciate that each of the trainees have very different body types. Makes it easier to understand how far some should lean over.
Can't wait to try. Thanks Alan Thrall!!!
THIS VIDEO HELPED ME SO MUCH! I was getting so frustrated, not able to squat 30# without feeling my form was off and I just felt like I was too weak for the bar. I watched this today and did squats at the END of my deadlift session with weight on the bar! I could cry 😭
Retired USMC Infantry. Bearded brother with epic head mane. Irreverent, cynical, simply spoken. Strong in mind and body. Excellent instructor presence, delivery and proficiency. Yup. Allan Thrall is my new Man-Crush.
I finally got it! Thanks Alan, after many vids this one helped the most. You rock.
I like Allans new direct ss style of explanations and training but I hope he doesn't loose his personal style and unique personality which made his videos enjoyable
Love the format of the video, I appreciate the effort in the editing. Very informative.
Are you considering a class demonstration video like this for other big lifts?
This was one of the most helping videos ever! Loved it! Keep it up man!
I’ve been squatting wrong for 25 years! Lol. Alan Throll’s vídeos on the low bar squat have been insanely helpful the last few days.
I am like the guy in blue. I did all the same stuff. super helpful to see him work through the sticking points
Heyy
This was SO helpful! I’m a new personal trainer and tomorrow is my first session 😬 so this was so helpful to see you coach multiple people in real time!!
This is so helpful! Your other videos is great, but this is helpful on another level
This was a very helpful video Alan, especially for people like me who are just getting into coaching people and have no experience. It gave me insight on how to coach people, whether theyre rookies or bit more experienced.
Best squat tutorial i've seen in a while! I'll repeat this again and again in my squat workout tomorrow: Hips UP!
WE NEED MORE TUTORIALS LIKE THIS !!! Helps a lot !!!
Coath Alan is doing a great job over there. Getting passable squats of all these different people on day one.
Damn man there isn’t better advice on the internet than yours, thx for helping people with those videos
This was incredibly helpful. Alan’s videos on the squat has helped me so much - thank you!!
Thanks Allan for some reason this helped even more than the other squat videos you've done, which are terrific. I was making all the same beginner mistakes. You rock :)
Great work Alan! Love seeing how you really put yourself into it and give clear instructions - also not being afraid to give the good old slap on the low back to teach HIP DRAAAAAHVE
Great coaching, they all looked pretty good by the end
I'm linking this video underneath a video that I released today anout a recent incident when a creeper at the gym (who doesn't look like he has ever squatted) told me to do the exact opposite of everything I'm supposed to do. Thank you for the clear instruction!
so basically he told you to do a star jump?
Nobody cares
This was a fun vid to watch. Very real world examples and classic of what you'll see at any given gym.
Awesome coaching. Not afraid to say "too deep" or "put your knees over your toes."
I'm no expert but given my knowledge I'd say you picked out all the major stuff for each person, just like you were supposed to.
Also, girl in white top seems like a natural squatter. She seemed to be best built for it.
Awesome vid. More please!
Alan, maybe a question for a future Q&A video: now that you're SSC certified, do you have any advice or tips for people aspiring to get their SSC cert in the future? I understand it's a tough exam with a very high failure rate.
This video really helped me fix my posture, i was having alot of problems leaning forward while squatting. Doing this at home with bar and videoing myself I was able to look for the position and movement Allen was asking these people for and with some time really straighten up my squat.
Excellent... now I can send zillions of people to this video... Thanks, Alan!
No signs of intelligent life in the comment section..keep up the good work Alan, you can fix a squat, it's just to bad you can't fix stupid. Or maybe that can be your next video for all the people "unsubscribing".
Phenomenal content, Alan. Keep creating more of this.
more of these videos Alan, good stuff
every one of them improved noticeably. very helpful , will use tomorrow. thanks for your vids.
by far the very best squat video ever made!
Great video! I learned alot watching you correct their form. I'm making videos of my squat form so I can verify what I'm really doing.
I didn't realize this was the starting strength method but this is exactly how I squat. I've tried everything else and this is most comfortable for me
So if I wanted to squat high bar you'd ask me to leave the premises?
Not if you pay your membership dues on time every month.
Kiddowesth these people are here to learn low bar, he has nothing against high bar
This stuff works for me, personally, with my unique personal issues. I love the low bar squat style. I do still go AtG, but for high reps and light weight. When I want to go heavy though, the Bill Starr/ SS method is one I have adopted, and it works for my body better than anything else. Love the videos.
Everyone improved their form, great job Alan!
I'm in Canada. Sure would be great to have you as a coach. You seem to take pride in the success of folks you train. Very detail orientade. Makes the difference between injury and managing to squat 300lbs - 500lbs.
MORE ALAN THRALL COACHING VIDEOS, PLEASE!!!
Thanks Alan. Your videos help me a lot.
I've helped alot of friends get into lifting, and coaching their squat is by far the most difficult thing I"ve ever done.
Great content great video Alan. Thanks for putting the effort in, and for presenting it to us.
Please do some more of these. It would very helpful to watch you coach bench and deadlift.
This is helping me a lot with my low bar squats. Thanks man.
You are so fucking good at explaining this
Alan you are an amazing coach
Thanks Alan! This was awesome. I learned just from watching you instruct real time....I hope to make it to your gym sometime in the future....I'm in AZ....but would love to check it out!
Really like these type of videos
This really helped Alan! Thanks a lot. This gave me some awesome cues to implement with people I coach
I feel like for some of these clients, they're intuitively squatting very well (upper back is very set, they're pushing their back immediately against the bar out of the hole, very good bar path, bringing the hips forward well), and the hip drive cue is fixing a problem they don't have, and introducing other ones ( at least one client appears to be moving the bar forward from mid foot after getting the hip drive cue, and another one starts rounding his upper back immediately when you tell him to bend over more)
Dude. The guy (Vik i think) who rounds his upper back every time you say "bend over more" reports pain from doing so, and you just tell him it's supposed to work his back. That's....not great.
I want Alan Thrall back, I'm already subscribed to Starting Strength....More Strong Man content!!!
Thanks Alan Thrall for this video, i wish i had a trainer like you coaching me
This was really helpfull, i should start video taping myself to see what i am doing wrong
Just wanted to say thank you. Your videos are informative while being entertaining enough to keep my attention. -skinny noob
I imagine a lot of novices have quite a bit of trouble getting the bar position with the SS prescribed thumbless grip and straight wrists, right? That was a huge struggle for me, but only in my right shoulder interestingly. I would get the worst pain in that shoulder (in the medial deltoid muscle itself). So bad I could barely focus on actually squatting and just wanted to get the damn thing off me as soon as possible.
Fixed it with deep, painful lacrosse ball rolling of that medial deltoid everyday, plus some stretching in a doorway mimicking the squat bar position. That, and I believe light dumbbell lateral raises helped loosen up, tear down and regrow the stiff muscle fibers.
Yeah I'm having similar issues at the moments. My left shoulder is less flexible than my right shoulder and it's really hard for me to keep my left wrist straight. I've been stretching and it's getting better but I still got ways to go.
This is ultimately the reason why my coach got a Buffalo bar for all the novices to do their low bar squat cycles
very simple, sweet and ready to learn a good squat. thank you
So much info I been squatting for a year and developed leg muscles but did no one ever show me how to squat! Jaja great job big thumbs up on the video! No bullshit just training 101 !
Alan, I really enjoy this style of coaching video. Can you do more videos like this for the other lifts?
3x a week! I'd only recommend that if you were already pretty seasoned as a lifter and wanted to solely focus on the squat. Getting everybody to do 3x a week will mean that they'll more than likely end up neglecting their form at some stage and end up injuring themselves. Maybe 2x and a deadlift session would be better, protect the knees by training the hamstrings, and your quads would still get sufficient work during the deadlift as well
This video is gold. Thanks Alan.
Wow Alan, I learned so much from this. Thanks, you're awesome!
Ur tutorial is always a big thumbs up.... Love you....
will there be a new how to bench video?
memo431 no cus starting strength's bench volume is so minuscule and shitty
I was more talking about how to setup and all that jazz
DEWIT
I would appreciate a bench video.
@@obpowerlifting Wait, are you saying SS isn't a squat program?
Please do a tutorial video on how to front squat... because the previous front squat video didn't have that much clarity....
This is actually so helpful!!
Love your videos. Great content always
this video is really that much helpful! because it is not only the technique what you show, but it is combined with some beginners problems and fails, and therefore one can learn so much from it, and combine it with the own problems, and maybe fixing them. I am stronger in low bar than high bar squat, but I have problems with my lower back all the time... I'm a far more better deadlifter than squater, no problems when deadlifting at all, although my deadlift begins from very high hips (almost romanian). but when squatting, I always get troubles with it. my back is not so relaxed than from the people in the video, also stretching doesnt help a lot. do you have maybe some special tips? and sorry for my bad english, native german :)
Cool video!
This is an awesome video, thanks Alan.
Thanks for the upload Alan. Easy to follow. Wish I knew this stuff earlier! cheers
Love this video, would love to see one for the deadlift, bench press and overhead press maybe!!!
Great vid Alan. Thanks for teaching me how to squat!
Nice video with a different point of view..much helpful
The tall, lanky, old white guy was interesting with the squat. I couldn’t figure out what he was doing at first but it seems like he was going to 90% completion of the lockout and then just stopping. Crazy. I’ve never seen that before.
What a helpful video, so many good cues. Also, awesome as my trainer was I'm still super envious of the people in this video. :D
Man, I'd love to have this coaching. If only I had it twenty years ago, but still.
Hey look, it's that Starting Strength channel.