Force Length Curve and The Squat Bounce: Passive vs Active Tension and Changing Direction

Apologies for the noise towards the end: we are next to a skate shop with a half-pipe and the mic amplified the noise quite a bit.
The force length curve explains the relationship between how much force a muscle can generate relative to how lengthened it is. Here, I explain that relationship and how it affects our technical approach with something like a squat bounce.

[@BuggKnuckle]

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[@AlexanderBromley]

I'm a very asymmetrical human being

[@brettcleveland6335]

Just downloaded and read your ebook. Thanks. I needed to read it.

[@nickcustodi592]

Great content as always. So much appreciation for the info

[@MickeyCloninger]

Thank you for your drive to educate. It is appreciated greatly!

[@AdrianFlorist]

Trying to learn as much as I can, these explanations have been helping a lot

[@paulhill4646]

Excellent explanations!

[@afterlife1897]

Can you make a video on how to increase the strict press?

[@MikeBarbell]

Underrated video

[@johnharbour4936]

Very informative! Gotta question for you. What does it mean when my last squat sets feel better/easier than my first few? Sometimes I have to grind a bit on the first couple and then every squat after that feels better. I do several warm-up sets. Perhaps there is something I need to sort of "activate" better?

[@AlexanderBromley]

That's normal. Every set you do increases your coordination with that movement, so much so that you might perform better despite being slightly fatigued. This is one of the benefits of performing multiple sets; increased technical proficiency over time.

[@johnharbour4936]

@@AlexanderBromley Awesome. Thanks for the feedback man. Keep up the great content!

[@mimoosa7390]

​@@johnharbour4936same for me when doing 6 x 6, first set very heavy, 3 sets great, last 2 sets heavy again

[@kentkreinberg6693]

are cable squats a correct direction of resistance so it wants to pull you forward right are wrong variation

[@jamesscott6661]

I don't like the idea of bouncing out of the bottom of a squat. Let's see what Mr. Breathing and bracing says about it.

[@harrison1496]

A lot of weightlifters bounce out of the hole with great success, just do what’s strongest for you

[@disacane8459]

@Omne Obstat underrated comment

[@FistfulOfGabagool]

​@@harrison1496 weightlifters are known to do a lot of pause work as well, they are both useful.

[@user-ov3nt4ll4d]

I know you are Westside critique but do you think long box below parallel can be useful for raw lifter to break concentric eccentric chain ?

[@rolandsoos8913]

I tend to bounce at the bottom nowadays as Im feeling the fatique in my head

[@xenios7]

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