You guys see that? Cool, awesome. Bring it on in.
So we could take the squat and we could break apart all of the little things we see going on,
but what I want you guys to learn from this session is that hopefully you have a plan, you see a bunch of stuff,
but you're very quickly able to realize what's the most important thing I should focus on.
Because that's where you should put your attention. And so what was that with Lisa based off the things we talked about?
Where was the bar going? It was going forward, exactly.
So we need to pull that bar back. Forward with anything but a PVC is going to be disastrous.
What's going to happen to the bar? It's going to crash down in front of her.
I think if we can create a little more awareness for Lisa, she's going to get a lot more out of this lift.
I think some of it is just her not putting enough into it—and I don't mean that negatively—I
just think she needs to know where to put her energy.
So come back into the center, face that way. I'm going to
try verbal, we're going to see how this works.
She's going to go overhead and I want to make sure she's in the right position to start.
I want you to notice that just by talking to her, she's already been able to fix this midline position,
where she's starting almost ready to bend over.
So that's way better. Now press up. Now don't
lose that position. Very, very slowly press up and get your butt back.
Good. Press up, get your butt back, chest up.
Lower, lower, knees out, knees out.
Better, same or worse? Go ahead and stand.
It is not as good as she can get it but that was better.
Just a little bit of awareness on her part put her in a better position.
Rest for a second. Now, she's kind of starting to do this.
What were those three parts that we talked about?
What's the big muscle, the big joint? When I'm here I haven't
pulled back my shoulder blades. All I'm doing is kind of up at all costs.
Let's fix that and see if she can then go through a better position.
So go overhead.
Pull these shoulder blades back—good. Lock your ribs down.
I'm going to pull her elbows—see where her elbows are?—forward.
I'm going to pull that bar just a little forward. This is where she needs to be.
Don't move. Right here we lifted the lat.
Very, very slowly go down. Pull your whole chest back.
Whole chest back, whole chest back, whole chest back.
Further, further, knees out, further.
Down, down, down! Lisa, you're amazing!
Stand back up. What do you guys think?
I think she's pretty amazing for just two repetitions with some verbal cueing.
You'll notice that I used my leg a lot, I believe that she can do it without it and I want you to
see if they can. This is for when people first get in that position,
they really don't have balance and they fall over. It's just to support her.
Gentlemen, you don't get away with it as easily by putting your leg in a girl's booty, so
tell them what you're going to do—Hey, my leg's behind you, is that OK?
So go ahead back up.
I'm not going to support her this time, lock it down, there it is.
Look, she already found that position better! Very slowly, Lisa, knees out, butt back. Knees out, chest up.
Slow slow, slow—I'm right here. One more time.
Love this concentration. Ah, there it is. Ready?
Knees out, knees out, knees out, pull it back, stand! Good. That deviated farther than when I was supporting her,
but it was still better than the firs one, OK? Questions on that overhead squat?
Questions from you, Lisa?
Student: It's hard with just the PVC pipe. I wouldn't want my students to lift with any weight, right?
I think it's scary when you're not really super familiar with the lifts. So here's what
I want you to think about. The PVC creates brilliant kinesthetic awareness—
—our body understanding what it's doing, which is really all that Lisa needed,
that little bit of awareness, right?
The load actually gives us a little more feedback and actually allows for a better position.
So we're not going to max people out that don't have this gorgeous form, necessarily,
we want everyone to go heavy, but we're not going to put them in an unsafe position
if they can't get there. But we'll still load them.
Because they'll get in a better position. Cool?