Overhead Squats aaarrrggghhhh

[ACT Crusader]

Last few weeks have been working on these and must say I have never tried a weight lifting exercise that has been so difficult to execute<br />
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Been doing alot of Turkish getups to build shoulder and back strength<br />
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I do regular squats, front squats, barbell thrusters, regularly do bear workouts, but man these overheads are giving me grief <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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Any of the faithful do these regularly or had experience with them

[Mojoman]

Yep. I've been doing them all as part of Crossfit over the last couple of years. Overhead squats was the hardest to nail technically. I started with a broom stick for a while, then just the bar and finally loading weights. It helped strengthen my back too, I used to have occasional back pain from a weak core.<br />
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The thing I find with overhead squats is pushing my shoulders back far enough to balance when I'm in the squat phase.

[BartMan]

sounds mad, I love it.

[Red Beard]

Ive just started doing them (Doing 3/12 with Olympic bar supersetting with DB swings 3/15 ) to warm up before front squats. A technical movement but I like it.

[ACT Crusader]

A couple of half decent instructional vids. The 2nd one it appears he has the bar a little too far back, but still siome good tips<br />
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[Red Beard]

[quote name='ACT Crusader']A couple of half decent instructional vids. The 2nd one it appears he has the bar a little too far back, but still siome good tips<br />
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Cheers mate, found some of that was helpful.