Nik Squats 120Kg x 10 slowed to three quarter speed

Recently I was in the gym when my colleague Nik started his Barbell Back Squat warm-up set of 120Kg (265 pounds) x 10 reps.

Nik was kind enough to let me film his movement, and I've slowed it to three quarter speed in the video below.I wanted to add a brief Blog to the video just to highlight a couple of things that can be observed:

1. Unrestricted movement at the knees - yes they can safely travel in front of the toes as outlined in this previous Blog.
2. A wall ball is placed behind Nik to provide feedback on his depth. Nik uses the ball to help remind him of depth late in the sets when he gets tired - one less thing to think about. The wall ball is soft so it also allows contact without the jarring that we might see if we used a hard plyo box.
3. Speaking of depth - what we see in the video is squatting to a very functional depth - deep enough to really test the glutes, quads, calf mobility and postural strength.
4. Nik's spinal posture is (at least in my opinion) amazing to the depth he is squatting. Not a butt wink to be seen - and this should be our goal when squatting to any depth - a rigid neutral spine is your best protection from injury. Keeping that strong neutral spine is more important than squatting lower with poor posture.

One last thing - no weights belt... No worries!