What is the belt squat?
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What is the belt squat?

The belt squat is a variation of the squat in which the weight is anchored to the waist via a belt, rather than a standard loading method. This may be beneficial for some lifters as it removes the spine from the equation, and may enable you to put more loading on the legs/quads directly. However, I believe that this also has some drawbacks, and may not be a universal benefit.

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What is the Jefferson deadlift?
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What is the Jefferson deadlift?

The Jefferson deadlift is an interesting deadlift variation which has some unique advantages. Unfortunately, it also doesn’t have as much usage in current strength sports, relegating it mostly to the status of a niche exercise which won’t be for everyone.

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Training For the Supertotal
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Training For the Supertotal

The supertotal is the combined total of your powerlifting total and your weightlifting total, measuring general strength across all the powerlifts and Olympic lifts. There is no competition which recognizes this total, but you may still wish to train for it, and we lay out a solid plan for doing it here. We also analyze the problems you’ll likely face with this approach, and why it won’t be a good fit for most.

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