Box Squats & Compression of the Spine

[thenaturalguy]

One of the bros in my local gym came up to me today as I was on my last set of box squats. As I racked the bar he started YELLING for everyone in the gym to pretty much hear. He was telling me, "What are you thinking sitting down with all that weight on your back?! If you want to stay 5' for the rest of your life keep doing that and fuk up your lower back. I had to go to a chiro to get my back fixed and worked out from that."

What's the verdict here on box squatting?

[Torrtrefireto]

Guy is stupid

I'm not a fan of box squats but if you do them properly its not going to ****ing shrink you

[thom2355]

If you slam on the box, it is not great for you....don't slam on the box.

[thenaturalguy]

If you slam on the box, it is not great for you....don't slam on the box.

i tend to "sit" down on the box, rock back then explode up like louis simmons teaches.

[stenzinator]

that guy sounds like a crazy bastard. i dont know what i would do if someone did that to me in the gym

[koyongi]

i tend to "sit" down on the box, rock back then explode up like louis simmons teaches.

Louie Simmons does not teach to rock back. Sit back, explode up. No rocking.

[thenaturalguy]

Louie Simmons does not teach to rock back. Sit back, explode up. No rocking.

http://m.youtube.com/index?#/results...ouie%20simmons

Watch at 1:30 when he "rocks back" from the hips no?

[E-Tank]

As long as you controlled sit on the box and not plop down youll be fine

guy is an idiot

[charizardbrah]

you endure more force on your spine each step while running or doing box jumps than you do from sitting down with 500lbs on your back

tell him to go slam a revolving door

[PLmanlet]

One of the bros in my local gym came up to me today as I was on my last set of box squats. As I racked the bar he started YELLING for everyone in the gym to pretty much hear. He was telling me, "What are you thinking sitting down with all that weight on your back?! If you want to stay 5' for the rest of your life keep doing that and fuk up your lower back. I had to go to a chiro to get my back fixed and worked out from that."

What's the verdict here on box squatting?

21 years old, 5'6, never done a box squat. Height is genetic. The misconception about heavy lifting preventing you from growing taller was proven to be completely incorrect decades ago. And as long as you aren't slamming or just hanging out sitting like that for 20 minutes, you should be fine with your lower back XD

[isaku900]

http://m.youtube.com/index?#/results...ouie%20simmons

Watch at 1:30 when he "rocks back" from the hips no?

relaxing the hip flexors is not a "rock back", it is part of sitting back onto the box.

[untranslatedZA]

relaxing the hip flexors is not a "rock back", it is part of sitting back onto the box.

Thanks for u and Konyogi, i was also rocking back, but in all the box squat videos i saw it looks like hes locking back. So u just relax your hips and keep your back tight ?

[isaku900]

Thanks for u and Konyogi, i was also rocking back, but in all the box squat videos i saw it looks like hes locking back. So u just relax your hips and keep your back tight ?

yea the difference is subtle, I agree. Hip flexors relax, back angle remains constant.

most people "rock back" by relaxing their back, not their hips.

[untranslatedZA]

I didnt relax anything , how do u relax ur back with all that weight on it, would just destroy me , but okay thanks for the info

[Xuaxace]

Rocking helps to build some momentum and lunch you forward. For my experience, when I used to rock, I used to use a lot more quads and didn't really use my glutes.

[UHCougar05]

that guy sounds like a retard.

FTFY

OP, I've been box squatting on and off for 15 years with no ill effects. If you're worried about spinal compression, hop on a reverse hyper, an inversion table, or see a chiro.