BFS Position Paper: The Box Squat
The BFS position on its most controversial lift — the box squat: the case for it, the compression-force concern against it, and how BFS teaches it safely.
What you’ll learn
- Why coaches either love or hate the box squat
- The in-season strength case for it
- The spinal compression concern, addressed head-on
- Proper box squat form as taught at BFS clinics
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Training program
Included with PlatinumSquatober 2019
2019's month-long squat program created by Pen and Paper Strength App .
Training program
Included with PlatinumBFS Offseason
The classic BFS build: box squat, towel bench, power clean and hex bar carried on set-rep records, with speed and plyometric work between the strength days.
Training program
Included with PlatinumBFS Conditioning
Sprint intervals, tempo runs, agility circuits and the dot drill, on minimal equipment. It keeps the gap between structured blocks from being where fitness quietly dies.
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