Goblet squats

#1 10-09-2007, 03:16 AM

Thanks to a response to one of my posts here and an article in Men's Health,
I've been doing goblet squats lately. I'm using pretty light weights right
now. Start with a 50-lb dumbell for 10 reps, then a 75 for 10, and down to a
50 or 60 for another 10; full range of motion for all sets.

What I like about them is they feel easier to do correctly form-wise, so I'm
less worried about injury, and they feel fairly intense, even at the low
weights I'm doing. After my second set my pulse has been hitting about
80-85% of my estimated MHR, which is higher than most other weight exercises
I do. (Now that I think about it, I can do correct 8-rep sets of leg presses
with 14 plates (45s) and my pulse rate is usually about 10-20 BPM lower than
when I do goblet squats. )

Anybody else doing goblets as their only squat exercise?

#2 10-09-2007, 03:16 AM

"Zen Cohen" <aturny@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks to a response to one of my posts here and an article in Men's
> Health, I've been doing goblet squats lately. I'm using pretty light
> weights right now. Start with a 50-lb dumbell for 10 reps, then a 75
> for 10, and down to a 50 or 60 for another 10; full range of motion
> for all sets.
>
> What I like about them is they feel easier to do correctly form-wise,
> so I'm less worried about injury, and they feel fairly intense, even
> at the low weights I'm doing. After my second set my pulse has been
> hitting about 80-85% of my estimated MHR, which is higher than most
> other weight exercises I do. (Now that I think about it, I can do
> correct 8-rep sets of leg presses with 14 plates (45s) and my pulse
> rate is usually about 10-20 BPM lower than when I do goblet squats. )
>
> Anybody else doing goblets as their only squat exercise?

No.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

#3 10-09-2007, 03:16 AM

"Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote in message
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> "Zen Cohen" <aturny@hotmail.com> wrote in message

.....
>> Anybody else doing goblets as their only squat exercise?
>
> No.
>
>

>

why doesn't that surprise me? ;-)

#4 10-09-2007, 03:16 AM

>>> Anybody else doing goblets as their only squat exercise?

They are really just light front squats using a dumbbell. I normally do
barbell fronts squats however occasionally (when for whatever reason I don't
want to train heavy) I'll do them in this fashion. A couple of sets
supersetted with Hindu squats really blast the legs.

I've used them on and off for years but didn't know they were called "goblet
squats". Maybe that's just a new name for them.

Ruiseart.
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#5 10-09-2007, 05:17 PM

On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Ruiseart agus Ceit wrote:

>>>> Anybody else doing goblets as their only squat exercise?
>
> They are really just light front squats using a dumbbell.

Mmm. I quite like front squats - they're somehow more fun than normal
ones. Not that i've done either in quite a while now. Bad Tom.

Here is what a guy had to say about ways of holding the weight for front
squats:

http://www.straighttothebar.com/2006...e_front_s.html

The double kettlebell version is ... well, i think i'd find that
distracting if people did it in my gym.

He misses the way i hold the bar: kind of in the clean position, but with
hands pronated, on top of the bar. Like you'd just finished a curl. I find
it a lot easier to get into than the cossack or clean positions.

tom

--
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for smart, sexy, geeky women. It's more the place for luau excess,
non-literate arts, and maritime athleticism. -- applez

#6 10-09-2007, 10:22 PM

"Zen Cohen" <aturny@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks to a response to one of my posts here and an article in Men's
> Health, I've been doing goblet squats lately. I'm using pretty light
> weights right now. Start with a 50-lb dumbell for 10 reps, then a 75 for
> 10, and down to a 50 or 60 for another 10; full range of motion for all
> sets.
>
> What I like about them is they feel easier to do correctly form-wise, so
> I'm less worried about injury, and they feel fairly intense, even at the
> low weights I'm doing. After my second set my pulse has been hitting about
> 80-85% of my estimated MHR, which is higher than most other weight
> exercises I do. (Now that I think about it, I can do correct 8-rep sets of
> leg presses with 14 plates (45s) and my pulse rate is usually about 10-20
> BPM lower than when I do goblet squats. )
>
> Anybody else doing goblets as their only squat exercise?
>

Aren't you going to be restricted by how heavy of a dumbbell you can hold?
What problems did you have with traditional squats?

--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

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#7 10-09-2007, 10:22 PM

"Zen Cohen" <aturny@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote in message
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>> "Zen Cohen" <aturny@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> ....
>>> Anybody else doing goblets as their only squat exercise?
>>
>> No.
>>
>>

>>
>
> why doesn't that surprise me? ;-)
>

I don't think Steve can even jerk off without the use of a kettlebell! :-)

--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

http://www.hardbopdrums.com/

#8 10-09-2007, 10:22 PM

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> "Zen Cohen" <aturny@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Zen Cohen" <aturny@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> ....
>>>> Anybody else doing goblets as their only squat exercise?
>>>
>>> No.
>>>
>>>

>>>
>>
>> why doesn't that surprise me? ;-)
>>
>
> I don't think Steve can even jerk off without the use of a kettlebell!
> :-)

Google

iron crotch kung fu

for some painful, er, interesting reading.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

#9 10-10-2007, 01:48 AM

"Hard Bop Drums" <nospam@hardbopdrums.com> wrote in message
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> Aren't you going to be restricted by how heavy of a dumbbell you can hold?

Yes, but that's not a problem because relatively low weights (eg, 75 lbs)
are challenging for the time being.

> What problems did you have with traditional squats?

Having trouble with proper form and don't wanna further damage my botched L
knee.