The Overhead Squat

Mark Rippetoe is a well published strength coach and is revered in the CrossFit world. Here, Coach Rippetoe goes over the third major variation of the squat, the overhead squat. This is great for warm-ups since you are working everything from your shoulders to your hamstrings. A PVC pipe is the perfect implement to use when learning the overhead squat. The overhead squat (OHS) is also a part of the “Snatch” which is an olympic movement similar to the clean and jerk, except in the snatch the weight goes from ground to overhead in one explosive movement. Due to lack of shoulder flexibility in the average person, this movement can take some time to get used to However, some good shoulder mobility drills combined with some practice and we can all OHS.