Shoulder Press & Box Squat

21 Mar 14 (Fri)

  4 Rounds

  5 DB Seated Shoulder Press  (2x30lb)

  Rest

  3 Rounds

  5 Box Squat, Smith               (100lb)

  Rest

  Cooldown

  500m Row

  Doing the box squats in the Smith-rack worked quite well.

  Since the proper motion of the barbell in any squat is straight up-and-down, then the rack's restricted motion didn't matter. Without having to worry about not dumping the weight, then I could focus upon keeping the shins vertical and getting the hips properly back and low. This helped avoid some of the inevitable knee-soreness. I'll mix these in to substitute for leg presses sometimes.