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Weight training, Biomechanics, Kinesiology

HOW TO PROPERLY BREATH WITH A LIFTING BELT

Hugo Noya Enríquez / May 24, 2026

Today I’m going to explain about something a little more basic, but very important. I´m going to take you through basic anatomy and mechanics of a proper breath with a belt. When we aren’t thinking about it, we normally take breaths properly. If you’re like going to dive underwater or something, you’re going to get a big belly breath. You’re going to expand your diaphragm and get as much air in you as possible. But anytime you tell someone to take a big breath, they normally do it incorrectly. They take a big chest breath. They kind of suck their belly in and take a big shallow breath and they get their chest real big. That’s not what we want to do when we are doing a Valsalva maneuver to lift heavy weights.

Weight training, Biomechanics

THE PROPER PLACEMENT OF THE BAR IN THE SQUAT

Hugo Noya Enríquez / May 17, 2026

I´m going to take you through the proper placement for the bar in the squat, discussing the effects of the position for training, and how the back musculature and forearms support this position during the movement.
In Starting Strength training they do what Mark Rippetoe calls the low-bar squat position. The low-bar squat position is different than where the bar is up high on top of your traps. A high-bar squat has got a much more vertical back angle. A much more vertical back angle tends to unload the back itself. The back is more in compression with a vertical position than it is in moment. And we want to load the back in moment, we want to load the hips in moment, and we want to load everything we can load to put more stress on all these major structures. So, we’re going to put the bar lower on the back in order to specifically create a more horizontal back angle.

Weight training

DON´T DROP THE BAR

Hugo Noya Enríquez / May 10, 2026

Let’s talk about the most effective way to use the power rack for squatting. The power rack is an essential tool for training. Mark Rippetoe, the author of Starting Strength, doesn’t regard it as optional. They don’t squat off of squat stands at the Wichita Falls Athletic Club. They always squat either outside of or inside of the rack. Outside or inside depends on a couple of things.

Weight training, Weightlifting

HOW TO WRAP YOUR THUMBS

Hugo Noya Enríquez / May 5, 2026

In this post you´re going to know how, why, and when to use a thumb wrap for pulls. There’s a million different ways to tape your thumb. I’m going to show you the way that Rusty, coach at the Wichita Falls Athletic Club, likes to do it and when he likes to do it. This is pretty simple stuff. It’s not rocket science, but there’s a few things that you might want to consider whenever you decide to tape your thumbs.

Weight training, Health, Injuries and rehabilitation

SHOULD OLDER PEOPLE DEADLIFT?

Hugo Noya Enríquez / April 20, 2026

There’s a lot of bad information out that saying deadlifts are bad for you. They’re not. Starting Strength coach Rusty from the Wichita Falls Athletic Club has an 82 year old client who does deadlifts. If his 82 year old can get in there and deadlift, you can. Deadlifts aren’t bad for you. Not deadlifting is bad for you. Deadlifting with bad technique is bad for you. Everybody that says the juice isn’t worth the squeeze with deadlifts, they just don’t know how to coach a deadlift. That’s bad information.

Weight training, Injuries and rehabilitation

HOW TO DO GUIDED RACK PULLS

Hugo Noya Enríquez / April 8, 2026

How can you apply stress with pulls to train strength and balance when stability issues are present? In this post I´m going to show you a way that Starting Strength coach at the Wichita Falls Athletic Club, Carmen Phillips, uses to set up in the rack to get the job done.

Weight training, Injuries and rehabilitation

SQUATTING WITH LIMITED SHOULDER RANGE OF MOTION

Hugo Noya Enríquez / March 30, 2026

What do you do when injuries and structural changes make it so that holding the bar in the squat is limiting? In this post I´ll show a couple options that Rusty and Carmen, both coaches at the Wichita Falls Athletic Club, use so that their clients can still train the squat. Coaches Rusty and Carmen are always dealing, especially in the morning, with a bunch of retirees and they come with different types of issues that both have to overcome to get people to squat.

Weight training, Injuries and rehabilitation

HOW TO PRESS AGAINST THE RACK

Hugo Noya Enríquez / March 22, 2026

We’re going to talk about the monolift today. When you’re benching by yourself, you need to be safe. The monolift and a good power rack is a good combination to stay safe while still lifting the heaviest amounts of weights as you can. So we’re going to talk about how to set it up, and then talk about a few things that you need to think about when you are setting up a monolift.

Weight training

HOW TO SET UP THE MONOLIFT IN THE RACK FOR A SAFE BENCH PRESS

Hugo Noya Enríquez / March 14, 2026

Weight training

WHAT IS THE PROPER SQUAT DEPTH AND WHY?

Hugo Noya Enríquez / March 1, 2026

Today we´re going to discuss the standard for squat depth, comparing and contrasting the positions in high squats with proper squats.
In Starting Strength, coaches like Rusty from the Wichita Falls Athletic Club have the reasons why they want to be squatting to the proper depth. It involves the hamstring, back angle, knee angle, most muscle mass… In this post, I’m just going to be talking about what that depth looks like.