Squat

USING THE LEG PRESS TO BUILD STRENGTH TO SQUAT

Oct 5, 2025

Health, Injuries and rehabilitation, Weight training

Build strength to squat, Develop the leg strength needed to squat, How to develop the leg strength needed to squat, Leg press, Mark Rippetoe, Squat, Starting Strength, Using the leg press, Using the leg press to build strength to squat

Hugo Noya Enríquez

In this post I´m going to explain how the leg press can be used to incrementally load a new trainee to develop the leg strength needed to squat. A leg press machine is one of the most constant features of commercial gyms all over the world. Everybody’s got a leg press machine because it allows…
WHEN SHOULD YOU ADD OLYMPIC LIFTS TO YOUR GYM WORKOUTS?

Apr 14, 2025

Physical preparation, Weight training, Weightlifting

Deadlift, How to do the Olympic lifts, Learn to do the Olympic lifts, Olympic lifts, Power clean, Power snatch, Squat, Starting Strength, When to do the Olympic lifts

Hugo Noya Enríquez

In the Starting Strength programming we use versions of the Olympic lifts and they’re very important to the program. But a lot of people figure out a way to get out of having to do them. The reason they don’t want to do them is because they don’t know how. They haven’t figured out how…