SHOULD you or SHOULDN’T you squat below 90 degrees? Joel Seedman vs Zack Telander | EP 460
Align Podcast
Aaron Alexander
4.8 • 900 Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2023
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Align podcast, Joel Seedman and Zack Telander debate whether or not ATG squats are ultimately harmful for athletes and non-athletes alike. Joel dives deep into his stance, that squatting heavy loads below 90 degrees can be a dangerous movement . What’s more, he argues that it can cause premature aging of the body.
Zack, on the other hand, explores the benefits of movements like ATG squats. He argues that removing exercises entirely from a programme is too hard a line to draw. We end the episode with a challenge for both coaches.
Whose side are you on?
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| 0:00.0 | Today's conversation is irregular here on the Aline Podcast. This is somewhat of a debate or if not a debate a discussion around a proposition that Dr. Joel Seemone has been pioneering in the fitness |
| 0:17.1 | industry and the weightlifting industry and the training industry particularly in |
| 0:20.8 | relation to athletes which is avoiding ranges of motion below 90 degrees |
| 0:26.0 | on both squatting and bench press and so I brought on one of my dear friends and also renowned weightlifting coach, |
| 0:36.4 | Zach Tellander. |
| 0:37.6 | You can find him at Zach Tellander on his YouTube or the Instagram. |
| 0:41.8 | And we have a little bit of a discussion. |
| 0:44.8 | Zach pretty strongly disagrees with that. |
| 0:47.6 | Joel is someone that has received a lot of contention on the line from his perspectives and so I thought it'd be a great time to hash it out between the three of us and be sure to check this one out on the YouTube at a line podcast as well because put together a little challenge. |
| 1:05.6 | So Joel is going to go through a squatting program put together by Zach and then Joel challenged |
| 1:12.1 | Zach and I to go through a squatting program put together by him. |
| 1:16.0 | And we will be sharing those programs, sharing the results, and a lot to learn in this experience. |
| 1:22.4 | I think this is for folks that are familiar with Joel Stephen, |
| 1:25.4 | I think this is actually a pretty momentous moment |
| 1:28.0 | in fitness industry, or in fitness history rather, |
| 1:31.6 | because there's just been a ton of content in my internet about |
| 1:35.2 | this so to get the opportunity for him to actually go through a Astagrass squatting program |
| 1:40.7 | and then also vice versa taking us through his program and it's very cool it's very exciting and yeah |
| 1:46.7 | we're we're merging worlds so I hope you guys enjoy this conversation thank you for subscribing |
| 1:51.1 | so you get each week's episodes. |
| 1:53.0 | Thanks for leaving us for reviews. |
| 1:54.0 | I read all of them. |
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