The Zercher squat can offer a low back-friendly alternative to back squats. Here’s how to do it right and incorporate it into your routine.
| | | If you’ve been curious about steel mace training but don’t know where to begin,\xa0or feel intimidated by what seems like a medieval bludgeon, let this guide demystify the mace for you. By the end, you’ll understand why it’s outlasted innumerable\xa0fitness\xa0innovations and gimmicks alike to remain one of the most effective training implements you can use to enhance stability, mobility, power, and rotational strength.\xa0  The Zercher squat\xa0can offer a low back-friendly alternative to back squats\xa0that also prepares you for sports like strongman competition or MMA. Here’s how to do it right and incorporate it into your routine. The Zercher squat gets its funny name from a strongman named Ed Zercher. The rumor is that Zercher didn’t have a squat rack in his gym, so, rather than squat with a bar on his back, he had to place the barbell on the floor and then bend down and hook his arms\xa0under it to lift the bar into position at his belly. Today, many lifters do Zercher squats using a squat rack, but they perform the same basic movement, holding the bar in front of their body, in the bend of their elbows. | |
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