The Front Squat, in my opinion, builds more grit than any other lift. First off, having heavy weight sitting on that front rack position puts substantial pressure on the shoulders punishing every soul that hasn’t yet reached a quality front rack position.  To top it off, it chokes the air right out of you. Now the beauty of the Front Squat is that the front rack position allows you to bail anytime you want with ease. Like so easily, just drop and the pain is all gone. What builds that grit is the fact that even though you have an easy way out and every rep is screaming at you to just drop that bar, you say oh hell no and grind through another rep. Think of grit strength as your Super Boost that if you’ve accumulated enough through past grit building exercises you can use at the end of that workout when death is imminent but not for you.  You’ve got your super boost of hard earned grit. That super boost is very valuable come open season which is right around the corner as well as during that little competition coming up in February. Front Squats build grit, do Front Squats. 

Hey Thursday.