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Originally Posted by sayid_the_saviour
JakeDuke, do you think an intermediate who can squat more than twice his body weight for reps with decent form could do WSB and increase their squat significantly?
Yeah definitely. The biggest hurdle is having access to
1) resources to help you learn things like box squats and squatting with bands (internet and people who have done WSB can do this)
2) The equipment (e.g. boxes, bands, platforms for banded DL pulls, etc).
1 is very important, 2 can be somewhat worked around if you're creative although bands are an absolute necessity.
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Or do you think as Doug Funnie says it is important to get in high numbers of high effort reps with the squat to keep up with the skill/technical aspect of squatting?
My squat form actually got better doing WSB stuff since my glute and hamstring strength/awareness improved a great deal. Keep in mind that they occasionally do oly stance squatting as assistance work and banded box squats is one of the main DE exercises, so even if they max stuff is only singles you'll still get plenty of squat work in. Also, for DE work you're supposed to move the submaximal weight as if it was a max effort lift - this is fairly taxing.