What exercise can I substitute for box squats on CW’s Strength-Focused Mesocycle.
Could you link to the specific cycle you mean? I’m not quite sure what the other exercises being used are, but, OTOH…
PL Squats
Full Squats
Pause squats
Sumo deadlifts
Romanian deadlifts with a pause at the bottom
Keystone deadlifts
Tire flip
Disregard if these are already used/inaccessable, of course…
-Dan
Box squats aren’t very hard to implement and have a lot of qualities you can’t easily duplicate with similar exercises. Chances are they’re being used because they’re easier to recover from. A box made from plywood framed by 2x4’s would be more than strong enough and would only cost you a couple dollars to make.
You can do them off a bench if you dont have a box.