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The Work of the World's Greatest Squatter

No one in the history of the world is better at the back squat than super heavyweight powerlifter Ray Williams

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Oct 12, 2023
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Want to know everything there possibly is to know about squatting? Then read the work of Mark Rippetoe, or at least my interview with him. Want to hear from the greatest squatter of all time? Then read this expanded version of a Men’s Health interview I conducted with the great1 Ray Williams, a back-squatting stupor mundi.

Also, before you dive in, here’s a big thanks to all who have prompted me to supercharge the Susbstack output.2 I’ve got no real explanation for this recent surge in demand—I never see my name mentioned anywhere,3 remaining forever “out of cite”—but we’re averaging two new paid subscriptions with each subscribers-only post. To the moon!

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