s1m0n4, 22 days ago

@ubo 🔥
what is an anchored Sots press? How is it anchored?

ubo, 22 days ago (edited 22 days ago)

@s1m0n4 I do it for strength, stability and mobility. However, I am not flexible / mobile enough (and probably to weak as well) to do it without an anchor and will definitely tip over. That's why I do it this way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF4N_v8BUvc
I like it very much, even though it's a real challenge for me. Or maybe because it is.

s1m0n4, 22 days ago

@ubo this is an excellent alternative! Mobility, like anything else, develops the more you train it.
My deep squats have a wide stance and I still need some assistance to get them in close stance. However if I look back 1 year ago, I couldn't hold the deep squat position, even wide, for longer than 30-45s. Now I can stay there for several minutes or even longer.

This is just to confirm that the more you squat and keep that position, the easier it'll get 💪

ubo, 22 days ago (edited 22 days ago)

@s1m0n4 Oh yes! Looking back, I made great progress on squats and general mobility. Especially for squatting, the kettlebell helped me a lot. I like to do the bottom up goblet squat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EGVKUH0K10&t=134s the rack squat and the deck squat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUJ3sZVwZ4Y&t=99s which is great to develop your close stance squat. Maybe you should give this a try.

Edited the last link. Sorry!