A Hatfield squat is essentially a safety bar squat with your hands holding onto a barbell placed in front of you. For larger framed lifters you may even be able to replace using a front barbell with grabbing the support beams of a power rack to guide you. While hand placement and the support option is variable- using a safety squat bar is critical to executing this move, so the yoke of the bar can balance on your upper back.

If you knew that a certain type of exercise could benefit your heart, improve your balance, strengthen your bones, and help you lose weight all while making you look and feel better, wouldn’t you want to get started? Well, studies show that strength training can provide all those benefits and more.

Throughout my coaching and training career the results varied from each program for a number of reasons. One aspect that always dictated the most amount of physical gain (next to genetics) was the effort involved.

If you are looking for a shortcut, a mythical exercise that will amplify all your gains, or a miracle pill- you are in the wrong place. But chances are if you stay a while, you might just learn a little something.