How Important Are Squats?

[Gully Bull]

for just legs or everything? 'cause i've seen some scrawny motherfukkers that can squat WEIGHT. if i wont get bigger all round it can kiss my ass

Dead lifts are gonna work more muscles. Your entire posterior chain worked with squats. I prefer front squats tho as it’s easier on the knees for me. And those guys you see squatting are squatting for numbers in lower rep ranges. If they drop the weight and triple the reps per set, their legs gonna get larger (if in a calorie surplus)

 

[sinistersouth]

What smith machine you using..

hammer. i think. it actually says 'starting resistance 20 lbs'

 

[Wallychamp]

@Killmonger

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

2 plates is still 225 on the smith, the smith only assist in balance, but you still have to lift the full brunt of the weight...

I suppose.


It's weird though because if you unlock the bar on a Smith machine it will fall extremely slowly unlike a 45 pound ball in free fall

 

[TNOT]

15 years breh???

skip the back squat
Do some dumbbell squats( google it)
Once you can dumbbell squat half your weight at least 20. Then move to a back squat.

 

[Standing on business]

Cac shyt


nikkas be injuring their backs and spines so they can post heavy lifts on Instagram

 

[klientel]

You don’t need to squat at all. Don’t let anyone tell you that you NEED to do it.

But you do need to hit legs. That’s the base of your strength. Google some squat alternatives and start hitting it. Maybe after 6 months revisit the back squad and see how you like it.

 

[surv2syn]

squats are very important, take it from someone who is recovering from nerve damage and atrophy below waist. your thighs and glutes control a lot more than you think and it goes down in to your knees which is my biggest issue currently. I could barely walk a few months ago. still have a ways to go. I wasnt really squating much before I went down but I squated fairly regularly in my lifetime. I was never injured or had pains from squating. the key is to have good form and not try to overdo it with the weight. you dont need much weight. like all that 400lbs and shyt is for if you competing. 225 is more than enough.

 

[CHICAGO]

2 plates is still 225 on the smith, the smith only assist in balance, but you still have to lift the full brunt of the weight...

NAH





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[1970s HeRon Flow]

Planet fitness fakkit

 

[MaxPain]

Never got the Obsession with squats unless ur an IG thot tryna get a larger derrierre

Deadlifts are cool tho


My legs get toned enough from cardio

 

[ultraflexed]

I suppose.


It's weird though because if you unlock the bar on a Smith machine it will fall extremely slowly unlike a 45 pound ball in free fall

The Smith's I use fall "slightly" slower

 

[TheDarkCloud]

Never got the Obsession with squats unless ur an IG thot tryna get a larger derrierre

Deadlifts are cool tho


My legs get toned enough from cardio

This. The right cardio routine and you’re good. I do HIIT on the stair master. Never felt the need to do squats.

 

[sinistersouth]

That’s the base of your strength.

i keep seeing this. base/foundation. what does that even mean? that i wont be strong in other lifts without it? that's horseshyt, i'm already strong in other lifts without it

 

[The ADD]

i keep seeing this. base/foundation. what does that even mean? that i wont be strong in other lifts without it? that's horseshyt, i'm already strong in other lifts without it

Could make you stronger