Long femurs and 6"4. I stopped doing barbell squats because they didn't feel good on my lower back.Still do them though with either kettlebell,front cradle with a plate or body weight (volume). I'm downgrading on mass so I'm leaning more towards calisthenics lately and my my body responds better to those types of workouts.
What is your relationship with Squats?
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Son Goku
Great Sage Equalling Heaven
This right here. I don't even try to convince people to do them anymore. Whenever someone has an excuse for not doing them, I accept that they don't want to do squats and move on.
Side note, that gif in OP leaves me with so many questions
Yet to meet a tall guy who likes squats.
Short gang in this thread heavy.....
Right on time.
xXMASHERXx
Superstar
I was waiting for someone to open this pandora's box
You say that you stopped doing barbell squats cause they didn't feel good on your lower back. How do you know you were doing them correctly? I would argue that you weren't and that's why they didn't feel good. You weren't feeling the affects of your poor form at lower weight but once you got to something that require good technique and form, you were punished
Maliciouslarynx
Pro
Always get the bubble guts for them because its time to work. An essential for solid quad development. Squats and high volume sets of leg extensions have me wobblng out the gym like....
Goat exercise
Son Goku
Great Sage Equalling Heaven
I was waiting for someone to open this pandora's box
You say that you stopped doing barbell squats cause they didn't feel good on your lower back. How do you know you were doing them correctly? I would argue that you weren't and that's why they didn't feel good. You weren't feeling the affects of your poor form at lower weight but once you got to something that require good technique and form, you were punished
Repped.
The Villain
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I absolutely despise them. You gotta be a sick mf to enjoy squatting
But they are probably my best lift of the big 3 and I get a stupid upper body pump from them
But they are probably my best lift of the big 3 and I get a stupid upper body pump from them
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Son Goku
Great Sage Equalling Heaven
I'm not a scientist so I won't pretend to be.
A lot of "scientific"exercise takes lead to mediocre strength and aesthetic levels anyways IMO. YMMV.
Off the top of my head and from anecdotal experience:
- Squatting is said to release larger amounts of growth hormone than other exercises. More growth hormone would mean more lean mass and more strength throughout the body. My squatting experiment led to permanent quad growth and made my drawers and jeans no longer fit;
- Squatting is less taxing on the body than deadlifting. Deads actually work more muscles that squats won't, but deadlifting more frequently will lead to faster burnout than squatting would. You can deadlift 3-4x a week no problem but you can squat multiple times a day;
- Legs and core are used in so many exercises: squatting, front squatting, deadlifting, benching (with leg drive), strict pressing, both Oly lifts, etc. Having stronger wheels and a stronger core inherently strengthens any lifts that uses those muscles, either actively as primary/secondary movers or passively as stabilizers;
I talk more about this here: STAY/GET BACK IN SHAPE VOL 3.0
xXMASHERXx
Superstar
Pretty much everything @Son Goku said but I really want to highlight this
Most people never do core work which leads to them having poor form on lifts. And like I mentioned in my last post, since they are using such low weight, they don't notice this until it's too late and they end up hurting themselves. I understand why it doesn't happen but a basic class should be a requirement when signing up to a gym. So many people are ignorant about weight lifting that it almost feels criminal to allow them access to any of the equipment
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You mean side bends with a 45 plate and crunches won’t give me a strong core?Pretty much everything @Son Goku said but I really want to highlight this
Most people never do core work which leads to them having poor form on lifts. And like I mentioned in my last post, since they are using such low weight, they don't notice this until it's too late and they end up hurting themselves. I understand why it doesn't happen but a basic class should be a requirement when signing up to a gym. So many people are ignorant about weight lifting that it almost feels criminal to allow them access to any of the equipment
Son Goku
Great Sage Equalling Heaven
You shouldn't post sarcastic things like this, some idiot will read them and take them seriously.
You shouldn't post sarcastic things like this, some idiot will read them and take them seriously.
MischievousMonkey
Gor bu dëgër
They hurt my back so I stopped doing them a while back and substituted them for other exercises. I plan on trying them again once I'm done overriding physical limitations that most likely affected my performance for this exercise.