Possible benefit of squats to running: injury prevention, improved stride power
Possible drawbacks: legs get too tired to run effectively the day after squatting (can be solved by planning light r...
This is one of the things OH squats are good for. Keep doing them, possibly more often than you do squats, to improve your back and shoulder flexibility.
Hi everyone! My husband is complaining about abdominal pain when he squats. He says it's not muscle soreness, but more of a hernia-like pain. He's 40 years old, weighs 190lbs, and at the mom...
Has anyone on this group used the 20 rep squats routine with heavy poundage... 200+ pounds. I just started it and had a few questions for any
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Perhaps my statement would have been better put as: '/Most/ people seem to be recommending squats once or twice weekly, max. 'They need time to recover and grow.' Wait a few m...
Someone told me today that squating is the best exersise for testasterone production does anyone know anything about this? I think maybe someone was pulling my leg. Never Forgive, Never Forget
Why stay away from squats totally? It seems like doing some squats would be a good idea. Just doing some squats isn't going to blow your legs up if you are controlling your food intake. Or do squ...
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Just a quick question about front squats. I do front squats because I work out at home, and don't have a rack, which pretty much leaves back squats out of the equation. Now, I haven...
...t you to think I was some curl obsessed newbie, so mentioned legs too! I did have some hazy idea of doing squats whilst holding them on my shoulders, but agree this sounds pretty ridiculous when I thi...
...039;s just poor form. That's not even called a squat as far as I'm concerned.
Hardly anyone squats in most gyms. Where are most people going to see proper form in action? Also, there are...
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Day 2: Pull Power Cleans Chin Ups or pull ups Barbell Bent over rows Shrugs Curls
Day 4: Legs Back Squats Front Squats, split squats or step ups Stiff legged deadlifts or good mornings Calf Rai...
...arting the new year with a routine adjustment. I'm considering training my legs for endurance (Hindu Squats), rather than strength (Squats) for a while.
Questions: 1. Any concerns with traini...
...umbbells don't have to stay in front of the legs like a barbell, so dumbbell deadlifts are really DB squats.
That's not true. Barbell Squats and barbell deadlifts both involve the same m...
...ealift works ! Not chest, arms, shoulders...etc...HAMSTRINGS. All I ever read in this NG is deadlifts and squats....there are a hell of a lot of other movements than deadlifts and squats !!
To Don...
... try doing a set of overhead squats with just the bar, and you won't be wondering any more (-;
Actually that's debateable. My understanding is squats increase testosterone which results in getting bigger all over.
...his here for two reasons - the first being that this would obviously be a great addition and variation to squats in a workout. You could basically move through your day like this (ok, not through your...
I was going quite low, and I'd only started doing squats recently - so knowing me, I was probably doing them wrong! The doc said, and investigating myself - it's my LCL alright
Doing HIIT every day is like doing squats at 90% of 1rm every day
... find an explanation why.
Unless given good reason, I'm going to continue to alternate them with squats.. THey've been working great for me, and I'm realizing that no matter how muc...
Reverse the order of these exercise. Do less reps on squats like 8-10 reps.
Do abs last. Save the energy for the other exercises and you need abs fresh for stabilizing.
Jeff out ...
...e are exceptions), you should work the compound (multijoint) movements and larger muscle groups first, so squats go before calves, bench before triceps, deadlifts before curls. If you post your routin...
...ing over some issues of my own that I think are a result of ab weakness. I'm wondering if relying on squats, dls, and variants might neglect the abs a bit to much (this probably only applies to s...
...ng those while on HST. At least for me, HST works better if I use mostly compound stuff. 15-rep deads and squats are going to be quite painful after Korte, trust me...
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...ey indeed are quite an exercise, I got an 'all body workout' feeling similar to what I get from squats even though I was only using a 20 lb. dumbbell. You're correct about their being l...
...g alternating whole-body routines. On both days, I do 3 easy-ish sets of pullups (supersetted with either squats or step-ups to save time). I did this for several weeks with no problems at all (well, ...
...ull, on the right side, when I lift heavy. Exercises where this occurs most is the lat pulldown, benches, squats, deadlifts. I thought it might be breathing related, but I think I'm breathing cor...
...brought up the rhomboids as a potential problem.)
But I did make the flippant remark regarding the OH squats. And I did ignore the feedback except to get defensive. I apologize, Lyle.
Which br...
...e biggest numbers in terms of multiples of body weight come for the smaller lifters. Is the same true for squats and bench presses?
And is the same true for overhead pressing? I'm now 1-arm o...
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Back extensions Deadlifts Stiff Legged Deadlifts Squats
The latter 3 will build good core strength. v useful for MA.
You should get enough st...
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