is dedicating your leg progress to the barbell back squat hurting your leg gains Because unless you’re built with short femur and a very upright squat pattern your squat is going to primarily be a low bar squat with glute and lower back focus and unless you compete in the sport powerlifting the barbell back squat is not a necessary movement for hypertrophy progress in the leg Department the best thing for leg hypertrophy is going to find a setup that accommodates for your leverages by being more stable for not only a greater range of motion but also to Target the intended muscle that’s being trained a lowbar squat isn’t going to bias the quads you still use the quads but something like a hack Squad that emphasizes on knee flexion is going to bias the quads way better
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I would recommend that if u decide not to squat you should at least do some kind of free weight exercise for legs like rdl, bulg split squat etc.
i have no hack squat machine. sooooo… back squat here we gooo
unfortunately i only have one gym 80 hacksquat in my gym and its trash 🙁
ur hack squat is too aesthetic bruh
As someone with a height of 186cm or 6'1 it's a win situation for me after all I need those glutes to grow 😂
severe cope, make it work and it’ll do wonders. resigning yourself to a fate of machines is so boring and weak minded
real spill 🤩
So pretty much deep squat for more quad growth
I do squats because I enjoy training for the strength on it, built my legs, and it’s just badass to put hundreds of pounds on ur back and squatting with it.
I back squat once a week for 3 sets of 4-6 reps. Keeps the strength progress, allows me to keep improving on the movement, but doesnt make me focus on it in the slightest. Id rather do hack squats for growth
So what you’re saying is smith machine is elite for hypertrophy gains!
It makes me sad but my legs blew up as soon as i stopped squatting.
Squat PR is 190kg but even high reps of 120-160kg i got no growth until i changed up and started hack squats, leg press, extensions etc
I have long femurs but I only do high at because idk how to do low bar without it rolling off 😂
I do hack squat and RDL I just don’t find it useful tbh and it’s just super exhausting to back squat.
Short femur upright high bar squat crew checking in for duty sir
Blasphemy!