>drop back squats
>start focusing on high rep split squats, leg press, extensions, hack squats
>legs blow up
Makes you think. Are back squats the most overrated exercise in existence thanks to SS/SL?
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I dropped squats and deadlifts entirely. Theyre arguably the best exercises but if i feel uncomfortable and cant push myself doing them, whats the point?
>I dropped squats and deadlifts
>the best exercises
>feel uncomfortable and cant push myself
>whats the point?
Being a man, that's the point.
Why should i not do the safer alternatives with little drawbacks?
I dont understand this mentality. Youre 1 rep away of either killing yourself or being in a wheelchair forever.
>squats and deadlifts
>1 rep away of either killing yourself or being in a wheelchair forever
You see? You are a massive homosexual.
>safer alternatives with little drawbacks
t. the perfect slave.
Western civilisation is collapsing because men like you exist.
Not everyone can squat or deadlift. If you found a exercise that works for you, then by all means do it. What works for you may not work for others and vice versa. If these crybabies want to b***h, let them be.
Focus on form and look up how to do the exercises properly?
The vast majority of the population do these exercises or eventually start. The percentage of people who get seriously injured is very small. You can't beat bench/squat/deadlift for developing size and strength.
I would figure out where your weak points are (I'm assuming you're afraid for your lower back) and start doing some accessory exercises that will strengthen the areas you're worried about.
muh stats:
6'2" 210lbs
bench: 325
squat: 405
deadlift: 475
I used to be fat and im currently still losing weight. I still have high blood pressure so whenever i finish a set i feel extremely dizzy. And i fail the set not because of muscle failure but because of general exhaustion.
>I dont understand this mentality. Youre 1 rep away of either killing yourself or being in a wheelchair forever.
either very good bait or you are actually a moron lol.
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Post nose and body
Is it just me or does this statue kinda look like he's wearing a wiener ring? Like one made of rope.
Is it just me or you are a homosexual? Like one who likes wieners.
im reaching this point too.. i like squats/diddlies because of the CNS exhaustion but its also such a time investment to recover from and i find that i dont recover from deadlifts fast enough in my hands
remind me this guy's name again pls, I need to laugh at compound zealots
Jonnie candito
jesus man...
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the gymcel son of Hammond (Top Gear)
or just do high rep squats + some quad accessory twice a week
Were squatting high bar? Or doing powershart squat mornings?
back squats have their place for beginners to start lifting especially when starting SS/SL. After you build your foundation, you develop your own routines depending on what your fitness goals are.
Canditos real issue is small frame and skinny neck. He benches 4pl8, hes a better lifter than pretty much everyone one here. If he took the neckpill and was average height+wider shoulders he would look a lot bigger. The barbell movements are still goated, and the exception doesnt disprove the rule.
If Candito doesn't make you realise that absolute strength doesn't matter for how you look then nothing will.
Most people don't care about legs and just train them so they don't have chicken legs, and high bar squats are good enough for this purpose
You also don't have to go to failure with squats but you do with leg machines and it feels awful
Candito ended up looking like shit because he went ultra specific with powerlifting training
Nothing but comp bench with big arch and wide grip for upper body, and it's a terrible movement for hypertrophy. It didn't even work for him and I bet he'll hit a bench PR after spending some time building muscle
>This is just not true at all and you shouldnt have a weakest link unless its your first month squatting.
You always have a weak link or you'd never fail a lift
>back squats are overrated
>now here's all the different lifts you have to do to make up for not having them in your program
cope
Squats are limited by your weakest muscle. If they're you glutes for example then your quads will hardly get trained
This is just not true at all and you shouldnt have a weakest link unless its your first month squatting.
>do 20 rep squats 2x weekly
>done in 1 set
>legs blow up
To put it bluntly OP, you're a fricking pussy.
how much weight are you lifting?
My best is 275x20
Funny how pretty much no bodybuilders only do squats
Nobody should ONLY do one movement for a body part, but squats are too valuable to skip unless you have a debilitating injury.
>back squat
Trying to attract the gays anon?
how do you keep your powerful thighs from squishing your balls when walking?
Bodybuilding is not fitness.
Did he snap himself up?
>Deadlifts are dangerous
lol, no.
You can have perfect form and still snap your shit up
As opposed to what other exercises?
if you strictly only care about how you look and don't care about being strong. like at all. because you will be really weak, legpress has no carryover to anything. then yeah it makes sense. and if you don't mind getting injured doing normal stuff like moving a couch. or maybe you just rent a furnished in the big city (it's got exposed brick!) and you never do 1 minute of physical labor in your life. then yeah just skip squats and deads.