What Exercises Help With Squats?

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[@shiropadipto3330]

how about using straps during split squats and lunges if grip is the limiting factor ?

[@klemenspichler400]

Then using straps is a good thing. Otherwise your quads/glutes do not get stimulated properly while your grip does - but at quite a high fatigue cost. Use straps if you want the limiting factor to be the target musculature (quads/glutes).

[@transformxruby]

I ALWAYS do lol

[@jodiethemathgenius9204]

I love belt squats

[@leelee.eeleel]

Man I love front squats so much

[@123peterjackson]

I love belt squats

[@greghill158]

Might be just my own specific range of motion quirks, but barbell lunges absolutely destroy my quads with like 1/4 the weight I normally squat. I haven't tried to front-load it. Maybe I'll have to give that a shot.

[@IvanDjuric300]

If u do high rep squats, whatever kind, smashes the quads.

[@calvinnguyen1097]

Hey its squat everyday dude

[@steel_and_stones]

Squats always light up my glutes and after hard high rep days I get glute doms and not much other than slight soreness/fatigue in my quads. I squat highbar with a super narrow feet forward stance and go below parallel, wtf is going on lol

[@calvinnguyen1097]

Same i mostly glute doms after high bar atg

[@rockyevans1584]

My honeybuns steal all my quad gains too

[@tyler7992]

I think a better point is the fact that the quads aren’t the weak link in most people squats. Upper back and posterior chain is a far more common weakness

[@rockyevans1584]

Every pr I've set since starting squatting has felt iffy in my mid to upper back haha

[@FilipGustawWojcik]

​@@rockyevans1584 I would hipothetise that's because of the spine rounding which occured because your body wanted to compensate relative weakness of your quads

[@rockyevans1584]

@FilipGustawWojcik could be, I'm certainly a glute dominant squatter despite my best efforts to hit the quads. Legs have never felt like the limiting factor on my prs fwiw

[@thisisyoutubetv3235]

Love y’all ❤

[@AberrantArt]

Tips for very loud crunchy knees??

[@AberrantArt]

@@JoshuaKevinPerry isn't that a steroid? If so, wouldn't it have side effects?

[@HolidayFortnight]

I used to have crunchy knees and knee discomfort in general until I finally fixed some bad habits. Like putting too much weight forward towards my toes (keep it over mid foot) and taking ankle mobility more seriously. People also say doing some calf work helps keep their knees feeling healthy. Adjusting my foot width and making sure my knees track in the same direction as my toes is also important. My feet were too wide and would result in an awkward crunchy noise. When my feet were a little more narrow than shoulder width, I could suddenly squat more comfortably and with more stability and control without any noises at all. Play around with your foot width and do some reps without a barbell to see what feels best for you.

[@AberrantArt]

@@HolidayFortnight thank you very much for the reply. I currently do mobility work, I ensure my weight is centered on the foot and I also ensure my knees track in line with toes. I have played with stance width and I agree that for me a bit more narrow is more comfortable. I need to increase mobility work I guess because that's all I can think of that's not optimal. Thank you again for the reply and info. 👍

[@smiercksiazka776]

Nr1 squat