3 Reasons Why BACK SQUATS Are Better Than Front Squats BRO (You'll NEVER Guess #3!)
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- Back squats are the KING of all squats. Anyone who would say otherwise is a mouth breathing cretin!
The front squat is a fantastic exercise that builds muscle and strength in the thighs, along with superior upper back strength, while also encouraging and enhancing mobility through the lats, thoracic spine, hips, knees, and ankles! But it's big brother, the back squat, is the TRUE KING of the squat.
If you want to build big, strong legs then do it the tried and true, old school way: squat, squat, and squat some more. Today I present the top 3 reasons why the BACK SQUAT outshines the front squat!
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Umm actually BACK SQUATS are better bro
0:51 Reason #1: Greater Loading
2:17 Reason #2: Can Push It Harder
4:21 Reason #3: Less Prohibitive
6:55 The POINT of this series - Розваги
What you don’t see is Rippetoe holding a gun off camera
He made me retract my previous video. It was all rip man I'm telling you
Rippetoe: Shut it down.
Lol made my day
Next week: Why Bulgarian split squats are the ultimate exercise, and you should melt down your barbell to make soup spoons.
The same dementia energy from the pushups and benchpress videos, love this
😂 yes for sure
Next up side squats.
You mean the Cossack squat? 😜
Last weeks videos have been amazing. Thanks for your work!
Regarding the point about the ability to push the back squat further, what I like sometimes to do when I want to punish myself and my legs is a superset, when I dart with the front squat, re-rack the bar when necessary and then immediately continue the sat with the bar on my back.
Best of both worlds, especially since I can start with heavy few reps of front squat and then the back squat is still not that light for that movement.
love this series
Wow, what a terrific video.
Nice! Both are excellent and entertaining videos. BTW you have an on-screen typo on point three.
I am attempting to add front squats to my training. The back Squat is still my favorite, I just needed a break from her.
530 @ 160 is insane bro
Free hanging horse squats are ny favorite variation
I called it!!! You are turning into Mark Rippetoe!!!
#1 More fatigue
#2 Less quad focus
#3 More back stress
Finally making some sense.
I think back squat with the heels elevated gets you the best of both worlds
Hey man, only recently discovered your channel and love your stuff. My watchlist is struggling under the weight of your videos that I have added to it!
I do have a quick question...I currently train both front and back squats every week, but am thinking about a change in programme involving heavy squats only once a week. I know you're videos were tongue in cheek, but I have genuinely been struggling to decide which squat to give up - probably prefer back squats in the moment, but have felt the front squats to be hugely beneficial as well. Anyway my question is if I were to try to keep both, would you recommend sticking to one for a few months before switching to the other, or do you think it would be fine switching between them week to week? Cheers!
What I think adds to this discussion are incline wedges because they allow me to do 20 reps on something which comes close to front squats in terms of staying upright.
Final Video to the series: Why Bazooka Squats are better than back squats.
LETS GOOOOOOO
Reverse hypers vs hypers next?
Goat
🐐🐐🐐
Seems like you can circumvent a lot of the wrist mobility requirements with straps
4:07 a most rippetoean opinion
Called it
Shouldermobility of a tortilla chip😅😂
hrm, wait a minute, hrm, wait a minute. I deduce that low bar kettlebell back squats are the most optimal for hypertrophy as stability demands make it entirely more specific to bringing in all the groceries at one time which is the only feat of strength that matters. hrm.?
Why not just front and back squat together!?! Additional combo SSB+ Front Squat
Woah 😱
If you're not doing overhead SSB squats you're not really trying to grow the legs imo.
Pin deadlift Squat Overhead Pull
I like front squat. Makes me feel like I got punched in the gut.
@YSIB big red cheese?
Hey Alec. Quick question. A lot of people say when someone is on gear that doesn't take away from all the hard work they have to do and that they can just eat like shit.
I'm an 8 year natty now, and if I go on a cut I can only stay at that level of leanness for just under 2 months. My last cut my lowest body fat % was 9.8 with a +/- of 1-2%. At this level of fat I was still able to maintain strength, but around 1.5 months around that BF I noticed I wasn't recovering well enough before hitting the same muscle group again. I was starting my workouts somewhat sore, lifts began to decrease in either weight done, reps done, or both. But I still looked pretty decent. Start my bulk back up and now my strength is better, recovery time between muscle groups is way better, but my abs are much less defined, but even though I'm technically bigger, since my muscles are all around less defined I look smaller or "less like I workout"
I know someone who started test and steroids like 2-3 months ago. And this dude looks like he's been working out for 5 years. And it all happened within 2-3 months. I've personally worked out with him before. He has very little knowledge about lifting or programming, doesn't have a coach, and other than occasionally hitting the gym with me in his free time, has little experience in the gym. In 2-3 months he's gotten bigger than me, leaner, and stronger. I'm just curious to know what your thoughts are on something like that? How people say steroids don't do all the work... but I've seen first hand someone who has terrible form, can't plan a workout worth a shit, eats like shit, constantly drinks alcohol, and just seemingly does everything wrong, but looks phenomenal under steroid usage
Steroids work whether you train or eat right or not. They can put 20+ lbs on a bedridden hospital patient
Some people also respond better to steroids than others, he may have had good genetics in terms of bodybuilder he just never tapped into until now and went right into using test so it really shows.
Looks aren’t everything. Health markers matter. Keep it up and you’ll see doing everything right is much more worth it long term
People who don't use gear overestimate how much it helps and people who use gear underestimate how much it helps. But I'd agree to a point, it does a lot more than steroid users like to admit, especially in terms of bodybuilding.
For pure strength back squats are king
Hello coach, I just wanted to ask if you could explain what it means when you say "to pair" 2 exercises together in your programs, does that mean it's like a superset but with longer breaks between exercises? For example
B1 OHP variation
B2 Chin-up variation
Does this mean I do one set of OHP then one set of chin-up, and repeat?
Also could you give an example of "ramping up to 5 heavy reps" of an exercise? What would be the best way to do that, and how many sets exactly (or is this completely auto regulated?)?
Algo
I don't outright disagree with the claim that BS > FS in isolation, but imho the synergy you get if you combine RDL's and front squats cannot be touched by pairing back squats with any other exercise.
Front squats are actually my favorite squat of all time! Check out this vid: ua-cam.com/video/Gie45C4pyfo/v-deo.htmlsi=EQKICL6WZzFi9CXQ
The scapula is shaped kind of like a tortilla chip 5:36 ... Hm...
I definitely prefer the back squat it's more comfortable to bare the load on the traps.
Hei i need advice. I have a bad astma and can't squat over 5 reps. How i should program my squat if i squat 2 times a week. Top set and back of sets. Or ramping sets.
why does it need to be so complicated? how strong are you? just do 3x5 both days if you can make progress that way. If not you could try doing something texas method style where you do 5x5 as volume day on day 1 followed by 1x5 as intensity day on day 2
@@AcceleratingUniverse i did that and i Hurt my knee. When you do normal linear, you have to push it Hard. I get 90kg x5. And i am old not young anymore,
@Mark Nordic if you are old, have asthma and knee issues, I think you should try hiring a coach. Your question isn't something that can be answered in a youtube comment
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Reverse hypers vs hypers
Leg Press vs squats
'We do a little trolling'
Just a wee little bit
I just cross arms for front squats
Lesser mobility demands, but still requires the strict Upright posture!
@@EnkiriElite That really only applies if you don’t want to drop the weights, though.
Safety bar sqwat!??
Some mediocre body builder summed it up best. He said he he didn't have to fight the bar with the back squat. Can't think of his name...oh yeah..Tom Platz
Nah, I don't even like squats. I do them but nah bro 😢
Wdym you will come at him? 🤨
Alec, I do front squats, and back squats at the same time with two ssb bars tied together with rope made from cat hair. I also simultaneously do the trap bar deadlift. I do the weights right, and the rest of y'all are just posers. - Doofenfocker 2024
Dr. Seedman, is it really you?
Regarding reason #3, I can do zombie style front squats without issues, but anytime I try back squats, my arms fall asleep due to shoulder (mobility?) issues. I guess everyone has to find what's right for him. And by the way, I don't think adding stuff to your title like (You'll NEVER Guess XYZ) is necessary. Your audience is mature enough.
It's sarcastic when I do that
I had a similar problem doing good mornings. Maybe play around with grip width a bit and see if anything changes. For front squats you could also try cross grip even though this is less stable than front rack. I'm also trying to improve my mobility for the front rack as I can barely wrap 2 fingers around the bar at 160 without it beginning to feel very awkward at 7 or so reps in, I don't know if you can actually significantly improve your wrist and elbow mobility but it's worth a try.
I don't know man... I think Alec Enkiri is right on this one.
That Alec Enkiri! He's just right about everything isn't he?
Wait wut?
Dun dun dun!
🤣😆😂
Great video!
I've been really enjoying these controversial videos you've been putting out lately, flipping the script.
I have a suggestion for another one of these videos: the barbell foam pad (i.e. the "pu$$y pad") is not the worst thing in the world!
And if you think that it is, all I'll say is this: why do you love safety squat bars (SSB) and have no problem with the fact that they are padded??
If you think such pads are for untrained women and men that look like such women, than you should sell your SSB or take a knife to it to make it "better".
(I.e. this comment is somewhat of a joke, I squat without it, but I think there's some truth to what I'm saying 😅)
Gotta keep varying your opinion to confuse the audience muscle bro.
Is this and the front squat video a joke about the fallacy of comparing the advantages of one thing with the disadvantages of another thing?
For 99% of people it makes no difference they just need one type of squat consistently in their routine. 99% of people will never squat over 120kg or so anyway.
It actually makes a huge difference. For 99% of people it makes no difference between high bar and low bar. The same absolutely cannot be said for back squats vs front squats.
@@CigEconomy
How does it make a difference?
Most people don't get beyond beginner stage or at most early intermediate. They don't need a large exercise selection but need only one squatting motion.
So if over a year or two of linear progressive overload they go from 40kg to 100kg front squats or from 60kg to 120kg back squats what is the huge difference?
They need only one type of squat to keep practicing and increasing the weight over time and their quads will develop. It doesn't matter whether it's front squats, back squats or another type of squat.
You are wrong. Unless you care to explain yourself.