Question : Wide stance squats vs Regular stance squat. Pick one

I used to squat narrow(regular) so to speak, but I can never get my knees to stay behind my feet nor my lower lumbar from rounding if I go parallel or ATG. Shit be snapping up all in my knees and back. Started transitioning to wide stance box squats. Still feel it in my quads, however my hams and glutes are way more sore than my quads. I figured that I rather train my quads extra than to risk snapping my knees and back even more.

This post has been edited by razorboy: Apr 10 2012, 06:20 PM

Nah, I still hammer the living daylight out of my quads. Even more now that I went over to a wide stance
I alternate between front squats and leg press. I like hack squats but the hack squat machine in my gym is a wee bit retarded.

Most definitely, may not be using every single muscle fibre that you might be using for a regular barbell squat but still good to go

IMHO, u'd be better off making hacks your primary lift and using DB Lunges instead. DB Squats just seems so dangerous especially when the weights get heavier

right around that ball park. I usually just go with the middle road, 30g. so if I wanna have say 60 - 80g of protein for that certain meal, a 180 - 200g chicken breats will do

I use em, but only when I need em. Say, on the 2nd set my wrist started feeling funny, i just strap it on. Only on pressing movements though.

Exactly. The point a lot is missing is NOT when to do cardio, but on whether doing it or not. Who cares if it's fasted or non fasted, just get it done. Morning , noon, evening, midnight, it don't matter.

Things get so complicated and so meticulous when people start thinking way too in-depth, not that it's a bad thing but it's just about getting your ass moving rather than bickering on what to do and not doing it.

It's not just cardio, it's also the weights, the diet, the supplementation. Don't complicate things, don't over think things, don't reinvent the wheel. Just pick up something and stick with it. The key is consistency.

And kingarthur, no worries, darkseifer wasn't being harsh, he's just trying to get it to all of us to keep things simple

lol.

Cuz once u start deviating into two fingered push ups and push up with weights, eventually we will move into calisthenics which actually has its own thread http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1985666

I guess jerking off can also be a muscle building exercise for your arms , shoulders , lats, upper back. HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, I FOUND A NEW COMPOUND MOVEMENT. But I guess one cannot deny jerking of is not a muscle building exercise whether it will be very effective or not

This post has been edited by razorboy: Apr 26 2012, 11:11 PM

Straps do not make one less hardcore than those who shy away from straps.

Your grip is the limiting factor between your back and the weights, if you want a good back workout, you have to make sure your grip isn't part of the equation.

HOWEVER, straps are not to be abused. Use it wisely. A over + under grip is generally understood as a powerlifting grip, mostly because no straps are allowed. In your training(unless you're training for a meet), using straps won't get you disqualified. A mix grip however will put your biceps in a vulnerable position.

I'd advised someone who wants to train their grip do their grip training separately rather than doing it from deadlifting. The last thing anyone wants is a torn bicep tendon from deadlifting over + under.

But then again, nothing wrong with deadlifting with no straps. I don't use straps from time to time. But I stay double over. Nonetheless, this is just a word of advice.

"You can do whatever the f*** YOU WANNA DO!" -Hodgetwins-




JK on the quote btw, don't take it the wrong way.

Lol. Good advice nontheless

Lol. Another one

this is in reply to ?

anyway, that's why before embarking on any kind of nutritional plan, people are advised to find out their maintenance calories first. Finding out at what calories does their body maintain and hence proceed from there to either eat at a surplus or deficit.

Muscle imbalance are usually due to genetics or an imbalance of bigger things.i.e, your spine You can always get it checked out with a
Chiro about how your spine joints are working

This post has been edited by razorboy: May 23 2012, 09:06 PM

me neither. I know when I'm resting between sets or when I'm done with squats, my quads glutes and hams get really pumped. Occasionally my lower back too but I got that covered. Forearms ? He must be gripping the bar or something. When I walk out the bar, the bar is resting on my traps and rear delts. All my hands are doing is just to support the bar there, I don't even grip the bar unless I'm starting to fatigue. But then again, I guess it's truly a full body exercise for alien9.

again, no offence to alien9 as well. I've just never had a pump in my forearms squatting.

Let me quote myself again

Argue all you guys want, fish is expensive as FUUUUAAARRRRKKKK.

The only way to save cost is to use protein powder, eggs , chicken breasts as much as possible. Occasionally I throw in the tuna and the beef but that's when I have extras. Shit is getting expensive these days. Man.