front SQUATZ > back SQUATZ
No.
Yes.
>>392409>>392413>BAAAAWWWW MY WRISTS HURT AND I HAVE SHITTY BALANCE
fo' sho brah!
you don't have to use wrists for front squats, you can always use arms crossed over. but i used hands and my wrists hurt for ~200 reps until they stopped hurting.but yes front squats are a lot better
eh...its all relative,but i'm going to have to give this anAYEespecially for all you 'fit' faggots, as a front squat is a lot harder to get wrong than a backsquat, where almost any form can 'pass'
Front squats don't recruit as much muscle.Back squats > Front SquatsFront squats are nothing more than an assistance exercise to backsquats.
Very yes.but....Overhead Squats > Front Squats
Two totally different exercises, back squats focus on the posterior chain while front focus on the anterior. Learn 2 anatomy and physiology .
>>392793Plus they look cooler.Also, for most athletes, front squats aren't that great, because most athletes have an imbalance in their quads and hamstrings, due to most sports being more focused on using you quads.
Front Squat: Quad dominant. Less balance/less weight used. Form is enforced by the movement itself.Back Squat: Stable as fuck/higher weight used. Form must be enforced by the trainee.Both useful.Which one is better is a subjective opinion.
>>392401Focuses too much on quadriceps at the expense of the posterior chain.>>392873doesn't stress lower body enough
DEADLIFTZ IS BEST
>>392888Posterior ROM is sacrificed dead lifting, you will make more gains in dead lift, ironically enough, doing back squats.
HEY ASSHOLESQUAD involvement is the SAME in both the BACK squat and FRONT squat for squats of equivalent depth. its the muscles of the hip/adductors that vary in recruitment based on form.http://www.westside-barbell.com/articles.htmthis was proved in a study done at ball state, the one caveat being that all squats were done to a box set at the same height. So if you take a front squat to full depth (like in picture) i would imagine a bit more increased quad recruitment % vs. cutting it for a 14inch box.inb4deepsquattingisbad4urknees
>>392899I guess that's why it would be different for me, because I use box squats for back squatting, and I go atg for front.I never really understood why I go atg for front squats, it just feels more natural.
>>392913i do the same w/box for back and full for FSQ, but irregardless, very interesting for equiv quad recruitment.
lol, got REALLY quiet hereno complaints that i've killed your favorite old wive's tale anon? or are you too busy crying to rippetoe?
>>392938what article is it, dont wanna trawl through them atm, just interested.
>>392938Front squat is your religion
i dont believe in god
>>393015Front Squat shall smite you for your disbelief, heathen.
>>393026HEY! why smite me? i voiced that FSQ>BSQ
>>393015enjoy your afterlife in a box
>>393034please see>>393006then>>393015to enjoy humorif i was to worship any lift, i'd bow before Lord Power Snatch, or maybe Baal-Dur, Dark Master of the Deadlift, then maybe Front Squat.kinda like the Holy Trinity, no?
barbell complex is my god (it changes a lot but it's subjective, also it's key not to let the bar down before the deadlifts)6-Way BB Complex:6x Snatch +6x OHS +6x Back Squat +6x Good Morning +6x Bent-over Row +6x Deadliftmakes me proud every time i do that
>>393041so could you directly link the article or at least give me the name?
>>393015I meant the way you defended front squats so dogmatically against back squats, it's not a big fucking deal and of course you took your opportunity to lash out at Rippetoe for no good reason, exercises aren't ideologies
OVERHEADSQUATSDO THEM.See if you can match my max of 215lbs @ 150lb BW.
>>393073I can.
>>393063cscs is this guyhttp://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/blowhard.htm
>>393073probably not, I haven't done overhead squat 1RM yet, so maybe in a few months I'll get back to you?
>>393084Yeah dude, go for it. OH squats are seriously like one of the best exercises you can do, but people seldom do them.
They both have their uses. You fags just like to argue and whine over everything.
>>392401also, iz dat sum Alexandra Klejnowska?