How to Squat More Weight WITHOUT SQUATTING! - Leg Workout Tip
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Date: 2022-04-22
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alastair
Some worthwhile advice here, but one leg squats are difficult to do for people who have problems with their balance. If you lose your balance trying this exercise, practise first with lunges. If you find you are unbalanced doing Lunges or Single leg Squats always practise the exercise using just your bodyweight, or hold a pair of dumbells at your side. Never put a bar across the back, as losing your balance with a bar across your back can lead to serious injury, especially if not performed in a rack.
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Some worthwhile advice here, but one leg squats are difficult to do for people who have problems with their balance. If you lose your balance trying this exercise, practise first with lunges. If you find you are unbalanced doing Lunges or Single leg Squats always practise the exercise using just your bodyweight, or hold a pair of dumbells at your side. Never put a bar across the back, as losing your balance with a bar across your back can lead to serious injury, especially if not performed in a rack.
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born
I have a lower back condition and after turning 50 trained for and competed in a natrual bodybuilding contest using this type of squat almost exclusivley for leg workouts. Weight workouts were done in my garage only. On stage my legs were better than they ever were. In 30 years of lifting the only exercise that came close to torching my legs like this was the Bodymasters leverage squat machine, doing it with my back pressed against the pad, hack style. My back was always the weak link with squat
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I have a lower back condition and after turning 50 trained for and competed in a natrual bodybuilding contest using this type of squat almost exclusivley for leg workouts. Weight workouts were done in my garage only. On stage my legs were better than they ever were. In 30 years of lifting the only exercise that came close to torching my legs like this was the Bodymasters leverage squat machine, doing it with my back pressed against the pad, hack style. My back was always the weak link with squat
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UkraineTrainWreck
First off - Lighten up, Francis-. First, define 'Squat'. I say that the typical behind the neck barbell squat is the last squat an athlete with muscle imbalances and tight hips should do. Progressions/Regressions is what it is about. Sure, getting everyone to do a weighted barbell squat is fine and dandy. You talk about 'Primal movements' with the squat, so I'll ask you when the last time outside of a cage you had 315lbs on your back and you had to squat down and get back up was?
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First off - Lighten up, Francis-. First, define 'Squat'. I say that the typical behind the neck barbell squat is the last squat an athlete with muscle imbalances and tight hips should do. Progressions/Regressions is what it is about. Sure, getting everyone to do a weighted barbell squat is fine and dandy. You talk about 'Primal movements' with the squat, so I'll ask you when the last time outside of a cage you had 315lbs on your back and you had to squat down and get back up was?
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therealforestelf
well I'm just sitting home after having a injury yesterday on my back because of strange posture while squatting. also the coaches in my gym told me I had a good form and I wasn't loading too much weight on that bar but I'm still a pretty skinny guy and when that bar goes heavier than my bodyweight I start tu struggle. I had like a spasm in my back below my shoulderblade and it's getting better now but I am looking for other oppurtunities to train legs safer. thx for this advise!
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well I'm just sitting home after having a injury yesterday on my back because of strange posture while squatting. also the coaches in my gym told me I had a good form and I wasn't loading too much weight on that bar but I'm still a pretty skinny guy and when that bar goes heavier than my bodyweight I start tu struggle. I had like a spasm in my back below my shoulderblade and it's getting better now but I am looking for other oppurtunities to train legs safer. thx for this advise!
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UkraineTrainWreck
All you know-it-alls, please do some research before posting. This guy Jeff is dead on. Top strength coaches like Mike Boyle, Todd Durkin and movement gurus like Weingraff and McGill all support the statement that the back is the weak link in squats, AND single leg training provides larger gains in strength and power. Mike Boyle has researched and executed this with NFL, NHL and D1 athletes, showing that the combination of single leg max is greater than 2 leg max in squats.
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All you know-it-alls, please do some research before posting. This guy Jeff is dead on. Top strength coaches like Mike Boyle, Todd Durkin and movement gurus like Weingraff and McGill all support the statement that the back is the weak link in squats, AND single leg training provides larger gains in strength and power. Mike Boyle has researched and executed this with NFL, NHL and D1 athletes, showing that the combination of single leg max is greater than 2 leg max in squats.
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UkraineTrainWreck
Okay, not true 'research'. I guess we need to define the reason for a 'big squat'. If the goal is to merely lift big, then hit the standard squats. If you are working w/ athletes, as Boyle does, then the unilateral work has done very well for his athletes as well as those I see at my facility. Too many psoas and thoracic mobility issues for most people to properly do squats properly with the most people is another reason we stay away from standard squats. To each his own.
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Okay, not true 'research'. I guess we need to define the reason for a 'big squat'. If the goal is to merely lift big, then hit the standard squats. If you are working w/ athletes, as Boyle does, then the unilateral work has done very well for his athletes as well as those I see at my facility. Too many psoas and thoracic mobility issues for most people to properly do squats properly with the most people is another reason we stay away from standard squats. To each his own.
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alex
It's very simple why it's more than half! Becauseyou don't lift your upper leg, and some of the weight is instinctevely distributed on the resting leg. I know this because because i can lift 45 kilos about 6 times, on 1 leg, but that leg is not supported on anything, i just balance the weight on my back(I have just a 45 kilo barbell at home, and my 1 rep max on the squat(at the gym) is 155 kilos. Not even close, and don't tell me me balancing it out is the problem, that's easy for me.
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It's very simple why it's more than half! Becauseyou don't lift your upper leg, and some of the weight is instinctevely distributed on the resting leg. I know this because because i can lift 45 kilos about 6 times, on 1 leg, but that leg is not supported on anything, i just balance the weight on my back(I have just a 45 kilo barbell at home, and my 1 rep max on the squat(at the gym) is 155 kilos. Not even close, and don't tell me me balancing it out is the problem, that's easy for me.
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KCMasterbro
So if your back -giving out- is the limiting factor in a regular back squat, how is making the legs stronger the answer? Wouldn't making you back stronger (i. e. working the limiting factor) be the focus? Single leg stuff has its place, especially if you want size, but for getting strong and building a big squat, the focus is on good hard training of the lift you want to improve (i. e. the squat) and doing whatever accessory work you think helps; single leg stuff, whatever.
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So if your back -giving out- is the limiting factor in a regular back squat, how is making the legs stronger the answer? Wouldn't making you back stronger (i. e. working the limiting factor) be the focus? Single leg stuff has its place, especially if you want size, but for getting strong and building a big squat, the focus is on good hard training of the lift you want to improve (i. e. the squat) and doing whatever accessory work you think helps; single leg stuff, whatever.
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tipback
I've watched 6 of your videos in the last few minutes. Great tips. This one I did know and do. I train one leg at a time incase one leg is dominant. Same goes for my arms. I keep the reps at whatever my weaker side maxes out at. I train mostly because I am a massage therapist and most of my clients demand the deeper pressure along with acupressure meridian (chi) work. It makes massaging much easier when you have the power to get in there. Thanx for the vids.
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I've watched 6 of your videos in the last few minutes. Great tips. This one I did know and do. I train one leg at a time incase one leg is dominant. Same goes for my arms. I keep the reps at whatever my weaker side maxes out at. I train mostly because I am a massage therapist and most of my clients demand the deeper pressure along with acupressure meridian (chi) work. It makes massaging much easier when you have the power to get in there. Thanx for the vids.
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Barry
It seems that exercises that mimic actual work conditions are more so correct, unlike bench presses when we work we do not push weight away we pull the weight in. Your leg curl alternative workout that exercise mimics day to day work movements. We push off with one foot normally working or playing, and my weak leg will get a better work out with this method, while saving my back: ) THANKS FOR THE TIP A GOOD ONE HERE
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It seems that exercises that mimic actual work conditions are more so correct, unlike bench presses when we work we do not push weight away we pull the weight in. Your leg curl alternative workout that exercise mimics day to day work movements. We push off with one foot normally working or playing, and my weak leg will get a better work out with this method, while saving my back: ) THANKS FOR THE TIP A GOOD ONE HERE
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