Favorite squat method

[NAIR]

I personally like smith machine squats because I feel that I'm able to isolate my quads more.

 

[Get_Swole]

i like the reg. squat better but havent been able to do it since highschool cause of my shoulder as you know bro. But i love front squats on the smith to really isolate my quads then i hit hams hard with straight leg deads.

 

[Get_Swole]

or if theres a really nice hammer strength hack squat i love the hack feels great

 

[NAIR]

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[mcgaret]

I know what I'm doing tomorow - we must be sick when that looks like fun!!!

 

[Spartan warrior]

I use the Smith Machine also. I feel alot more control and better isolate the quad. After having 2 back surgery's that is all I use. Plus you can vary your positioning of the angle at times with not worring about falling forward. Nobody likes to have a shit load of plates coming down on them!!! Also with the safety features it is like having total control.

 

[NAIR]

I know what I'm doing tomorow - we must be sick when that looks like fun!!!

LOL, no doubt I was thinking the same thing!

 

[Get_Swole]

405 balls to the wall ass to heals now thats some awesome form i have every video hes made lol i used to watch his chest day on my chest day before i went and so forth to pump me up haha...

 

[saudades]

I usually like to use the barbell because of the stabilizer muscles being involved. Now that I'm getting older, I may have to switch to the Smith machine to protect my back. I also like using the power squat and hack squat machines at my gym.

 

[dreww]

i voted for barbell.

smith machines have always killed my back. doesnt matter what kind, what angle, what brand.

after going to the chiro, he said I have a fused lower vertebrae which limits my ROM slightly, probably what causes the pain. Free squats allow my body to move naturally.

 

[supermannpc]

barbell squats are a most

 

[teedubgee]

barbell, heavy and deep

 

[mikeswift]

barbell baby... smith machines are fun for some things when you want to focus on a very isolated movement but it's not natural for your body to go straight up and down like that. One of my training partners is a chiropractor and the only thing he likes about the smith machine is the extra clientele it brings him

 

[NAIR]

lol, oh jesus; guess I better think about switching things up

 

[NAIR]

hey what's up with front squats? Do they always hurt like a bitch???

 

[dreww]

hey what's up with front squats? Do they always hurt like a bitch???

they hurt my back (what doesn't) but suprisingly, I can do them with my feet fairly narrow with nothing on my heels. I cannot do a regular free squat anything but super wide stance without blocks/plates/etc. under my heels.

 

[pincushion]

i love barbell squats heavy as hell, but i have to go as wide as the rack. i dont feel as bad about my back, sounds like im not the only one with prob. my L4 L5 and S1 are screwed.

 

[NAIR]

yeah the fronts kill my back and shoulders (where I place the barbell). Leaves marks on my shoulders for days.

I go wide on free squats too

 

[mikeswift]

the wider you go the easier it is so you should try mixing in some light weight sets of narrow width to hit different parts of your legs

 

[pincushion]

i will give it a go again, does a narrow width hurt your knees, it always bothered mine..