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Are Squats a meme exercise?
Yea
overrated? yes
all things considered are they worth doing? absolutely
can I just do deadlifts instead? I have a knee injury that only hurts when I squat.
is it even possible to be at low bf and deadlift 500lb and have bad looking legs?
Yeah, a dangerous one.
>>35091852
Deadlifts are an even bigger meme exercise
If you're already injured avoid them
>>35091786
The biggest meme lifts are bench, squats, deadlifts, OHP, and cleans.
>>35091792
>>35091793
/fit/
>>35092086
I wish someone would come up with a meme routine that we can use to fuck with the dyels that come here
>>35091786
Fuck squats. Just do some cycling instead
>>35091852
try doing kneeling squats
>>35092067
ignore this DYEL
deadlifts are how i fixed my shitty back, and preformed properly are the number 1 prehab/rehab exercise you can do for a bad back.
>>35092086
>the best lifts you can do are memes
hahaha, what do you do instead, flyes on a cable machine?
also cleans are not popular enough to be a meme...
power cleans maybe..
Can someone post that webm with the guy literally doing 1/8th squats the bar bending?
>>35092159
dude, even the pro cyclists who roided with test+hgh had tiny thighs.
>>35091852
fix your injury fgt
>>35092157
>>35091852
you don't use your quads to deadlift.
enjoy having weird-ass thighs with over-developed hamstrings and under-developed quads.
>>35092273
the "ss is a meme" meme
fun fact: nobody who propagates this meme has been lifting more than a few months, or has read starting strength, and thus has no idea what they disagree with.
>>35092222
>kneeling squats
quads of truth and justice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbTegdZvIgA
what do you think of my quads /fit/?
190, 100 kg, 18 y/o
>>35092349
overdeveloped tbqh
should have stopped squatting and started focussing on glute work (hip thrusts, glute bridges, quadruped hip extensions, etc)
how high is your box jump?
>>35092349
too big to look nice in regular clothes
>>35092288
the "the "ss is a meme" meme"
fun fact: everyone who propagates this meme has been lifting only a few months & just read starting strength, and thus has no idea what they disagree with.
>>35092349
For a 190 squat those are overdeveloped. Mine were big but not that big, and that was with a 240kg high bar squat.
>>35092349
Lmao wad da fak
>>35092157
There was a "Getting toned for summer" one that was around a few years back that was meant for the fags who come here in June asking how to tone up for their holiday in two weeks.
It was pretty convincing too.
>>35092274
confirmed for never lifting more than the bar.
Yea
>>35092157
how about a routine that works your legs 3x a week and the rest of your muscle groups only 1.5x a week? we could say that it is because of the strength gain requires such lengthy recovery!
>>35092157
>>35092413
He's 190cm dumbass
>>35092349
>>35092067
I cant remember the source for this, so sorry for estating a bit, but i read that football players are taught to keep their hammies as close as possible to twice the strength of their quads specifically to prevent knee injury. I realize he isnt playing football, but this makes me think it could only help. Same issue here though, my knees crack a lot at high weights. No pain, just noise.
they definitely are now yeh
>tfw i literally typed "instagram squats" into google, went to the first instagram page that came up and this was one of their pics
yup, defiantly a meme now
>>35092349
need a pic from the back to really judge
>>35092365
I don't know, I've never tried
>>35092759
kek, also not working out your arms at all. Most people come here because they want to get muscular and look good naked, so considering how so many people are trolled into SS and muh strength training, yeah, it is a huge meme routine
>>35091852
Find a gym where you can do prowler pushes (mostly hamstring and glutes) and sled drags (mostly quad). These can effectively replace deads and squats if you're hitting 5x100 feet at 500lb+ on grass.
>>35092867
>what are accessories
>>35092238
I can't tell if this guy is being serious or not
>>35092883
Who are you quoting?
Also SS accessories a shit pham
>>35091786
It's such a basic lift and hits so many muscle groups, I don't understand why anyone wouldn't find at least find some small way to work squats into their routine.
i squatted 240 today and it made me feel strong (hehe) also my legs are starting to look great
merry Hanukkah &happy lifting
-DYEL anon beginnerfag :)
>>35092820
I fapped, fuuuuuuuck help
>>35092413
I train with 150 kg high-bar, never maxed. My legs just grow a lot faster than the rest of my body.
>>35092896
Except that isn't from Rippetoe's book where he encourages you to do whatever accessory lifts you want to build up strength in other areas.
>>35092349
mah nigga
>>35092883
accessories won't make up for the fact that you work out your legs twice as much as everything else
>>35092254
google: quadzilla. german sprint cyclist with ridiculous quads.
>>35091786
Absolutely. Training legs is mostly a meme unless you are on heavy roids and competing.
>>35093233
fucking disgusting.
are you the guy on grindr who i told to stop squatting?
because that wasn't jokes...
>>35094129
google: lance armstrong
motherfucker was on ALL the roids, and his thighs were tiny as shit.
how do you know this "quadzilla" didn't do squats?
>>35094385
>motherfucker was on ALL the roids
What, no he wasn't. He was doing esoteric blood doping and shit like that to get higher oxygen levels in his red blood cells or otherwise give slight advantages. He wasn't taking shit that would make one's thighs grow to extreme sizes.
>>35092349
M I R I N
>>35094385
are you literally retarded?
Lance:
>riding 100+ miles per day every day in environments that require gc riders to be lightweight for climbing and adaptability purposes
All track cyclists, as well as a few sprinters who ride the tour, such as griepel, cavendish, and even sagan i guess you could say:
>build their bodies in the gym with shit like squats, train to use every ounce of explosive power possible on the track in about 1-2mins after about 3-4mins of trackstands. rewards larger builds with more muscle sheer explosive power.
also >>35094426 is basically the gist.
go to the gym or type something into google and figure out how shit works anon.
>>35094129
>>35094385
Key word here is SPRINT cyclist.
Lance Armstrong has no quads because all of his steroid usage goes to sustaining him in his marathon riding sessions. Even with the roids, hes going to have very few calories to spare for muscle gain. Distance riders also like to keep their weight pretty low.
Look at sprint runners, too--a lot of those guys have big legs because they stand to benefit from the explosive power in short distance races. Lots of the top guys squat pretty heavy.
>>35094385
What is training specificity?
What is endurance racing?
What is track cycling?
You know that eat big to get big meme?
You could be on every PED and not get big, just by not eating big. Also if you burn a billion calories a day in your training, you probably won't get too big.
>>35091786
For women yes. They take up a rack just to do 40kg and never progress because they're scared of muscle.
>>35092157
We already did newfag. 'Getting toned for summer' happened a while back.
