What is it about squats that makes them "not fun"?
And don't say it is just because they are hard because deadlifts are hard and they are fun as fuck
>>35481882
>not fun
Bullshit, i think they are fun.
>>35481882
The bar hurts your shoulders/neck and the move is really uncomfortable to do.
>>35481882
>that
>fucking
>ROM
>>35482044
shit form
I think they're fun
I've hated squats ever since I first failed a rep and had to dump it. Now every time I do them all I can picture is not being able to get back up. It often results in me not going for another rep if I'm not absolutely 100% sure I could get it back up.
>working out the legs
Sorry I got my sprint for this, anything else is retarded
I hate squats thanks to my shit mobility. Even with an hour of stretching and rolling and whatnot, my body still doesn't want to be folded up like that.
>>35481882
I have shitty flexibility so I have to concentrate on keeping my form tight. With other lifts I can keep good form without having to think about it too much.
Will my flexibility improve much as I keep going?
>>35481882
Diddlies are fun because they and the OHP are the manliest lifts you can do.
Squats are good for overall leg mass and ass development but don't go overboard with them.
>>35482093
Enjoy chicken legs faggot
>>35482044
I still don't understand how people think the bar hurts your shoulders and neck
Like I have never felt this and I'm at 2pl8 work weight
>>35482313
Most people have terrible mobility and/or bar positioning.
>>35482313
>Like I have never felt this and I'm at 2pl8 work weight
You say that like that's a lot. Why would your pathetic baby weight hurt your neck?
>>35483831
get ye gone
>>35481882
Because in addition to being hard, squats are a whole lot more technical than deadlifts.
>>35481882
With proper warmup i dont hate squats as much. Problem is that i do not feel like i lift with my quads usually. Even when i think about engaging them during lift they still like secondary muscle. I do front.
>>35481882
For me it's my sciatica.
>>35481882
I enjoy them far more than deadlifts
>>35482313
I have scoliosis and bar placement can be tricky.
There's a brown spot on my back from all the scratches that gets bigger with every squat session.
When I reach 3pl8 I'll have turned into a nigger.
>>35481882
>What is it about squats that makes them "not fun"?
The difficulty
Directly stresses the largest muscle group in the body; legs
Leg burn
The resulting soreness especially for first timers and infrequent squatters
It's tiring
>>35483889
whats your warmup bruh?
>>35483889
How's your form? Are you rocking back on your heels like you should be doing? Are you sticking your ass out far enough?
>>35481882
While deadlift and The Press are funnier, squats are pretty fun on their own.
I would rather squat that bench press any day of the week.
>>35483963
>stresses the legs
I want this meme to die. Your legs are barely even involved in a squat. Your core does all of the work. Leg gains only come from increased test generated from stressing the core.
>>35483938
elemeyooooo
I absolutely love squats.
That said I have been skiing since 3 yrs old so I could do single legs squats before ever stepping into a weight room and the first time I did I did 80kg ass to grass
>>35484074
this is bait
>>35481882
uses more muscles
a lot more tiring because of it
as much as I love squatting it's tiring as fuck I never feel light headed or out of breath when benching or deadlifting heavy but squatting is the only exercise that does that to me.
I didn't even feel any kind of doms with the compound lifts when I first started, only with isolations. I guess faggots think that because they are sore they are gaining more muscle. I totally love squats I do they thrice a week.
When i back squat it hurts my left shoulder, and i am not mobile enough to front squat. So basically i cant get into the form properly and that why squat sucks.
Deadlifts are fun because there is nothing to fear if you fail.
Squats on the other hand will make you feel like the bar's bitch if you fail. Even though safety rails etc make it easier to bail, it still isn't easy to remove that mental battle of making yourself drop into the next rep that you're unsure if you'll make or not.
>>35483889
>I don't front squat with my quads
how
High bar squats are acceptable but there's no way to feel comfortable with a bar on your back. I drop the weight behind me when I fail and I always feel that it's unsafe even though I haven't had any accidents.
Front squats feel really fucking great. I can stay fully uprighta and move like I was designed to move.
Low bar is a fucking abortion of a lift.
>>35481882
They are considered hard and annoying because learning proper form isn't fun.
>>35484299
>Low bar is a fucking abortion of a lift.
Too true, wish i had the flexibility for front bar.
>>35481882
Because you are a faggot, you squat high bar and barely go paralelle. You are a faggot
I squat every day and a workout isn't a real workout if I don't squat during it
>>35484324
>hating on a squat style while being too immobile for front squats
disgraceful, go away and think about where you went wrong in life
>>35482078
Protip: Use bumper plates and learn how to bail. It'll boost your confidence on squats, hence more progress
>>35484334
Deep enough for you fag ?
165 @ 81 bw
>>35484343
I sat down too much and now my legs have zero mobility, i don't need to think about it, i know.
>>35484349
Not you on the pic FAG
>>35484354
Good, then correct it faggot
>>35484369
how fucking retarded do you think i am, i have identified a problem now i am just going to sit here and let it get worse?
>>35484349
It's Mrchaningt you fucker, and I think he is heavier than 80kg. Mirin depth and mobility btw
>>35482056
Could just be low muscle mass dude. The bar does rest on your traps (high bar) and rear delts (low bar). It will go away in time if he eats at a slight surplus. Or he's just a bitch.
>>35481882
They are absolutely fun. If they're not comfortable, your are probably lacking mobility. Stretch and stretch and stretch. Practice lightweight pause squats where you sit in the hole for awhile. If you get your ass down to your heels, you're not flexible enough. Even then extra stretching is a good idea.
>>35484074
>>35484135
Nah this isn't bait. This is a hook cast into empty waters with not even a worm.
>>35482313
2pl8 is pretty weak for squats. It starts hurting around 3. But I don't use a pad so that could also be it
>>35484349
How much time have you been lifting ? Routine ? Stats ?
>>35482313
Because they don't keep their back tight enough when squatting, if the bar doesnt rest on your flexing traps, you will feel it on your shoulder and neck bones
>>35484383
Yeah and you shitpost about lowbar while you're doing it
I hate squats at the moment because ive fucked my form up sometime during progression and now i have to deload and get it right
>>35484411
1m81
81 kg
PL : 170/125/230
OW : 85/115
2 years of calisthenics/bro split
1.5 year of heavy compounds
4 months of Oly lifting
>>35484385
>>35484363
Should have posted as a trip, sorry guys
>>35484423
Oh no someones shitposting on fit
>>35484349
>Using knees sleeves at 165
lol
>>35484446
>yfw this is the kind of people with trips on fit, barely dl 2 plates and don't even bench one plate and you act like you have been lifting for more than 3 years
Come back when you will have a 1/2/3/4 ohp/bench/squat/deads
Shit wrong trip
>>35484446
Man, its kg
>>35484457
I squat every day so my knees are a bit tired, I put on my sleeves as soon as I put more than 120-130 on the bar
>>35484446
AHAHAHAHAHAJAHAH
>>35484457
I'm done with /fit/ ... How can you shitpost about a guy highbar squatting more than 2xBW, No belt and atg...
You must be a fatass squatting low bar to paralelle and thinking you are strong
>>35484457
How much do i have to squat for you to grant me a sleeve license, neckbeard-kun?
>>35484507
mfw he squats as much in kg than me in lbs and people make fun of him... I want to die
>>35484074
Only if you brace hard enough to fart so hard you achieve liftoff
>>35484521
Don't listen bro, you will make it. We just have a massive faggot jealous than a guy weighting less than him squats more and a better form than him
MrChanningT can I suk ya dik ?
>>35483993
You will laugh lol bit since nobody does front squats in my gym I am ok. I start with a bar then 40 then 50kg sets for warmup. After thay i am ready to go deep. But I have fucked up right knee so never go heavy (to my standards).
>>35484050
I try to do that consciously yes. Otherwise i start lifting with my hands rather than legs. But then again i have to constantly every rep remind myself about it.
>>35484291
It is a meme. Just because it supposed to work quads doesnt mean most people know how to engage them. Same thing when people say bench press is shit but the have no idea how to use chest not hands.
Here's my warm up
Move every single join CCW and CW 5-10 times
Shoulder warm up: YTWK 3-5 sets
Ab warm up: Rotation, forward and sideways
Hip warm up: Leg swings mostly
Hamstring, hip and calves stretches 30 seconds (1 or 2 times)
Assume squatting position, stay in it for like 1 minute, maximum deepth
Overhead squats with a random stick (or barbell) 2-3 sets
Then I start squatting the bar, adding 20 kg each time till I hit my weight.
>>35484349
Shouldn't your knees never go past your toes ?
Don't get me wrong I don't want to offend anyone, You would be by far the strongest guy at my gym, it's just that a PT told me to never allow my knees to go this far
>>35484604
*YTWL sry
with resistance bands
>>35482116
>>35482263
>>35484386
fuck that, you are easily flexible enough. its a matter of technique unless you for some retarded reason want to squat like lu xiajon ping pong
>>35484651
> ping pong
kek
>>35484604
My man. Looks approx like mine, god tier warm up !
>>35484607
Don't listen to him, as long as your weight is on the middle of your foot and you have the required mobility your safe
>>35484474
>>35484457
Why so mean ?
>>35484651
We don't even have a video of his form and you're denouncing the possibility of flexibility being the issue? Just shut the fuck up you newfag.
>>35484668
you are. Sorry, long day and english not being my first language are not helping
>>35484682
yes, i am. the only thing he might lack is ankle flexibility but the most reasonable thing to fix that is lifting shoes. he should get them anyway and stretching the ankle usually takes years to notice a difference.
that being said, it really isnt a flexibility issue as much as a technique issue 90% of the time
>>35484607
educate yourself and kill your dyel PT
>>35484460
Hey m8, he's using KG, not LBS.
Try actually reading, scrub.
My leg day was on Fri. I'm still fuckin sore to this day. Is this normal? Never had this happen to me.
>>35484920
muscular pain? good
joint pain? bad
>>35484941
Nah not my joints. But my WHOLE fucking quads/hamstrings. Sore asf. Did I have good work out then?
P.S. Had a charlie horse this morning. Not that it matters but made my right calf even more sore.
>>35484446
B T F O
i love ya, dawg
>>35484959
yeah, google DOMS
when you work out, muscle fibres tear and get filled in by proteins, making them bigger
that's what you're experiencing
>>35484598
Yes, but it's physically impossible to feel nothing in the quads when doing a front squat. It's the most quad dominant squat variation.
The guy must be doing something seriously wrong
>>35485011
Nice. So if I don't eat enough proteins, I won't see any gains correct?
>>35485046
yeah exactly this dude, plently of carbs too. good luck
>>35485074
Sorry for this dumb ass question. But what foods contain alot of carbs? Again, sorry for this noob question.
>>35485084
pasta and bread are the usual carb mainstays
>>35485074
>plenty of carbs
Doesn't matter other than energy levels.
Get a caloric surplus of 200-300 calories above your TDEE. Aim for a gain of a half lb a week or 2lbs a month as this is effectively the maximum rate your body can put on muscle as a natty. You need .82g of protein per lb of lean body mass on a cut and .68 on a bulk. Track calories and protein. Carbs if you're carb cycling.
>>35485096
Aiight thanks bro. Appreciate your advice.
The worst thing about squats is the resetting after failing a rep
worst thing about squats is when A FUCKING KID STARTS DOING PRESSUPS BEHIND ME WHEN IM HALFWAY THROUGH PR'ING WITHOUT A SAFETY RACK AND NOW I HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ABORTING MY PR OR RISKING KILLING A CHILD
i completed my pr set btw :^)
>>35484259
This
>>35484324
>flexibility
put straps on the bar and lift from the straps.
>>35481882
When you become shorter for a sec and you worry that you never go back to your former height ...
>>35482044
sorry about ur tiny ass traps
>>35482313
>people think the bar hurts your shoulders and neck
>I'm at 2pl8 work weight
Funny bait, or you're a retarded little dyel cunt
>>35484460
>>35484808
Fucking REKT amerifat !
>>35484259
Correct.
It's probably because I'm a noob lifter, but squats aren't fun for me because they scare me. I squat in a rack, so the safety bars would let me get out if i couldn't get it back up, but i guess there's something about weight on your shoulders that just creates a primal fear of "fuck this up, and you'll fuck yourself up".
Curiously, bench pressing doesn't scare me, and I'm sure you can fuck yourself up just as bad with a bad bench.
Anyone else know this feel?
>>35481882
I fucking hate putting the bar across my back when my shoulder/lower neck area are sore from rows.
>>35487859
If you bench without a squat rack or spotter it's more dangerous than squatting.
Squats are the most overrated and unpleasant exercise of all time. Doing leg press and deadlifts will hit all of the same muscle groups and will be much more enjoyable. Fuck squat babbies.
>>35488768
>Leg press
Enjoy your 270 degree knee bend.
>>35483911
I have sciatica and I squat, am I fiucking it up even more by doing so? I usually stretch it out afterwards and foam roll my lower back/glutes just in case
>>35482313
I feel ya. I'm at 3pl8 and still haven't felt this issue. I do high bar but i don't know if that would be less/more painful.
It's a two part problem OP
>They're hard
Even harder than deadlifting
>they're uncomfortable
curlbros don't know how to do shrugs and consequently have tiny traps; not to mention shit flexibility and chicken legs
>they aren't chest, or arms, or shoulders, or back
I fucking love squatting; headed for T-rex mode pretty soon
Not only are squats not fun, they can also cause injury very easily. Hold some dumbbells, put a skateboard against a wall, put your back against it, and squat like that. You'll make incredible strength gains, and you'll have almost no chance of getting hurt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D7Hv4L1F60
Squats are the only compound lift I like.
OHP sucks, obviously.
Deadlifts are super fun when you're DYEL but when you've been lifting a few years you stop progressing much and they become frustrating.
Bench is 2nd best but is always incredibly inconsistent for me, when I finally got to 2pl8 3×5, next workout could only do 2x3.
>>35488895
Fake scooby? gutentag though.
>>35489239
inconsistency indicates too little rest or not optimal nutrition.
>>35481882
do front, for some reason i have a terrible balance with back squa
t so i just do front they arent that bad
>>35482044
confirmed for shitty form
>>35487859
opposite for me. For the longest time I was shit scared of deadlifting because my mate told me a horror story of how he was doing 3 and 1/2 plate, out of fucking nowhere a barbell flies towards him and knocks his bar so he staggers and falls. In that moment he described what literally felt like his final moment as he watched the weights bounce next to his head. He got out okay, only 1 slipped disk but he doesn't dare do deadlifts because his back is fucked.
