I am the only person who front squats at my gym.
Why do I always have to be that autistic guy doing something nobody else does?
I'll never be normal :(
>>36775036
Don't feel bad anon. I'm the only one in the gym who does Bulgarian Lunges. Keep up the good work senpai.
>>36775036
>Why do I always have to be that autistic guy doing something nobody else does?
If everyone else was doing crossfit, would you do it too?
stop being a tard and do the right thing instead of doing what everyone else is doing
>>36775036
im the only person who front squats at my gym too
>tfw assholes 1uping me by 20kg all the time
dont they realise front squats are the superior lift
>>36775036
>implying you would be normal if you didn't front squat
Just do your goddamn front squats
>>36775068
I feel back squats are better overall but
Front squats looks so much cooler. I'm not training for any strength competition so might as well looks cool. I'm having way more fun doing that than Backsquat
>>36775036
I'm the only person in my gym who squats, deadlifts and The Press.
Not even joking.
I do both. Don't feel bad anon. And don't come here to pity party. Do you want to be a sad cunt or a shredded cunt?
>>36775099
is your gym stuck in the year 2008?
squats are the biggest meme lift around now (thanks instagram), everyone does them now and my fucking gym only has 2 racks so I have to wait even at 10pm
stupid
>>36775112
My gym is actually stuck in the early 80's or so (equipment is over 3 decades old), it's just that only stupid kids come for a bit of bench pressing and curling before they head out clubbing every night. The rest only does boxing or at most bodyweight exercises.
At least I have the squat rack all to myself.
>>36775112
>squats
>meme lift
>>36775146
If you don't think squats are a memelift, you haven't been paying much attention to the internet. Making fun of people who skip legs is in, "she squats!" is a thing, instagram is entirely devoted to squatting, etc. No other lift even rivals it anymore.
>>36775162
A lift that actually really works well? GOD FORBID IT SPREADS LIKE WILD FIRE.
>>36775162
>calling something a meme invalidates it
Squats are the best lower body exercise along with deadlifts. Regardless if they're considered a meme they're still great.
Btw calling things a meme is a meme.
>>36775218
Thanks for sharing your opinion. Where did I say squats were a bad lift?
>>36775036
>2000+16
>Still doing Front Squats
It's like you never wanna make it
It's almost as if simultaneously people realized that they can't avoid squats their entire life. Who started the trend then? What made everyone stop being a pussy and start squatting?
It's truly amazing.
Squatting is one of the hardest lifts and everyone would avoid them, but now even the most normie of normies does them and puts effort into it. Crazy how things change.
>>36775162
I really haven't been paying attention. My bad breh. Squats are still an excellent compound lift though. Literally no reason not to do them unless you're my buddy who had a herniated disc
>>36775246
>Who started the trend then?
When crossfit and other "social working gym" saved lifting by making the general public less afraid of barbells
>>36775246
Unironically memes from /fit/ and misc started it. "Don't skip leg day" was the catalyst, DYEL became a huge thing too, etc. We ruined lifting.
>>36775265
But now if everyone makes it we never will.
where are you from OP (the fag)?
>>36775267
LIGHTWEIGHT BABY
There is some faggot that half squats too much and drops the bar and bends them
he's such a faggot he dragged in a trash can in case he "works out too hard"
at least you're not him
>>36775320
There's this one dude in my gym who slaps on 225 after three warmup sets at 135x2 and 185. He half squats them for sets of like 3. I don't get it. Like he doesn't even come close to parallel.
>>36775341
This guy is worse man. He actually damages gym equipment.
>does rack pulls
>slams the bar into the rungs every time
>puts on 3 plate on the bar
>clearly can't squat it
>today he dropped it and fell over
>try to explain to him to use the already bent bar as dropping the bar bends it, he has no idea what I'm talking about
>starts complaining to me about how some bro-tier lifter is a dick because he was hogging the squat rack
the bro-tier guy actually squats big boy weight to depth.
The guy is so lacking in self awareness it's truly amazing. He even wears a hoodie and rolls up his shorts so show off his fat leg quads before squats. He thinks he's a serious lifter.
My gym only has 4 barbells.
>>36775354
Oh dear Christ I'm sorry for you. I can't imagine what it feels like to be that delusional. You and the big boy squat bro should host an intervention for the guy. There are only a few meme tier lifters in my area and I only see them every once in a while.
>>36775036
TFW I'm the only one in my gym that cares about strength gains over hypertrophy gains. Today this old hag that works at the gym came really mad at me and told me to stop banging the weights to the floor. This gym is pretty shit and getho looking and they still pull this shit
>>36775036
>tfw the only guy at my gym who lifts around the same weights as me looks like he's 50kg heavier than me
Im the only person who does anything in my gym
> HOME GYM MASTER RACE
>>36775175
Dude, shit sucks.
My gym has only 1 squat rack.
When I started there, I could occupy the thing for my whole workout, because nobody else squatted.
Now I regularly have to wait because some else is "squatting" (i.e. 1 pl8 quarter squats)
>>36775036
I can't do front squats for limited wrist movement due to it breaking a few times.
A bit jealous of you tbqh family
>>36776354
Why do you have the curl bar set so high?
>>36776354
That is fucking sweet! One day this will be mine.
>>36776354
Jesus, this gym must be new, you're bragging about it in every single fucking thread.
>>36775095
Back squats are better at exploding knees
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19002072
>Although bar position did not influence muscle activity, muscle activation during the ascending phase was significantly greater than during the descending phase. The front squat was as effective as the back squat in terms of overall muscle recruitment, with significantly less compressive forces and extensor moments. The results suggest that front squats may be advantageous compared with back squats for individuals with knee problems such as meniscus tears, and for long-term joint health.
>>36775036
front squatted yesterday actually. i've seen a couple other people do it here and there
>>36775036
Be your own man, don't try to blend in with the sheeple. Who cares if your normal? Normal is boring.
>>36777934
>>36776354
Third time I saw this you restarted fuck.
>>36776691
Underrated, kek.
>>36775036
Me too OP
The trick is not to give a fuck
>>36775341
>warm up with 5x135, 4x185, 5x5 for 225
>usually try to go parallel but form breaks down by last sets
>>36777973
>The results suggest
>tfw i specifically time my workouts to exit when another person does so i don't feel obligated to say bye when the front desk person does.
Life is suffering
>>36775036
>tfw I'm the only one in the gym that does ATG squats
>tfw I'm the only one in the gym that pulls conventional
>tfw I'm the only one that goes into the sauna naked
>tfw stopped squatting because my legs grow way faster than the rest of my body
>muh genetics
>thanks dad
