Squats and hamstring soreness

Pmagnanifit
Pmagnanifit Posts: 665 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Question for the lifters out there: when I first started squats made my quads sore... Now after six months of increasing weight my hamstrings seem more sore. I think I'm doing them right and haven't changed much just increased weight very slowly
Any ideas why the pattern of post exercise soreness would change?

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  • knucklesammie
    knucklesammie Posts: 196 Member
    *bump!

    i don't know the answer, but think it's an interesting question! i can imagine why your quads are less sore, but can't quite put my finger on why your hammies would be instead.. are you doing more/heavier deadlifts in addition to your squatsl? those things kill my hamstrings.

    either way, here's a fun little image of different squat positions and the muscles it uses:
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  • RosyBest
    RosyBest Posts: 303 Member
    I started squatting 3-4 months ago and the pain in the morning especially was almost unbearable. My thighs and legs hurt so badly. I actually started increasing my squats and as those muscles got used to the exercise, the pain went away. I have no idea why your muscles ache. Are you doing variations on the types of squats? That's the only thing that I can think of.

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