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front squat/other squat variations

Dalker
Dalker Posts: 44 Member
edited February 18 in Social Groups
I've been doing 5/3/1 and I've stalled on my squat after just 3 cycles. I seem to be struggling a little at the moment, as the app I used to track estimates and graphs my 1RM and they all seem to have dropped. Not sure if I maybe need to eat more.

But back to my question. I'm thinking the first thing I need to do it switch up my assistance work. On my squat day I do my squats then some romanian deadlifts and then some other back exercises. I don't really do anything hitting the legs hard. I do a set of 5x10 squats at a lighter weight on my deadlift day.

I am thinking it might be helpful to add some squat variations to my squat day. I like the idea of learning to front squat as I think it'd help with my form. But my question is how much weight can I start with? Will I be able to front squat the bar? I'm very scared of trying and failing. I am back squatting 47.5kg at the moment.



Sorry for the long post, looks like I've actually asked a few questions.

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