Squats are NOT the answer to everything

taso42
taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
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Sometimes Deadlifts are the answer. But usually it's squats.
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  • plumnbagel
    plumnbagel Posts: 184 Member
    I LOVE squats! If it didn't sound like I was doing something else I'd want to be known as Mr. Squats!
  • laughingdani
    laughingdani Posts: 2,275 Member
    60% of the time they work all the time....
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    I was doing squats at 5 am.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    What if you do squats with no weight? *runs*
  • Jules2Be
    Jules2Be Posts: 2,238 Member
    What if you do squats with no weight? *runs*

    chases.
  • PhilyPhresh
    PhilyPhresh Posts: 600 Member
    As long as you are doing Body Squats, OH Squats, Front Squats, Back Squats... You are pretty covered... and Deadlifts are really just a heavy reverse squat... ;)
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    Squats gave me my very nice behind.

    Deadlifts is still my favorite
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    :heart:
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    What if you do squats with no weight? *runs*

    whatever works for you girlie :)
  • melbaby925
    melbaby925 Posts: 613
    They're my new love! And I do all flavors...straight, sumo...with weight, without weight...*sigh*

    They pretty much are the answer to everything, including why I am having a hard time getting up and down out of my office chair today.
  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
    What if you do squats with no weight? *runs*

    then we mock you.
  • met42485
    met42485 Posts: 71 Member
    Squats are ALWAYS the answer!
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    deadlifts answer more questions than squats.

    pushups answer some questions as well
  • Nerdy_Rose
    Nerdy_Rose Posts: 1,277 Member
    Squats made my butt perkier. But only after I got up to 75+ lbs.
  • Wonderob
    Wonderob Posts: 1,372 Member
    Squats hurt and we all know that there's no gain if there's pain so best if you avoid them
  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,271 Member
    Sometimes Deadlifts are the answer. But usually it's squats.

    Pushups or burpees are the answer to everything
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    Sometimes Deadlifts are the answer. But usually it's squats.
    What benefits are from squats, and what benefits are from deadlifts? Be specific, 'cause some of us would like to know. I am fairly new to weight training, from a knowlege stand-point.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    What if you do squats with no weight? *runs*

    this is gateway behavior which often leads to back squats with an olympic bar
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    If a bear squats in the woods, does his spotter wear hotpants?
  • Meggles63
    Meggles63 Posts: 916 Member
    I love squatting...wait, what? :tongue:
  • RedHeadDevotchka
    RedHeadDevotchka Posts: 1,394 Member
    I have a love-hate relationship with them!
  • poledancing_ninja
    poledancing_ninja Posts: 271
    If a bear squats in the woods, does his spotter wear hotpants?

    <3
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    If a bear squats in the woods, does his spotter wear hotpants?

    Suede hotpants, actually.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    What if you do squats with no weight? *runs*

    then we mock you.

    *blushing*
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Sometimes Deadlifts are the answer. But usually it's squats.
    What benefits are from squats, and what benefits are from deadlifts? Be specific, 'cause some of us would like to know. I am fairly new to weight training, from a knowlege stand-point.

    There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density enhancement, muscular stimulation and growth, connective tissue stress and strength, psychological demand and toughness, and overall systemic conditioning than the correctly performed full squat. --Mark Rippetoe

    The topic is just for fun. Of course a well rounded strength program would have you doing more than just squatting (or deadlifting). But if you were going to pick one exercise to be stuck on a deserted island with, let it be the squat.
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    If a bear squats in the woods, does his spotter wear hotpants?

    yes
  • MalSponseller
    MalSponseller Posts: 217 Member
    Squats are great! I tried dumbbell deadlifts the other day and was having back pain. Going to wait until the boyfriend gets back from Ireland so he can spot me before trying them again.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    If a bear squats in the woods, does his spotter wear hotpants?

    depends. do you ever have a problem with chalk leaving marks on your hotpants?
  • MalSponseller
    MalSponseller Posts: 217 Member
    What if you do squats with no weight? *runs*

    Hey, you're not alone! I'm doing this now until I can get back into my university's gym when the semester starts back up
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    If a bear squats in the woods, does his spotter wear hotpants?

    Suede hotpants, actually.

    I'm sorry, they're velour actually. Please get your facts straight.

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