Squat Challenge - DOes it work?

BarbaraCarr1981

I have been doing the 30 day squat challenge since April 1st. I don't use any weights for it. I just do the squats all in a row until i got over 100. Like today, I did 3 sets of 50 to meet the 150 squat challenge for today. What kind of results did anyone else get from this without using weights? I would love to know. Thank ya

catfulford

same here. im about to start today ive been wondering if it actually works.

BarbaraCarr1981

HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anybody got some 30 day Squat Challenge pics they want to show off????????????????????????????

kayla_892

I'm on my 8th day and can already see a small difference. It tones up your butt and makes it more roundish while lifting it up some. Also tones up your legs too.

beiancade

I am on 155. Had to double up today cuz I missed yesterday. But it has lifted my butt up n made my legs toner. I am a believer.

mmk2988

Patience is more important. The difference cannot be noticed by you day by day.
Some other people who see you weekly once or fortnight can see the difference.
Bodyweight squats is better than Gym weight squats

meshashesha2012

depends on what you're expecting it to work to do

Bodyweight squats is better than Gym weight squats

unless using your body weight alone isn't much of a workout.

DavPul

Define "work"

PikaKnight

Bodyweight squats is better than Gym weight squats

I disagree with this. If I could do weighted squats, I'd do so in a heartbeat. From many people who have done both, the results that I know I would like (both aesthetic and strengthwise) are obtained doing weighted squats.

Justjamie0418

Bodyweight squats is better than Gym weight squats

:huh:

DontStopB_Leakin

Bodyweight squats is better than Gym weight squats

Body weight squats kept my butt flat and my legs flabby.

Weighted squats with progressive overload made my butt round and my legs firm.

Your argument is invalid.

KarenJanine

Bodyweight squats is better than Gym weight squats

Why?

Doing low reps with a heavy weight on your shoulders will do a lot more for your muscles and put a lot less stress on your knees than 100s of BW squats.

Warchortle

By definition it's a timed challenge of endurance not results... aka giving up something for Lent isn't about getting shredded. It's not necessarily about giving something up, but improving yourself to being better.

Warchortle

Body weight squats involve stability muscles whereas machine squats will take some of that away. The body grows muscles when the fibers becoming stimulated.. this can be through heavy weight low repetition like 5x5 or lower weight and high reps.. like almost every single mass marketed female workout routine. The end result aesthetically will be similar except the person who trains higher weight will have also trained and gained strength vs. endurance.

whierd

If by "works" you means builds endurance, yes. If you mean sculpting an amazing butt, thighs, and lower back, no.

phjorg

it 'works' in that it gives better results than doing nothing.

But a massive quantity of bodyweight squats is a laughably pale shadow compared to the results you would get with a proper freeweight squat routine.

katy_trail

it's also a hell of a lot faster to do a few sets of weighted squats, using weight that is challenging for you,
than to knock out a few hundred bw squats. that could take an hour.
if you can do so many, it's time to try it with weights.

or if you don't have knee issues, jump squats, but the best is still weighted squats

mybigfat

Hmm....must try that

DopeItUp

Body weight squats involve stability muscles whereas machine squats will take some of that away. The body grows muscles when the fibers becoming stimulated.. this can be through heavy weight low repetition like 5x5 or lower weight and high reps.. like almost every single mass marketed female workout routine. The end result aesthetically will be similar except the person who trains higher weight will have also trained and gained strength vs. endurance.

Nobody is talking about using a machine to do squats.

jajnn

who uses a machine to squat?

brb repping 405 lbs

BluePHX

I am on day 26 as of tomorrow and my butt and thighs have never looked this good. It WORKS. Just make sure your form is good. Feet flat, weight on your heels NOT your toes, "big chest" (as in chest pushed out) and get LOW.

I am doing "dry squats" for now which is squats without added weight and the difference is unbelievable. DO it.

Lupercalia

I did a squat challenge on another site during the month of December, but it wasn't limited to bodyweight squats. It was any sort of squat, weighted or unweighted. It was kind of fun, but honestly it was far too many squats on the higher rep days, and it was a fair bit less than the MFP squat challenge I've seen posted. There were also built in rest days with that challenge, which I don't think the MFP challenge has. I could be wrong, though.

Did it work? Well, I didn't do the challenge with only bodyweight squats--I did barbell back squats and kettlebell goblet squats as well, and I did more weighted squats than bodyweight squats on most days. I'm sure it worked in the sense that I got better at doing squats and doing a whole bunch of them in one go (endurance). And I'm sure it was better for the overall appearance of my behind than sitting on it all month long....but it didn't dramatically change my body in any way.

I worry about people doing these squat challenges who don't know how to squat properly and wind up hurting themselves, and like I said, I feel it's far too many squats, period, and not enough rest.

Mutant13

Patience is more important. The difference cannot be noticed by you day by day.
Some other people who see you weekly once or fortnight can see the difference.
Bodyweight squats is better than Gym weight squats

And you're basing that statement on what exactly?

Mutant13

As to the squat challenge. If you have no weights available then it's better than nothing. But IMHO you're better off doing 20 squats with a decent weight every few days, as opposed to 100 BW's+ every day

Crankstr

Bodyweight squats is better than Gym weight squats

Body weight squats kept my butt flat and my legs flabby.

Weighted squats with progressive overload made my butt round and my legs firm.

Your argument is invalid.

^this!

bestofmyself

I did it and my bum is now more toned. I varied the squats by doing narrow ones and wide ones. I saw the visible results in my last week. Slow but works.

chandra2802

I am doing one now..Do i have a j-lo butt...no.. but i notice i am a bit more toned. and when doing other workouts my legs are much more stable. Which i am very happy with. I found a new one legs butt and guns challenge. Do i think i will comeout looking like a body builder.. No.. but i know afterwards there will be results. Like someone else said.. its about form. Making sure you are doing the workouts correctly.. and when doing bodyweight workouts.. take your time. When going slow you engage more muscles and use those muscles to do the workouts.. when you go fast and use momentum your only cheating yourself