Squat Challenge - DOes it work?

BarbaraCarr1981
BarbaraCarr1981 Posts: 903 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
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

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  • catfulford
    catfulford Posts: 62 Member
    same here. im about to start today ive been wondering if it actually works.
  • BarbaraCarr1981
    BarbaraCarr1981 Posts: 903 Member
    HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anybody got some 30 day Squat Challenge pics they want to show off????????????????????????????
  • kayla_892
    kayla_892 Posts: 30
    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
    beiancade Posts: 1
    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
    mmk2988 Posts: 43
    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
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    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
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Define "work"
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    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
    Justjamie0418 Posts: 1,065 Member

    Bodyweight squats is better than Gym weight squats


    :huh:
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    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
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    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
    Warchortle Posts: 2,197 Member
    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
    Warchortle Posts: 2,197 Member
    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
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    If by "works" you means builds endurance, yes. If you mean sculpting an amazing butt, thighs, and lower back, no.
  • phjorg
    phjorg Posts: 252 Member
    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
    katy_trail Posts: 1,992 Member
    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
    mybigfat Posts: 162 Member
    Hmm....must try that
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    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
    jajnn Posts: 33
    who uses a machine to squat?

    brb repping 405 lbs
  • BluePHX
    BluePHX Posts: 184 Member
    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
    Lupercalia Posts: 1,857 Member
    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
    Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
    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
    Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
    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
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    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
    bestofmyself Posts: 1
    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
    chandra2802 Posts: 29 Member
    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

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