Stopped doing squats.

Priyanka2883 · August 2018

I don't feel that they were of any use. It's been 12 days I haven't done a single squat. Do tell is it okay?

LKArgh · August 2018

Most people in this world go on about their daily lives not doing squats, so in general yes, it is ok, no one ever died because of lack of squats. The question is what are you trying to achieve, and what your overall routine looks like. For me, doing for years a traditional large muscle teams routine, adjusting to a routine of no squats on drs orders (serious ankle injury and bearing any weight is off limits forever) has been extremely challenging and after two years I am still not happy with any alternative.

TavistockToad · August 2018

Priyanka2883 wrote: »

I don't feel that they were of any use. It's been 12 days I haven't done a single squat. Do tell is it okay?

Eeeeerm... any use for what exactly?

sgt1372 · August 2018

Priyanka2883 wrote: »

I don't feel that they were of any use. It's been 12 days I haven't done a single squat. Do tell is it okay?

No way to assess this.

The answer depends on how effectively you were doing them b4 you stopped and what your strength and other objectives were & are.

FWIW, I stopped lifting entirely and started rowing 10k meters daily about 6 months ago, after achieving an advanced or elite level of strength doing the 4 main lifts - DL, SQT, BP & OHP - as compared w/other men my age/wt, in order to maintain my wt while eating back about 500 cals/day in order to avoid the hunger I felt at my unadjusted maintenance cal level.

Rowing, unlike other cardio activities, provides a full upper and lower body workout that, while not comparable to lifting in terms of strength development, does maintain my strength sufficiently to enable me to easily still do the same number of BW pushups, pullups and,squats that I did b4 I stopped lifting.

So, in my case, I think it was "ok" to stop doing squats and other lifts but I have no way to know if it was,"ok" 4u.

jemhh · August 2018

Assuming it's not your goal to participate in a squat competition, it's okay.

shaf238 · August 2018

What were you doing squats for in the first place?

jjpptt2 · August 2018

I feel like I'm missing something here...

sardelsa · August 2018

12 days is not a lot of time. Also it depends on your goals with the squats.

jemhh · August 2018

jjpptt2 wrote: »

I feel like I'm missing something here...

My guess is that the OP has seen/heard the fuss about squats being the king of all exercises and wants to be sure it's okay not to do them.

LJay89 · August 2018

Trolling

tulips_and_tea · August 2018

I find both squats and lunges to be very useful for strength and muscle definition, but we all have different goals. Further clarification of what you mean by "of no use" would be helpful.

kardsharp · August 2018

I am doing a squat challenge with a friend and I am loving them.

deputy_randolph · August 2018

The only reason you ever HAVE to do back squats is if you compete in a powerlifting meet.

There are plenty of people who do other lower body work and are "okay."

Priyanka2883 · August 2018

Any use in building my leg strength.

cwolfman13 · August 2018

Priyanka2883 wrote: »

Any use in building my leg strength.

If you found them useless for building leg strength then you weren't doing them properly or you weren't using enough weight. To build strength, you have to progressively keep adding weight.

TavistockToad · August 2018

Priyanka2883 wrote: »

Any use in building my leg strength.

What weight did you squat? How often were you squatting?

kimny72 · August 2018

OP, were you doing a small number of squats with very heavy weights? Or were you doing a lot of body weight squats?

I used to do those facebook challenges where you do 50 body weight squats every day and thought they were useless. I started doing a minimal number of slow squats with very heavy weight and they changed my entire lower body.

kami3006 · August 2018

Need more information...

hesn92 · August 2018

Were you doing one of those do 100 squats every day challenges ?? Lol

Kenda2427 · August 2018

kimny72 wrote: »

OP, were you doing a small number of squats with very heavy weights? Or were you doing a lot of body weight squats?

I used to do those facebook challenges where you do 50 body weight squats every day and thought they were useless. I started doing a minimal number of slow squats with very heavy weight and they changed my entire lower body.

I did the 30 day challenges where you worked up to 250 body weight squats. It definitely firmed up my bum. Should have kept them up. Not necessarily 250/day but enough to keep that lift and firmness and get the flexibility of a nice deep squat

jemhh · August 2018

cwolfman13 wrote: »

Priyanka2883 wrote: »

Any use in building my leg strength.

If you found them useless for building leg strength then you weren't doing them properly or you weren't using enough weight. To build strength, you have to progressively keep adding weight.

Agreed.

You can build strong legs without squatting. However, no matter what exercise you use in order to build leg strength (lunges, step ups, deadlifts, leg press, etc.) you will need to utilize progressive resistance.

Stopped doing squats.

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