Front Squats

When it comes to growing your legs you need to put in some serious work! Front Squats are one of my absolute hated because they make me so uncomfortable. But this exercises is used for building and developing the legs. Because of the positioning Front Squats force you to be in you are able to place more specific stress on you Quad muscles. This does not mean that the Front Squat is not working your hamstrings and ass just as much but because of the bar placement of the Front Squat it forces you isolate them quads a little better than leg presses or squats would do. So if your quad development is lacking its time to start adding in some serious Front Squats to your current leg routine. Front Squats will also allow you to increase your squatting depth and activate your Glutes like you have never before felt.

WHY ARE FRONT SQUATS SO GOOD BUT THE LEAST EXECUTED LEG EXERCISES…?

Simple. Front Squats can be extremely difficult and require a lot of technique building. It goes to show that most people simply just want to take the easy road and you know i hate anything easy. When it comes to the one least traveled will develop their character the most. I can firmly agree that the things most worth doing in life are the hardest, because they in turn become the most rewarding. As you conquer and master the Front Squat I promise you will notice leaps and bounds with your personal leg development and strength. Not only will overcoming the Front Squat provide you with way better leg development but will more importantly help you establish greater discipline and a better work habits in the gym with all your other workout exercises and tasks.

Don’t be that idiot that chooses to just go with the flow, always choosing what’s easiest as opposed to what will truly change and shape them. Choose to step and be different from the ordinary. I still think Albert Einstein said it best when he said “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.” If you are currently stuck with your leg progress but continue to train them the same youll never see any change. You have to try new things and step outside of your “box” world. If Front Squats are new to you or you have thought them too difficult in the past it’s time to change that!

WHAT YOU DONT GET FROM BACK SQUATS THAT YOU DO FROM FRONT SQUATS?

It all comes down to your body position with the bar. As you place a loaded barbell onto the front of your body, your entire posture changes. This forces the pelvis to tilt back and releases tension in your hamstrings. This will allow you to reach a deeper squat and really trigger them glutes as well as more muscle fibers in your quads. Back Squats as opposed to Fronts Squats create an entire different body posture and range of movement. Back Squats, unless you are extremely flexible will not allow you to get as deep into a squat as a Front Squat does as your hip flexors tend to block you from getting as deep as you need.

Front Squats force you to keep good posture and form. By placing the weight resting on your shoulders with your elbows in front of you like a NAZI and eyes towards GOD, this will in turn force your spine to be completely vertical and place in an excellent squatting position.

YOU CAN PERFORM FRONT SQUATS ONE OF TWO WAYS

First arms crossed approach. I can admit that I too need to improve on my Front Squat abilities. Since my forearms and wrists aren’t as flexible as they need to be in order to perform Front Squats like a powerlifter would. Powerlifters don’t cross their arms but rather rest the bar on their shoulders and hands/fingers. In order to take some pain and stress away from the wrists I have noticed that for me at least it helps to only let the bar rest on my index, middle and ring fingers, without using thumbs or pinkies at all. Choose the Front Squat technique that suites you best. If you find it more comfortable to cross your arms like a genie at first then go with that for a while. If you feel like the Genie method is throwing your posture off then focus on perfecting the powerlifter Front Squat approach. It may be hard to develop the flexibility at first but it will come with time so be patient and don’t give up. You are soon to be a Front Squat master!