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Thursday, December 5. 2019

Squats and Deadlifts Week, post # 4

What Muscles Do Squats Target?


In my view, squats are not as total-body as deadlifts. Anyway, best to do both because synergy. Barbell squats are of course the best stressor for building or maintaining lower body strength, but there are plenty of squat exercises in the Calisthenic category that are worth doing in a Calisthenics routine:


Goblet squats
Regular body-weight squats
Squat jumps
Box jumps
Squats plus, eg squats + overhead press, squats + curls, squat+heavy ball throws, etc. 


Why Calisthenics category? Because they are lower stress, mainly aerobic endurance things that can be done daily without more than 24 hr recovery. 


Posted by Bird Dog in Physical Fitness at 14:39 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Both squats and deads are great, especially as we age. Picking a nit: For me squats are the better whole body exercise - full squats force a greater range of motion than deads. I'm also sore over a larger part of my body after a squat workout.
#1 RIV on 2019-12-06 09:26 (Reply)
Yes, I agree about sore. Sore is good. I find it idfficult to get ass to grass with weight.
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2019-12-06 10:16 (Reply)
I'm a big believer in "all the way down". It did wonders for my knees. I'm guessing that going low forces your to engage the entire leg, both hamstrings and quads resulting in good muscle around the knee joint that helps support it. I also do "low bar" squats as they work better for me. If I can't get down, I remove weight.
#2 RIV on 2019-12-06 10:50 (Reply)

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