Best replacement for squats?

[JDid23]

Great to hear man

 

[ExtraMile]

why is having a spotter for squats so important anyway? I would just drop the bar onto safeties if I couldnt make it up, besides having a spotter adds to the mentality that you HAVE to get up out of the hole...

 

[Eric1987]

I just feel way more comfortable with a spotter...

 

[JDid23]

why is having a spotter for squats so important anyway? I would just drop the bar onto safeties if I couldnt make it up, besides having a spotter adds to the mentality that you HAVE to get up out of the hole...

try dropping the bar onto the safeties when you're stuck in the hole and can't get out. Hell, in my rack if i am not perfectly aligned, the bar would probably fall and maybe break someones foot. With the position your body is in, if you're stuck in the hole and really can't get up, do you want to have to resort to maybe injuring yourself (getting a heavy weight off of your back when you're struggling to stay up is not easy) or having a spotter help guide you up. I can tell you this does help as i've had a spotter for squats before. I wasn't going to fail, but it definitely helps.

 

[downunder hunter]

try dropping the bar onto the safeties when you're stuck in the hole and can't get out. Hell, in my rack if i am not perfectly aligned, the bar would probably fall and maybe break someones foot. With the position your body is in, if you're stuck in the hole and really can't get up, do you want to have to resort to maybe injuring yourself (getting a heavy weight off of your back when you're struggling to stay up is not easy) or having a spotter help guide you up. I can tell you this does help as i've had a spotter for squats before. I wasn't going to fail, but it definitely helps.

I disagree bro everyone is different but, Its easy to slide the bar off your shoulders and move forward, its annoying as fuck having a spotter when squatting and unnesecary unless your a powerlifter moving some serious ass weight and I sure as hell would not spot someone unless they are VERY experienced for fear of them dropping the bar back onto me lol

 

[bblazer]

I disagree bro everyone is different but, Its easy to slide the bar off your shoulders and move forward, its annoying as fuck having a spotter when squatting and unnesecary unless your a powerlifter moving some serious ass weight and I sure as hell would not spot someone unless they are VERY experienced for fear of them dropping the bar back onto me lol

The problem with this, is there is a tendency to break a wrist, or injure an elbow or shoulder. That is why lifters get trained to never abandon the lift. You either get low and let the spot pis take it and crawl out, or let a back spotter help you up. When you get to big lifts (600+) you should always have 3 spotters anyway.

It is the way I coach my team, and the way I was taught over 20 years ago.

B-

 

[downunder hunter]

The problem with this, is there is a tendency to break a wrist, or injure an elbow or shoulder. That is why lifters get trained to never abandon the lift. You either get low and let the spot pis take it and crawl out, or let a back spotter help you up. When you get to big lifts (600+) you should always have 3 spotters anyway.

It is the way I coach my team, and the way I was taught over 20 years ago.

B-

True mate, with 20 years experience im not going to argue with you lol but that sounds right, and like i said powerlifters or athletes pushing serious weight it is absolutely essential they use a spotter. average joe who hates squats isnt going to be moving much weight so spotter not absolutely necessary imo but would for sure benefit from someone there to motivate and coach them threw the movement

 

[cleandres]

lol im so short that when i go complete ATG at the squat racks at my gym if i went like least bit lower the bar would rest on the safeties. Some times when im warming up and trying to stretch with jsut the bar it actually smacks against it...if i ever have trouble with a squat i jsut barely stretch back and its on the bars so i dont have problems with that

 

[Eric1987]

Does squats give me bigger legs? I got a chicken leg thing goin on.

 

[JDid23]

in short yes. To expand on the answer, squats give you bigger everything