Good movement to hit the Quads?

[spatts]

Rojas, this is one of the reasons I do zerchers. I can't do front squats in the upper 200s with the bar on my shoulders or in a clean.

 

[Mike_Rojas]

Rojas, this is one of the reasons I do zerchers. I can't do front squats in the upper 200s with the bar on my shoulders or in a clean.

Haven't done those, but it seems the bar would really cut into the arms. Maybe wrap a towel on the bar?

 

[jerkbox]

Haven't done those, but it seems the bar would really cut into the arms. Maybe wrap a towel on the bar?

yeah....i never saw how these would be pleasant....

 

[Ish]

Got a link to zerchers? If I remember right, that's just craddling the bar in the crook of your arms and squating down.

 

[Vortexx]

Leg-extensions, used as first exercise in order to pre-exhaust the quads work pretty good:

Two nice pre-exhaust routines

3 * 12 leg-extension
3 * 12 squat
3 * 12 hack squat
3 * 12 leg press

A squatless routine:

5 * 10 leg extension
5 * 10 hack squat
5 * 20 leg press

alternate with

5 * 10 leg extension
5 * 10 leg press
5 * 20 hack squat

It may take some time before you develop the condition to be able to leg-press / hack-squat really heavy weights after 5 sets of leg extensions, but once you can do this watch those quads balloon!