Woah... I never thought...

[Legion Kreinak2]

The back can take ALOT more than I had thought. I DLed 185 for 5x5... well, completed 21 reps actually... still, I never knew. And just think... if I only I woulda worked my back over this past Summer, and not neglected it!

 

[skaman607]

are you the same Legion Kreniak?

 

[Legion Kreinak2]

Yeap

 

[TerraNoble]

are you the same Legion Kreniak?

This funny"Legion Krenial 2".What happened to 1?
Maybe a copycat?

 

[Legion Kreinak2]

It kept tellin' me the training boards were for platinum members only, actually. So, I just made this name.

 

[skaman607]

wow that sucks, yeah the lower back is a strong pair of muscles, but not as strong as the quads, as you get up to elite lifters their squats are highr than their deads, I don't know why

 

[coolcolj]

It kept tellin' me the training boards were for platinum members only, actually. So, I just made this name.

you just need to re log in

 

[spatts]

wow that sucks, yeah the lower back is a strong pair of muscles, but not as strong as the quads, as you get up to elite lifters their squats are highr than their deads, I don't know why

Hamstrings, glutes, and erectors move a squat...not quads. I work almost daily to make my lower back stronger than my quads, and from what I can tell, it's working.

My deadlift is higher than my squat, BTW. In general, yes, the Elite squat numbers seem to be higher than deadlift numbers, but this is because the erectors, glutes, and hamstrings are driving it...they are stronger than the quads.

In WSB training, squats/deads/GMs are all worked the same days BECAUSE they work the same muscles, and require similar recruitment and mechanics. Your GM goes up, and your dead and squat will probably go up too.

I think Louie Simmons referred to that quads as "all show and no go," or some such.

 

[coolcolj]

You need quads to jump and to acclerate from from blocks, recover from a clean etc

Quads and hamstring need to be in balance, antangonists act as brakes.

The body to try an reduce the force of the muscle that is a lot stronger to reduce injury, but every so often it won't be able to and that's when you get injured

If you Squat Westside style off course your not gonna be using much quad. But not everone squats like that, and I certainly don't crouch down like that everyday life
Make every muscle strong IMO, cause one day your gonna need it

 

[spatts]

They get used, no question...it's a compound movement. They aren't the primary movers in a PL squat though. I haven't trained my quads in 6 months, and my squat has gone up 200 pounds and my deadlift has gone up about 200 as well...hm, my GM has gone up about 200 too.

I don't know any westsiders that train their quads, outside of the compound movements, but I'm sure a couple exist...somewhere.