I know its the best leg exercise, but why is it so much better than doing separate leg exercises such as leg extensions, lunges, leg press and so on?
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Thread: Why are squats so good for you?
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If I had to stop doing every lift except one, I would keep squats.
They promote whole body strength and size by a) incorporating almost every muscle in the body and b) by jacking up test levels.
Plus they make your legs develop much faster than isolations and leg presses simply by virtue of the movement.
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The muscles that are used in a squat:
Traget
- Quadriceps
Synergists
- Gluteus Maximus
- Adductor Magnus
- Soleus
Dynamic Stabilizers
- Hamstrings
- Gastrocnemius
Stabilizers
- Erector Spinae
Antagonist Stabilizers
- Rectus Abdominis
- Obliques
70% you say. I dont see how the following muscles are used in a squat:
- Shoulders
- Chest
- Lats
- Traps
- Biceps
- TricepsLast edited by JOSEF RAKICH; 06-13-2009 at 04:29 PM.
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how can you possibly say that calfs do not influence the squat, how do you think you balance with so much weight on your back? what is helping stabilise your leg when you are standing up straight, your calves are being used in-directly,
and if you perform the squat properly you should be using nearly every muscle in your body, you dont just push up with your legs, you have to get your upper body under the bar and use it to help you get out of the bottom almost like pushing yourself up...
it uses nearly every muscle if not every muscle in the lift either directly or indirectly..
hence why many people call it the king of exercises...
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The "Gastrocnemius" is a calf muscle and the "soleus" is a calf muscle, i listed both of these in the muscles being used in a squat.
It was am mistake i made when writing calfs in the lower section. But now that you mentioned this i can still give you examples of calf muscles that are not used in the squat, for example:
- Extensor digitorum longus
- Flexor digitorum longus
Not to mention the two that i also listed above in the previous post.
And no if you are performing the squat properally you should nto be using nerly every muscle in your body, i listed every muscle used in the body when performing squats properally.
Maby you could list some more muscles that i diddnt mention?
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how the f*** do you think you can even balance with the bar on your back without using nearly every muscle in your body, you have to balance or your going to fall over, they work every single muscle in your legs wether directly or indirectly at some point of the exercise or you simply arent going to complete it without falling over, along with many upper body muscles
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