Switched from barbell squat to hack squat today.
Can’t walk.
Legs absolutely destroyed.
Feels good.
Discussion
That’s the way!
On Monday I will do some hack squats and leg extensions. Can’t wait to feel pain👀🥴😂💀
Proof of work
Gotta switch it up like that every now and then. Trick the muscles!
you go deep all the way?
Also like to vary with hack squats.
Did you try split squats? 🥹
That’s my absolute killer
Yeah full range of motion for the win. Doing a half rep is the same as doing no rep.
If you do enough half reps your body will feel it, trust me 😅
Sure but you’re not getting the stretch and the stretch is important for muscle growth
preach 🙌
Ehh that’s a bit of myth. As long as you place the muscle under enough mechanical tension and create metabolic stress and muscle damage you will create the stimulus necessary to drive hypertrophy. While I too prefer full ROM in most cases, one can definitely achieve optimal muscle gain without full ROM.
I’m gonna punt on this one.
Trying to figure out the latest hypertrophy science is a rabbit hole as deep as Bitcoin itself.
For sure. The fitness industry is almost as confusing and filled of nonsense as the health/nutrition space. In both cases most of the actually effective guidance and principles are decades if not centuries old, but if you want to sell programs or gather a following you need novelty. Jay Vincent and Doug Brignole have good first principles info.
Exactly. I just stick to progressive overload and do basic shit with good form.
When the muscle is at the end the ROM (fully contracted & fully stretched) you get active and passive insufficiency, basically the muscle can’t produce force very well. It’s no less productive to avoid that last bit of ROM at both ends. More than anything this can help prevent injuries on certain exercises.
Kettlebell front squats. This is the way.
Back in college I would get a lot of funny looks limping around campus, people would ask if I was ok and I’d say “My ass hurts, it’s really sore” they would kind of side eye me probably assuming it was from something non-gym related. 🤣