My Best Quad Training Tips Day in the Life
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Date: 2019-11-06
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Elvira Winant
In the extension of the legs, since the trajectory is always the same (vertical movement, relative to the machine, and not in relation to your body, the muscle fibers that align the most on the trajectory are biomechanically advantaged to initiate the movement. It would therefore be logical that there is a little more recruitment of the inner quads with an external rotation of the hip and vice versa. It's just in theory, and if it's true, I'm not sure it's good for the knee joint. i have no idea, but maybe that could explain something. PS: sorry for my potentially not great english
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In the extension of the legs, since the trajectory is always the same (vertical movement, relative to the machine, and not in relation to your body, the muscle fibers that align the most on the trajectory are biomechanically advantaged to initiate the movement. It would therefore be logical that there is a little more recruitment of the inner quads with an external rotation of the hip and vice versa. It's just in theory, and if it's true, I'm not sure it's good for the knee joint. i have no idea, but maybe that could explain something. PS: sorry for my potentially not great english
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PSN Gaming
alright guys serious question here about bb squat. right so I'm 56. 5kg and I can squat 6 full reps of 70-75kg without belt (not sure exactly at the moment I've been training with 65-70 for around 5 weeks though) anyway the damn barbell kills my trap area when there are some guys my size loading the bar with 100kg no problem. the distraction of the pressure on my lower or mid traps (and just the whole area) is very detrimental to my squat performance. is this a case of I just need to keep squatting and getting used to it or is there something I can actually do?
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alright guys serious question here about bb squat. right so I'm 56. 5kg and I can squat 6 full reps of 70-75kg without belt (not sure exactly at the moment I've been training with 65-70 for around 5 weeks though) anyway the damn barbell kills my trap area when there are some guys my size loading the bar with 100kg no problem. the distraction of the pressure on my lower or mid traps (and just the whole area) is very detrimental to my squat performance. is this a case of I just need to keep squatting and getting used to it or is there something I can actually do?
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David Speakman
You are 100% correct about stance width AND your 'intuition' that swiveling your feet inward/outward on leg extensions makes no difference. I would also suspect that EMG activity may be a bit misleading here. You are correct, you are just internally or externally rotating at the hip and that is exactly why stance width makes no difference when squatting. Your knee would have to be more of a ball & socket joint for it to make a difference.
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You are 100% correct about stance width AND your 'intuition' that swiveling your feet inward/outward on leg extensions makes no difference. I would also suspect that EMG activity may be a bit misleading here. You are correct, you are just internally or externally rotating at the hip and that is exactly why stance width makes no difference when squatting. Your knee would have to be more of a ball & socket joint for it to make a difference.
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Jonathan Serrano
Do the studies on stance width take into consideration use of an elevated heel? Would that even make a difference in quad activation? Olympic weightlifters have some of the best quads on the planet and they tend to train squats at a narrow-ish width with an elevated heel. Is that just a correlation or a causation? There's so much more that goes into an Oly lifter's training so I'm not sure. Thoughts?
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Do the studies on stance width take into consideration use of an elevated heel? Would that even make a difference in quad activation? Olympic weightlifters have some of the best quads on the planet and they tend to train squats at a narrow-ish width with an elevated heel. Is that just a correlation or a causation? There's so much more that goes into an Oly lifter's training so I'm not sure. Thoughts?
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Jia Wei Wong
i dont agree with the toe directions during leg extensions. when we point our toes in, our lateralis is actually stretched by abit hence causing a tendency to rotate the legs out during leg extensions which increases tension. mayb you can try holding ur leg up 90 degrees and rotate your toes in and out. then you might feel the difference
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i dont agree with the toe directions during leg extensions. when we point our toes in, our lateralis is actually stretched by abit hence causing a tendency to rotate the legs out during leg extensions which increases tension. mayb you can try holding ur leg up 90 degrees and rotate your toes in and out. then you might feel the difference
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Mark Townsend
Honestly, I started with wide squats. Im 64. I never been able to feel my quads until the end of my squat routine. The moment I started standing in plates and squaring close, my quads were on fire each set. So although there may not be any true studies in it, the myth that stance doesnt alter more or less muscle activation, is bogus.
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Honestly, I started with wide squats. Im 64. I never been able to feel my quads until the end of my squat routine. The moment I started standing in plates and squaring close, my quads were on fire each set. So although there may not be any true studies in it, the myth that stance doesnt alter more or less muscle activation, is bogus.
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Richard Taveras II
Close stance works more of your vastus lateralis, outer sweep, so in that sense it does work a different part of your quad. Not saying it puts more emphasis on the quad as a whole, but it does put more emphasis on your vastus lateralis. So it is good to do a close stance squat if you can or a hack squat with closed stance
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Close stance works more of your vastus lateralis, outer sweep, so in that sense it does work a different part of your quad. Not saying it puts more emphasis on the quad as a whole, but it does put more emphasis on your vastus lateralis. So it is good to do a close stance squat if you can or a hack squat with closed stance
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Tobias Saaby
You do say that squat stance does not affect quad activation. What if one switches to a squat stance that enables the knees to travel farther, does that affect quad activation in a way? If you squat with a really wide stance, your knees dont have to travel all that much to hit depth, as oppose to a narrow stance.
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You do say that squat stance does not affect quad activation. What if one switches to a squat stance that enables the knees to travel farther, does that affect quad activation in a way? If you squat with a really wide stance, your knees dont have to travel all that much to hit depth, as oppose to a narrow stance.
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BigBigFranconia
Hey Jeff, I like to squat with my feet pretty narrow, but i tend do buttwink there a more than I would do with a wider stance. do you think thats is a problem while squatting? I like to squat heavy and deep, so I think it could cause higher forces on my lower spine
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Hey Jeff, I like to squat with my feet pretty narrow, but i tend do buttwink there a more than I would do with a wider stance. do you think thats is a problem while squatting? I like to squat heavy and deep, so I think it could cause higher forces on my lower spine
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