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When I started doing front squats, I was squatting 225 and I couldn't even front squat 135. It took me about a month or two two develope wrist flexibility and keep my elbows high. Now my front squat is increasing faster than my back squat. I back squat 275 and front squat 205. So I think you just need to get used to the exercise and then your numbers will increase. To answer your question I don't think it is very common for someone to front squat less than 50% of there back squat. Do you use a clean grip or cross your arms?
i cant front squat shit. it throws off my balance so i just do reg squats, leg press, ect.
I used to never do them, but recently something just clicked. I love them now. It's also awesome to see the crowd at the leg press machine staring as I do controlled, deep front squats. You'd swear they've never seen the exercise before!
I used to never do them, but recently something just clicked. I love them now. It's also awesome to see the crowd at the leg press machine staring as I do controlled, deep front squats. You'd swear they've never seen the exercise before!
i cant front squat shit. it throws off my balance so i just do reg squats, leg press, ect.
I cross my arms. The way you hold the bar shouldn't affect your performance should it?
I used to never do them, but recently something just clicked. I love them now. It's also awesome to see the crowd at the leg press machine staring as I do controlled, deep front squats. You'd swear they've never seen the exercise before!
to be truthful i dont see to much of it at my gym. but alot of leg presses and calfs. but even squatts i never see just a few of us train them. i guess its all show no go. most people dont like squats i love them. and deadlifts are another favorite. but the guys that train legs do 405 with partial reps, i cant do that much no more but 225 is good enough for me at least iam very strict.
does it throw off your balance brother?
For most people front squatting is limited by core strength. I like to use it as an assistance exercise to help improve core strength and quad strength. I think front squats really translate well into jumping ability.
I GO BELOW A BOX ALMOST TO THE FLOOR BUT JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP THE RESISTANCE THERE AND ILL PAUSE I FEW SECONDS AND BACK UP AND DO ABOUT 225 FOR 5-9 REPS. sorry about the caps i didnt know they were on. yes i no 225 is nothing but its alot for me now. plus i dont care in the gym how people talk , which i hear them, " boy hes that big but cant only squat 225," i hear it alot but dont care.
I find that I use less than half of the weight I use for regular squats. How much more difficult is the front squat supposed to be? Is the difference in weight supposed to be this great?
That sounds really good to me! I rarely see people doing proper squats in my gym. Everyone seems to love the smith machine for some reason. Oh well, at least it means that our two squat racks are always open... Yes we have two squat racks
1 more exercise you can also compare with the front squat and back squat, that is the box squat. Anyone box squat?
Box squats are awesome. In the spring I switched to box squats for 6 weeks and when I went back to back squats i felt so much more comfortable out of the hole and got deeper to. Every pound increase on the box squats translated to my back squats. I've seen people box squat with heavy weights and a narrow stance and just just kind of crash down on the box. It's better take some weight off and really sit back then slowly lower yourself on to the box. My back squat is also a lot higher than my box squat but that's common.
I find that I use less than half of the weight I use for regular squats. How much more difficult is the front squat supposed to be? Is the difference in weight supposed to be this great?
How long have you been back squatting? You can't rightly compare your strength levels between both lifts if you just started front squatting. Your body needs time to adapt to the movement.
Say you've been back squatting for a year, and front squatting for a couple weeks and the disparity in strength between the lifts is 50%. This does not mean your front squat will always be 50% lesser than your back squat, it just means your body hasn't gotten used to the front loaded position.
However, people are usually stronger in the back squat. In fact, I've never heard of anyone having a stronger front squat compared to back.
should that be opposite? boxsquat higher than back squat? also, people that have trouble trying to back squat, I heard that it is a good idea to box squat first to get the form down and learn to get low. Some people that back squat don't even go 90 degrees, they go part way and then back up again because the weight is too heavy. box squatting makes sure you are using proper form and actually sitting back
does it throw off your balance brother?