Should You Be Able To Front Squat The Same Weight As Back Squat

[@andreaspivet-marsh6650]

Had a back injury for the last year haven't been able to back squat. Recently tried a front squat and have been able to squat 3 times a week

[@fishoxspearo7665]

Try the safety bar squat if your gym has one they are great to.

[@MikeRepluk]

@@fishoxspearo7665 unfortunately most gyms don't have one

[@sirvaant]

That’s crazy you say that, that’s the reason why I switch to the front squat anytime I put heavy weight on my back. I always get a lower back tweak I’m hoping this is the answer

[@MultiDatura]

Front squat and RDLs 👌

[@siddharthraychaudhuri7250]

Same routine here!

[@scal7122]

All u need to develop athletes

[@MuggyRay]

Front squat most underrated lift. Your fornt squat goes up your Deadlift and your back squat going up too, atleast for me lol

[@farhanhussain_]

Absolutely correct. One of the best assistance exercises that improves deadlift as well as squats if sticking point is quad strength.

[@ethanschmitt8419]

Truuuuuueeeee!

[@prettyhealthyguy]

Sameeeeeeeee

[@erikstombaugh1688]

I prefer front squat with lighter weight over the back squat with heavy weight.

[@sirvaant]

I’ve been having lower back pain, so my workaround currently is the front squat

[@MindPumpShow]

👍

[@farhanhussain_]

Front squats are squatiest form of squat. I wish it were part of the powerlifting instead of low bar back squat which is the most hip dominant version of squat and nearly a deadlift in terms of muscles engaged and seems redundant when deadlift is already there as a compulsory lift.

[@asdfkjhlk34]

A good strength sport could have Deadlift, front Squat, bench, and weighted pull-up

[@farhanhussain_]

@@asdfkjhlk34 yes.

[@LiberatedMind1]

@@farhanhussain_ I agree. Especially when the load is high, people flex more and do a partial good morning to help them get the weight up. What I've been doing is back squats with my back straight as I can up and down, and then I do stiff lead deadlifts, this eliminates much of the redundancy between the two.

[@LiberatedMind1]

@@asdfkjhlk34 Replace bench with Overhead Press, and pull-up with some type of strict row.

[@farhanhussain_]

@@LiberatedMind1 both options are equally fine, just depends upon personal preferences or how you respond to certain exercises or angles of pulling/pressing.

[@lalithamichael2668]

I think in the front squats more load is on the quads and hams and less of glutes but glutes also are hit,maybe not as much in back squats, in front squats the shoulders are also hit a bit and the core also!

[@rad_lad_2715]

Glute activity is relatively equal between front and back squats but hamstring activity is lesser in back squats vs front squats

[@ericcox4448]

Great info. Thanks as usual. Man I love this channel!!!

[@layyah0905]

I prefer Zercher squats to front squats due to the tremendous effects on upper ,mid back,spinal erectors. Especially when one is deadlifting it off the ground to get it into position,. I even get a huge forearm pump after these.

[@brianbackes4974]

I second that. Except I z squat from a flat bench by using a curl bar. Locking the crook of my arms into the curl bar gives super stability, plus it lets my strongly contract my pecs at the top of the movement. The shortness of curl bar permits use of flat bench as the start/finish position.

[@lastofadyingbreed2304]

Love my front squats

[@a_woman_who_loves_to_lift]

Justin's tee = 2nd recent reference to Rowdy Roddy Piper's They Live (1988) ☺ love it! (1st was Sal's "I'm allll out of bubble gum" two episodes ago)

[@willyhwang1059]

back squat is all lower back im exaggerating of course but front squat especially ass to grass works your glutes as hard as possible

[@zacharymessinger3027]

I like ur podcasts I’m gonna get on a quah soon!!

[@marceldhaini3363]

Nice t-shirt Jason!

[@wilsong4096]

Unfortunately my wrist arms shoulders don’t hv the flexibility to get into that clean position so I end up with the criss cross grip and I could probably only squat my 10rep back squat max for a single on the front squat .

[@kenkim4268]

If you're limited by your wrist mobility, use wrist straps. They help bypass that issue. And, so you can easily get into that clean position.

[@mucpatrick]

what do you think about HLM setup and using front squat as the light day?

[@mucpatrick]

and lowbar as heavy, highbar as medium day

[@koreyg8552]

No he means incline benching usually has less weight than a regular bench hence the second part of his question

[@mrmushroomstrippy4611]

Will doing front squat improve my bench press .dumb question?

[@farhanhussain_]

Indirectly. It improves upper back strength and if it is the limiting factor then it may have some carryover to bench. I once heard someone saying that front squatting helped his overhead press. I think the same reason.

[@Sam-ni6bc]

No wtf😂

[@LiberatedMind1]

@@farhanhussain_ Bench doesn't use upper back, lats are used somewhat though.

[@farhanhussain_]

@@LiberatedMind1 actually upper back serves to stabilize all pressing exercises. In fact all exercises that use holding a heavy weight. Even squats, lunges, etc.

[@LiberatedMind1]

@@farhanhussain_ Evidence for this claim? Squats lunges is obvious if you are using barbell.

[@keysersoze5920]

No. Should be able to front squat about 3/4 of your back squat simply because you don’t use your posterior chain as much on a front squat as you do on a back squat.

[@barneystemp2507]

Hate front squats. Necessary evil tho

[@mutlucankartal9524]

Olympic weightlifting is a superior sport than powerlifting though..

[@khorij.frazier6704]

I can front squat wayyy easier than my back squat. 225 feels like nothing in my front squat where as my back squat every Rep is a grind

[@LiberatedMind1]

Interesting, that's not typical.

[@nevenclips]

Same here

[@EmpoDaddy99]

First

[@jeanpauljeanpaul2530]

The only people who need to front squat are Olympic weightlifters, otherwise it is an unnecessary exercise for people who like to further complicate an already unsuccessful program.

[@HISHAM931]

Front squats are also done by professional athletes such as football players and hockey players. The exercise exposes any weaknesses in your hip mobility among other things. It’s considered an advanced lift, so a beginner shouldn’t jump into this exercise until he’s mastered the regular back squat.

[@garouthetiktokinfluencerhu9731]

Technically yes. But that comment is rather subjective. Back squats are unnecessary if you aren’t competing in powerlifting. Some can argue that they’re even unnecessary to hit a big squat number. We’ll say big for a sub 200lb guy is 500. Not powerlifter big. You could get your front squat up by doing back squats and power cleans. You could get your back squat up by doing heavy good mornings and split squats. It’s all “unnecessary” if you aren’t competing in weightlifting or powerlifting.

[@yg78t76t7]

@@garouthetiktokinfluencerhu9731 What if you just like to do front squats because of the improvements it gives you over functional mobility? The same argument could be said about average every day office workers “shouldn’t back squat because it’s a powerlifting excercise”. Everyone is free to do whatever they want, there are people that are doing Olympic weightlifting for FUN.

[@garouthetiktokinfluencerhu9731]

@@yg78t76t7 buddy, that was my point.

[@yg78t76t7]

@@garouthetiktokinfluencerhu9731 Yeah I know, I meant to reply to the OP. My bad.