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Jun 2024
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2350: The 4 Types of Squats Everyone Sho...

SAL DI STEFANO, ADAM SCHAFER, JUSTIN ANDREWS, DOUG EGGE
About this episode
  • All squats matter. (1:42)

  • Squats, the king of exercises. (3:11)

  • What makes something a ‘squat’? (6:19)

  • The 4 Types of Squats Everyone Should Be Doing

  • #1 - Traditional Squat (Pros: heaviest load, biggest muscle builder, Cons: injury risk). (7:30)

  • #2 - Front squat (Pros: great for posture, great for quad strength, Cons: less posterior chain, hard to learn). (15:38)

  • #3 - Split squat (Pros: very athletically functional, great pelvic stability, Cons: less load). (21:11)

  • #4 - Cossack squat (Pros: lateral strength, Cons: incredibly low load, requires lots of mobility). (27:34)

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