UNDERSTANDING SQUAT AND MAXIMIZING YOUR GAINS

Do you ever dreamed about building mind blowing powerhouse of body? If you are a gym freak and really dare to include legs workout to your schedule, then this blog is gonna help you to understand the anatomy of squats and building your wheels you have always dreamed about.

The first thing come in our mind when we talk about legs is, SQUAT. More than 90% of the gym rats are avoiding this hard and exhausting, but effective, exercise. All these guys love to train their upper body, some love to train biceps, others enjoy doing bench presses. And still not getting the desired results. The reason behind their halted progress is negligence of exercise, they are completely unaware of, which really propels the growth of the whole body.YES, SQUATS. Squats were never easy, and so does the building of body of dreams. But right technique will make it quite easy.

First of all, we have understand, why SQUATS are so important? Squat is a compound exercise, An exercise which involves two or more joints in it, is called compound exercise. Squat involves a number of joints throughout its movement i.e. ankles,hip joint,back joint and more importantly knees.The more the involvement of joints, more the number of muscles get engaged, which means there are more chances of more growth  as more TESTOSTERONE is produced. Here is the list of muscles involved during squat-

Gluteus maximus (glutes)

Quadriceps (quads)

Hamstrings

Erector spinae

Transverse abdominus

Gluteus medius/minimus

Adductors

Gastrocnemius

Its pretty long list ! Now we know why squat is so IMPORTANT.

FORM is the key to success:-Most guys choose quantity over quality, just for ego purposes, which accumulate injury chances and ultimately keep you away from gym. This, you really don't want at all.

              HOW TO DO IT            

Mind it, It's pretty simple. Make shoulder width stance,  Place the bar  braced across the trapezius muscle or reardeltoid muscle in the upper back. Start bending your knees, in the direction of your feet are pointing, to lower the torso while maintaining natural arc shape of back(Knees should not go beyond the line of toes), As your upper legs gets parallel to surface push back to starting position, but don't lock knees. REPEAT it 6-8 times per set As you got firm with form and stronger put more load. ALWAYS HAVE A SPOTTER WITH YOU.

SQUAT is the most difficult exercise, But you will enjoy it if you follow right technique. And see yourself GROWING.