Squat like a monster.
Remember the good old days when you’d lift a five pound weight and seem to blow up overnight, making massive gains for what seemed like little effort? The times when lifting was even more fun because the results you received were almost immediate? Well that’s the thing with bodybuilding. You can’t make incredible gains like that once you’re deeply entrenched in the lifestyle. When you get to a certain experience level with bodybuilding you begin to realize that building more muscle becomes increasingly more difficult, but it certainly isn’t impossible to continue to make massive gains.
Take for instance the squat. It’s the king of all exercises which means having it in your repertoire is a certainty. But you don’t just want to lift decent weight on the squat. For the more experienced, setting personal records and defying the odds are the whole reason for their bodybuilding journey. So how do you put up more weight on the squat and make both strength and muscle gains? Follow these tricks below and it should be cake.
Squat Stand-Up
The squat stand-up will get you used to carrying a heavy load on your back. This move will activate your core, back, and traps, working the muscles like no other and will translate over to you squat by making the actual process feel lighter when you are ready to perform the exercise.
Squat Walkout
This powerlifting hack can help improve your squat tremendously. By performing heavy walkouts you allow your body to get used to the tension and heavier weight. This will help with stabilizing the weight on your back and could even yield muscle and strength gains.
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Anderson Squats
An old school staple, the Anderson squat can help improve your squat tremendously. Rather than starting from the top down or begin in the squat rack from the bottom up. By doing so it helps you to work on utilizing your upper back as well as driving with your legs to heft the weight.
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