[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
Speaking only off the top of my head with no experience and being willing to be corrected by somebody who knows better, I get a bad impression of trying fronts with a smith machines as has been said.
I’m not one who sees the smith as totally useless like some guys do, but picturing this movement in my mind brings up visions of all kinds of potential back tweaking issues.[/quote]
Along with shoulders and knees…
[quote]Nate Dogg wrote:
Wreckless wrote:
Nate Dogg wrote:
I also never recommend more than 5-6 reps of front squats. Poliquin has stated this a few times as well in his Question of Strength articles. Keep the higher reps for back squats and overhead squats.
And get out of the Smith machine and use free weights!!!
Are you sure? I thought this recommendation was only for olympic lifts. While there is an olympic way of holding the bar, I don’t think the lift itself is an olympic lift. It’s not like you clean and jerk it from the ground every rep, just once at the start of every set.
Per Poliquin:
One thing to remember when using front squats is to never do more than six reps per set. This is because your rhomboids tire out isometrically before your quads tire concentrically. You don’t want to get to a point where you’re squatting with a kyphotic posture. That’s when accidents happen.
He has stated this several times in past articles and columns.[/quote]
Thanks Nate for pointing that out to me. I’ll be easing the front squats into my workouts, using light weights at first. I guess that means I would be able to use more reps. I’ll definitely will limit them to 6 when the weight goes up though.
[quote]Wreckless wrote:
Nate Dogg wrote:
Wreckless wrote:
Nate Dogg wrote:
I also never recommend more than 5-6 reps of front squats. Poliquin has stated this a few times as well in his Question of Strength articles. Keep the higher reps for back squats and overhead squats.
And get out of the Smith machine and use free weights!!!
Are you sure? I thought this recommendation was only for olympic lifts. While there is an olympic way of holding the bar, I don’t think the lift itself is an olympic lift. It’s not like you clean and jerk it from the ground every rep, just once at the start of every set.
Per Poliquin:
One thing to remember when using front squats is to never do more than six reps per set. This is because your rhomboids tire out isometrically before your quads tire concentrically. You don’t want to get to a point where you’re squatting with a kyphotic posture. That’s when accidents happen.
He has stated this several times in past articles and columns.
Thanks Nate for pointing that out to me. I’ll be easing the front squats into my workouts, using light weights at first. I guess that means I would be able to use more reps. I’ll definitely will limit them to 6 when the weight goes up though.[/quote]
Just do more sets of 6.