the trap bar hits more vasto medialis and rectus anterior than squats (both smith than free weights squats),
ass,femolaris and semi tendinoso are worked by a less degree from trappabar than squats.
very imo,it sounds strange that trap bar is very popular in performances/size training (american football etc etc) and not so used in bbing…
Apples and oranges really. I would say that deadlifts of any kind are more back, glute and hamstring-intesnive while squats his the quadriceps harder…
[quote]iflyboats wrote:
Apples and oranges really. I would say that deadlifts of any kind are more back, glute and hamstring-intesnive while squats his the quadriceps harder…[/quote]
hmmm, you are right but if you read EMG on the attachment it results that trapbar is a different kind of animal from deads and squat because it hammers quads more than squat and femoralis (hammies) less than a squat and a lot less than a deadlift…
I love Trap Bar.
I’d marry it if I could…
I feel almost no leg activation whatsoever when using the trap bar.
So, I don’t use the trap bar for legs.
Fin.
[quote]SSC wrote:
I feel almost no leg activation whatsoever when using the trap bar.
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are you pushing your feet against the ground instead of just elevating you upper-body?
I ask this because first times I used trapbar I had same problem (low back activation,no legs involved) ,now my lower back is less stressed by trapbar (legs are doing all the work) than box-squat…