Why is there such a fucking cult surrounding squats on the internet?

dunning-kruger effect

the internet is full of nerds who read SS or PPST3 and think this is the holy grail of lifting knowledge, and that they are now experts at all aspects of weight training

these nerds congregate on forums and imageboards

the fact is not a single exercise is necessary or even preferable for everyone and their myriad goals

>>40149363
If you say you don't need to do curls/chinups/bench for aesthetics, then you are a retard and no one bats an eye lid because they don't take you seriously.

Upper legs are not needed for aesthetics. Calves are tho

>>40149363
the answer is simple my friend, kill yourself

Curls and bench are what every bro does so autists latch on to a lift no one cares about in an attempt to be superior.

>>40149363
complete noob here

They're definitely not natty right? The middle guy, maybe, but the ones on the sides?

>>40149363
Low bar squats give you

>Ass
>Back
>Quads
>Hams
>Abs

All in one exercise. They also make you stronger far easier than the others.

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>>40149704
You need to learn quickly that nobody with a physique that's admirable is natty.

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>>40149736
Bonus /fit advice; Anyone that is bigger or has a river body than (you), is clearly on roids.

>>40149750
river=nicer

>>40149363
how about you just shut the fuck up and squat.

problem solved faggot

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I like squats, I also do not think that Jeff is natty.

>>40149768
>>40149591

fuck off sperglords

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Squats are overrated if you're not a manlet

>>40149579
Why chinups and not pullups?

>>40149363
not the only way sure, but the best way

>>40152442
Dorian also defends squats for most of the population

being bad/good at squats has nothing to do with height and everything to do with relative limb lengths

you can be 5'9" with femurs comprising 31% of your height, and be an abysmal squatter and not really be able to get much out of it for quad hypertrophy due to your mechanics

you can be 6'5" with femurs comprising 23% of your height, and be a good squatter and get a lot out of the exercise for hypertrophy

>>40152699
Only gay people will notice your lats breh.

>>40149736
Gosling is natty

>>40152699
Arms

>>40149750
> /fit/ where anybody smaller thsn you is DYEL, and anybody bigger than you is on gear

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>>40149363
>natural athlete

gets me every time

>>40149673
Reminds me of the whole "tone isn't real" thing.
That shit got fucking annoying fast as fuck.

>>40152725

gosling is not natty ironically, you can roid and look like SHIT still.

>>40149736

Irl true, but you can angle yourself and get two inches from the mirror as a natty and look great in pics, it is just a matter of getting some size and then cutting really low bf %

Because no one skips chest day

>>40149704
Definitely none of them. Even the best natty physique still looks relatively skinny/ottermodey these days unless they're going for the thicc bear look. Lots of muscle + hardly any fat = steroids. Just look at their shoulders.

>>40153078
This. They are way to hard for their size.

How can that guy even sleep, he's living a fucking lie.

>>40149363
Jeff doesn't squat

>>40149363
holy shit that pencil neck and nearly non-existant traps on the nigger lmao

>>40149363
because squats are THE best exercise for full body. with squats you are not only working your legs. you are exercising all of the stabilizer muscles throughout your body and forcing basically every bone in your body to rebuild so your frame can support more weight in the future. no squat is the same from the perspective of stabilizing muscles.

read this shit http://strengtheory.com/how-to-squat/

I'm not denying that squats aren't the best lower body exercise, I'm just saying they aren't 100% necessary like any exercise

>>40149704
There is 0% chance that any of them are natty.

>>40149363
>why does a website full of autists act like autists?

c'mon man