are back squats a meme?

how are the overhead deadlifts going OP?

you can lift far more weight and get far better gains

>another autist who think its cool to front squat
ask me how I know you squat sub 2plate

olympic weightlifters who need the front squat in their sport back squat to increase their front squat. If you would front squat a weight that isnt a bitch weight you would know that its hard to do a lot of volume on it because the upper back gives out quick

>>41426676
fs is great for core/back. you have no idea what you are talking about

>>41426683
Read about Clarence0 and how he fucked up his knees. He credits a period of his training where he opted to front squat far more than back squat and said somewhere that front squat should make up 1/3 to 1/2 of your squatting frequency depending on how you program it.

I have no prejudice against either, just giving the information I have heard and find credible.

>>41426722
he didn't stop training when the pain started and used meds and kept lifting hard. it wasn't the lift itself but the training that blew out his knees

>>41426683
how does that contradict anything he said you fucking imbecile? he's correct, front squat has limiting factors other than the muscles that are its primary target, hence its a suboptimal lift for said muscles

>>41426763
it was targeted at his "cool to front squat" line

>>41426722
so with this thinking would doing back squats 2x week and front 1x week make sense? seems like a good routine would include both variations

my traps can hold heavy weight just fine. my shoulders cannot

>>41426722
you are projecting what he said to make up your argument. this >>41426749 is what happened. nigger was having knee pain and was exhausted as fuck, still, he kept training 6x a day squatting frequently, he said he had insomnia for 2 months straight due to overtraining. now tell me, front squats, back squats, would it have made any difference at all in this situation?

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>>41426991
source of the interview btw

allthingsgym - Clarence Kennedy Interview 2015

"I was training 6 times per week during that time and I actually made a lot of PRs so I continued to train heavy and that’s when I made a big mistake.

Due to this my patella tendons got more and more damaged to the point where I developed chronic patella tendinitis in both knees.

[...]

So I continued to train heavy and upped the frequency and volume of my training.

I remember a few days after the comp I squatted 240kg 3×3, followed by 5×2. and during that time I was so overtrained that I had insomnia for almost 2 months straight."

he doesnt even mention front squats specifically in the Knee Injury topic.

>>41426663
>keked a little

>>41426658
enjoy having huge quads and no hamstrings, adductors, glutes or erectors

>>41426658
op, balance is the best choice. front squats use the quads way more, but with back squats you can add much more weight, thus training other muscles, see >>41427102