Posted by: Curt | Under: General Fitness | (0) Comments
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My experience after 30 years in the gym is that guys love to bench and hate to squat. Too bad it isn’t the other way around because squats are the best core strength exercise you can do. Bench press is certainly OK too (although dumbbell presses are better) but for overall strength, squats are king. When you squat heavy, you push your body in a way no other exercise can. Thus the theory that squats will make your whole body grow because it is the only exercise that can tax your body enough to make it release growth hormone. Don’t know if that has ever been proven clinically, but the evidence from the gym bears it out. Guys (and ladies) who squat are almost always bigger and leaner. Most people try to find any excuse they can to skip doing legs and especially squats. But even pro basketball players are required to do squats as part of their training since it adds several inches to their vertical jump. Since this is the case, resolve to add squats to your weekly training schedule. Doing them correctly is very important, so I’m going to post a short “how to” tomorrow with pictures and a few secret pointers that will really help you get comfortable doing them.
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