Do You Know These 7 Reasons Why You Should Front Squat?

By Caleb Lee

I can nearly guarantee you're not front squatting enough or to some extent. For some reason, you don't see several gym goers (mostly bodybuilders) utilizing this time-tested training.

Crossfit has gone a long way towards bringing it back (much like Justin Timberlake brought sexy back), but if you're not doing crossfit - it's probably not even on your radar.

This is a shame because if you want to get full body strength build awesome quads sculpt rock-hard abs and save your "tweaked" lower back then you're going to enjoy the front squat.

Here's 2 reasons why you must front squat for a stronger, bigger, more powerful body that moves, looks, and feels better than ever:

1. Get Enhanced Quads - The front squat is an EXCELLENT movement to get bigger, stronger quads-most likely the greatest workout there is. Since you're position is more vertical, it highlights the quads more.

2. Get Stronger, More Cut Abs (Core) - Because you're holding the weight in front of your body, and you must remain upright your entire core gets a great workout trying to stabilize the weight and keep you upright. If you find you're leaning forward a lot when you back squat, you'll quickly get stronger and fix this problem if you switch to front squats for a while.

Front squats aren't just great for building a hard body with muscles of steel either! They're also really good at just making you more fit and keeping you more fit. What good is looking strong if you must sacrifice your health in the process?

Here's the five other reasons why you should Front Squat for better health:

1. Makes Your Other Lifts Better - Because the bar is placed in front of you, on your shoulders, the front squat is a lot like other exercises and strengthens the "base" of those lifts/presses. Power Cleans, Overhead Presses, Overhead Squats, etc all share the same "starting" position as the front squat. Getting stronger and more comfortable with Front Squats will help you in those exercises too.

2. Bad Form Gets Self-Corrected - If you're back squatting with bad form you can complete the exercise at the expense of causing injury to yourself. The good thing about front squats is the form is self correcting: If you're not straight enough you'll drop the bar if you're not holding the bar right you'll drop it if you don't keep your elbows up you'll drop it. It's an exercise that pretty much forces your form to be good.

3. Less Weight - All in all, if you can challenge your body with less weight (because you're doing a harder exercise) then it is safer. Because the Front Squat is harder than Back Squats you won't be able to lift as much weight. Which means less spinal compression.

4. More Natural Spine Position - You're more upright with the front squat your spine is in a more neutral "straight" position. This combined with the fact you're lifting less weight is healthier for your spine in the long run.

5. Lower Back Approved - Nearly everyone have lower back problems and back squats worsen these conditions. But because your upper body is normally straight (rather than leaning forward like in a back squat) there's a reduced amount of force on your lower back. I started front squatting when I hurt my lower back. - 17269

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