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If You Want Stronger Legs, Stop Believing This Harmful Squat Myth
You’re missing out on huge fitness gains!
The squat isn’t the end-all-be-all lower body movement. At the end of the day, it’s just another exercise with its own set of pros and cons. Unfortunately, many gym-goers and athletes swear by this movement and are hesitant to branch out to other calisthenic-based or machine-based variations. Today I want to help set the record straight that there is not one ‘best exercise’ for the lower body. Rather, you should be focusing on a variety of movements that best suit your current fitness and goals.
For whatever reason, there are plenty of machine-based lower body exercises that get a bad reputation for being dangerous and unfunctional. When you start to peer into the rationale, however, you can start to see that we’ve built a narrative that just doesn't make sense and can even prevent us from maximizing lower body strength.
Without further ado, here’s why squats shouldn’t be your sole focus on leg day, and what you should be doing to supercharge your fitness.
Machines Are Your Friend Not Foe
Before getting into the good stuff, I want to be clear about one thing. I’m a huge fan of squats so please don’t hear what I’m not saying. They are one of…
