zercher squats > back squats
>works out your upper back and core far more than back squats
>forces you to stick to proper squatting form by design, whereas back squats do not (especially if you don't cross your arms to avoid rounding your back)
>zero long-term spinal compression
It's time to take the Zercher Pill, user-tachi.
Zercher squats > back squats
Oliver Turner
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Caleb Reyes
that looks like it destroys your elbows or some shit. no thanks
Ryan Campbell
>doing zercher squats as a secondary lift
Eternally based
>replacing back squats as a main lift with anything ever
Permatwink
Brayden Garcia
no, just try it, if you keep your back, core, and glutes tight, there will be little to no loading on the elbow joints because they're tucked in. there will naturally be some loading on the biceps, however.
Liam Evans
>im weak, so let me pick the biggest meme exercises so nobody will know
Logan Robinson
OP we all know this is you trying to cope with not having a squat rack. Just focus on deadlifts and maybe high rep front squats. Don't do this meme lift.
Jayden Price
>OP we all know this is you trying to cope with not having a squat rack.
This would be the best way to do that though. It wouldn't even warrant the name cope. It's just adapting.
Henry Stewart
time to shut the fuck up
Connor Cook
Literally just do weighted split squats
Ethan Murphy
hello yes this is steinborn. We shall duel yes?
Ian Williams
Jacob Moore
My reasoning for the zercher squat is that you pick it up with a deadlift so it doesn't really limit the amount of weight you can squat. Are heavy steinborns feasible? I've never tried.
Austin Miller
>My reasoning for the zercher squat is that you pick it up with a deadlift so it doesn't really limit the amount of weight you can squat
How are you imagining this without a visit to snap city
Wyatt Rodriguez
I'm not imagining anything. Deadlifting and then squatting down and resting the bar on your legs or simply zerchering it from the floor are both legitimate ways to set up a zercher squat.
Start light, obviously. The "lift with your legs not your back" meme has done a number on our lower backs.
Daniel Murphy
you can also do bear hug squats with a sandbag.
Carson Martin
undeniably based
Bentley Bailey
Just buy a squat rack lamo
Ethan Harris
That shit hurts my elbow/biceps. Does the pain ever go away?
Thomas Ortiz
>Does the pain ever go away?
Asher Powell
khajiit has wares?
Robert Price
based ricc de la sticc
Landon Watson
Name 1 reason why I should destroy my elbows with this retarded excercise instead of front squatting?
Jeremiah Edwards
odd object lifting is amazing for building up stabiliser muscles and overall brute strength.
no squat rack required.
Joshua Hall
well then get some pads margery theres no need to strain your vagina sweetheart
Dominic Morgan
>doesn't work your legs
They're based but not a replacement for back squats
As much as atlas stones destroy your back. Ease into it and you'll eventually be able to hold 4-5 corpses there
Andrew Martin
Cant, they're all unavailable or overpriced by $500 on second hand markets.
Robert Diaz
Steinborns are extremely hard. You'll expend a lot of energy just getting the weight on your back. I can see it working if you're doing volume with light weight
Ryan Green
sandbags are incredibly cheap and easy to make. you can build up a strong body with them.
Ryan Thomas
They are fun to lift also since its pure functional strength. I do one sandbag session a week and always look forward to it.
Brandon Brooks
Or maybe you could just do frontsquats instead of copesquats.
Ryder Brooks
>back squats
>cross arms to avoid rounding back
what the fuck? How the fuck would you cross your arms while doing a back squat? going to balance the bar on your upper back/neck perfectly as you squat?
going to keep the bar on your back and fold your arms like a front squat, and just hold on for dear life?