2013-11-03, 02:25 AM
I feel screwed when it comes to squats.
Goblet squats don't work anymore. I need 75-80 pound dumbbells to properly work out my legs, but I can't keep the weight at my chest to squat it. My arms give out long before my legs are ready to give out. I can do maybe 8 reps until my arms just die. I'm better off with a barbell squat, but I can't do a barbell squat. Using an actual free weight barbell would require a spotter and I don't have a friend to go with me.
The only things available to me are the smith machine, hack squat machine, and leg press. Since those are machines, I can't do those.
So I'm screwed. There's no good squat that I can do. I'm better off developing my arms and legs separately since my legs can take far more weight than my arms. So I continue to just use bench press + hack squat machine to replicate a far better version of the goblet squat which will actually stress my arms/legs to their potential.
I suppose I could do a dumbbell hack squat? Now there's an idea I hadn't thought of. It wouldn't stress the biceps too much (nothing to curl and hold up) and I could add more weight with two arms. Huh. OR I could do a real hack squat, and that shouldn't need a spotter I don't think.
Any other ideas?
Goblet squats don't work anymore. I need 75-80 pound dumbbells to properly work out my legs, but I can't keep the weight at my chest to squat it. My arms give out long before my legs are ready to give out. I can do maybe 8 reps until my arms just die. I'm better off with a barbell squat, but I can't do a barbell squat. Using an actual free weight barbell would require a spotter and I don't have a friend to go with me.
The only things available to me are the smith machine, hack squat machine, and leg press. Since those are machines, I can't do those.
So I'm screwed. There's no good squat that I can do. I'm better off developing my arms and legs separately since my legs can take far more weight than my arms. So I continue to just use bench press + hack squat machine to replicate a far better version of the goblet squat which will actually stress my arms/legs to their potential.
I suppose I could do a dumbbell hack squat? Now there's an idea I hadn't thought of. It wouldn't stress the biceps too much (nothing to curl and hold up) and I could add more weight with two arms. Huh. OR I could do a real hack squat, and that shouldn't need a spotter I don't think.
Any other ideas?
