Whether you are starting your bodybuilding journey or already have some experience, it is essential to understand the importance of including complete and effective exercises in your leg training. And when it comes to complete training, few exercises can compare with the squat.
Known as one of the most powerful leg training exercises, squats offer a number of benefits that go far beyond simply strengthening your lower muscles.
Thinking about helping you, we separate a complete post explaining more about it. If you’re looking to maximize your bodybuilding results, read on and find out why the squat deserves pride of place in your training routine.
Complete muscle development
The squat works a large muscle group including the glutes, quadriceps, hamstrings, abs and calves. This means that during exercise, all these muscle groups are stimulated together.
Thanks to this stimulus, you can strengthen your entire body musculature and increase stability just by doing squats regularly.
Increase in strength
Because it takes a reasonable amount of effort during the exercise, the squat is a great way to build leg strength. It is worth remembering that the more intense the training, the more you will be stimulating muscle growth and strengthening muscle fibers.
With this, you not only increase the strength of your legs and can benefit from better performance during physical exercise and everyday activities, but also avoid possible injuries during training. That’s because when the muscle grows, the tendons and joints are protected by the musculature. As a result, you are less likely to injure yourself both during exercise and during everyday activities.
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Functionality
Although few people pay attention to this, the squat is an exercise where we work on the movement used in various day-to-day activities.
Sitting down, getting up, crouching to pick something up from the floor or cleaning under the bed are examples of movements that we do on a daily basis and that use the same muscles worked during training.
The more we do this type of exercise, the greater our general mobility in our daily lives will be, preventing us from being able to perform certain movements due to muscle atrophy over the years.
Improves the cardiovascular system
Like many types of physical exercise, the squat requires a lot of effort and increases your heart rate considerably. With this, our body increases the demand for oxygen, which stimulates the entire cardiovascular system.
Esse estímulo ajuda na melhora da saúde do coração e aumenta a resistência, o que também é uma ótima forma de aumentar a queima de calorias durante o exercício.
Versatility
In addition to being able to be performed anywhere, the squat also has some variations that enhance the results. Along with the free squat, you can also do front squats, barbell squats, and single leg squats to explore different angles and intensities.
