Squat Alternatives?

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Are there any exercises you can do which have the same effects as squats?

I've tried to do them the traditional way, but I'm just not flexible enough.:(

WalterMitty

Where are u inflexible ?

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Pretty much everywhere, tbh. My shoulders especially. I can barely hold the bar behind my head, causing a lot of pain to the back of my head.:P

EileenG

Dumbbell squat. Hold a couple of heavy dumbbells in your hands and squat. Or even a goblet squat, where you hold a single heavy DB in front of you, using both hands at around chest height.

Parsley

or he could stretch....

WalterMitty

Well u should really work on the flexibility first and foremost and do something like lunges and leg press machine untill you are flexible enough. Try doing bodyweight squats and do lots of dynamic and static stretching.

mrkf1984

baz2009 wrote: »

Pretty much everywhere, tbh. My shoulders especially. I can barely hold the bar behind my head, causing a lot of pain to the back of my head.:P

keep the bar under your traps. could try the hack squat (machine).

gonnaplayrugby

stretch brah

token

Try shoulder dislocates, foam roller, kipping pullups to increase your mobility in the shoulders. I need to do these to do the low bar back squat or else I wreck my left shoulder/elbow trying to get into position.

digme

deadlift