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knee extensions vs front squats
« on: July 09, 2012, 05:28:49 pm »
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which one is recommended to improve quads strength (particularly the tip of the quad), indirectly helping out problematic knees? 

Also, anyway to ease the discomfort of front squats?
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Re: knee extensions vs front squats
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2012, 10:20:28 pm »
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which one is recommended to improve quads strength (particularly the tip of the quad), indirectly helping out problematic knees? 

Also, anyway to ease the discomfort of front squats?

totally unspecific, contextless questions lack specificity and are free of context. try again.
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Re: knee extensions vs front squats
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2012, 11:01:45 pm »
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Both will probably cause/aggravate knee problems if anything.
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Re: knee extensions vs front squats
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2012, 11:05:28 pm »
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Both will probably cause/aggravate knee problems if anything.

^.  The fix is usually on the other side of the leg.
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Re: knee extensions vs front squats
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2012, 05:15:26 pm »
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lbss, i meant their effects on just the quads, particularly the tip of the quads near the knee.

So basically doing regular squats will be sufficient in strengthening the quads?

Everything grows better and gets stronger faster with squats vs. frontsquats. The only reason to front squat is to improve your full clean as an olympic weightlifter. Everything else can be better developed with normal squats.

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Re: knee extensions vs front squats
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2012, 08:51:26 am »
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lbss, i meant their effects on just the quads, particularly the tip of the quads near the knee.

So basically doing regular squats will be sufficient in strengthening the quads?

Everything grows better and gets stronger faster with squats vs. frontsquats. The only reason to front squat is to improve your full clean as an olympic weightlifter. Everything else can be better developed with normal squats.

Muscles are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.

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