Body Building Through Squats

If you have a skinny frame and wish to add some muscles to different sections of your body I would suggest you take squats seriously. Lot of heavy lifters and serious body builders swear by squats and it is known to work the most muscles in your body. About 75% of the muscles in your body will be worked while using the different variations of squat. It is difficult for me to enunciate the exact form which you should develop while working on the squats. If are going to use weights on the bar, which is of course what I would recommend, you should be careful about you form else you will end up hurting yourself.

The squat is definitely the most painful exercise in the body building routing but anything which involves more pain has its gains in the long term. You can not only strengthen you leg muscles and back muscles but will also provide strength to your trunk. Depending upon the squats you are performing it is also possible to add muscles to you neck region and the shoulder region. Make sure you perform high rep squats else the purpose is defeated. if you want to get bigger and more muscular around the entire body there is nothing which will work better than high rep squats.

There are various types of squats which are performed by most body builder and all of them have their advantages. Let me enlist a few of them for you to try out. A word of advice here, make sure you understand the proper form to execute the below squats. Form places a very important role in deciding the muscle regions which get stimulated and also avoid injury, at time major injuries, which result from sloppy form. The different types of squats you can try out as a part of your body building routing are as below

<b>Power lifting squat: </b> This involves placing the bar slightly down the back with a torso lean. The descend is performed in a pattern similar to sitting on a chair and ascend is performed while keeping the bar inline with the ankles. The lower back strength improves to a very high extent.

<b>Front squat: </b> The bar is placed in front parallel to the chest. The bar is supported by crossing the hands across the shoulders. The descend and ascend is similar to the power lifting squat . The torso strength would be the determining factor for the amount of weight you can take up during this squat.

<b>Plie squat: </b> Grasping a single dumbbell take a wide stance and squat down with the dumbbell between your legs. Drive down as far as you possibly can while balancing the dumbbell and ascend once you reach your limit. You will need to do more reps with this squat to increase its effectiveness.

<b>Box squat: </b> This is a slightly different squat from the normal. Here the bar is kept at parallel with the knees while squatting. The bar is placed on the shoulders touching the back portion of the neck. The squats are then performed by sitting on a lower chair or stool, the height of the stool should be till your knees and not more. This exercise works the hamstring muscles.

You can try all of the above squats with empty bar initially till you get your act together and have perfected the form. There might be an initial pain in the shoulder regions but that’s normal don’t let that stop you from carrying on. If possible avoid the usage of manta ray as it would defeat the purpose of strengthening your torso. Make sure you use a powerful rack where you can place the bar only you reach your threshold while performing the reps. You can even perform the squats outdoors so you can drop the bar once your are done with your reps.

Go on now and hit the squat mat!