I know soreness doesn't equal muscle growth, but seriously.. I don't think I've ever gotten doms in my quads from back squats or felt my quads doing anything ever.
>>77357474Never ever? Then you're doing it wrong. Do front squats or elevate your heels or stop doing good mornings and stay more upright.The first time I did squats I was sore for 5 days and had a trouble sitting on the toilet or walking upstairs.
>>77357474I usually never feel my legs whilst doing squats but afterwards I feel a deep pain in my quads. you should check your technique or volume. low bar works your quads less for example and if yuo really want quad soreness just do front squats, hack squat or unilaterals they isolate the quads better
How much do you actually squat OP? Have you ever looked at your form?It’s impossible to perform a squat correctly without loading the quads, you’re bending and straightening your knees under load
>>77357650I used to squat 3 days a week, currently 1 day a week but training legs 3. I definitely feel my quads on hack squats. I do squats on Monday, hack squats Wednesday, and RDLs on Thursday. Form looks good from what I've noticed. I have a very knees over toes Olympic style high bar squat.
>>77357696if you can do legs 3 times per week maybe you aren't working them hard enough? I do 2 lower days per week and I can barely do them due to the recovery demand. can give you the lower days if you are interested but I feel like 3 leg days are excessive
>>77357474you're not staying upright then. record yourself and post it
>>77357474Replace squats with weighted barbell lunges if youre losing the magic. That shit gives my quads a throbbing hard pump.
>>77357702Even for professional lifters and roiders, 3 leg days is tough work if youre actually lifting. Im currently doing 2 a week and im gonna have to go back to once a week soon because my legs cant keep up with recovery.
>>77357812exactly my point, op probably doesn't go all in on his sets. I try to keep things balanced but still. fuck it i'll just lay out the lower dayslower 1squats 4x6SLDL 2x8side lunge 2x8 per sideleg curl variation if i feel like itcarries, overhead and suitcaselower 2deadlifts 4x4bulgarian split squats 2x8leg press 2x8leg adduciton 2xfailurecarries as mentioned abovethis is so fucking hard that I do everything in my power to recover in between the lower days, i cant think of adding a third one. It works wonders but still, too taxing i barely manage it
>>77357825Mine is similar to yours but replace Bulgarian split squats with barbell lunges and add in front squat on Lower 1.
>>77357825I do a simple 3x6-10 RDL into 4x5-8 squats every 5 days and I must say I can't imagine doing it 3 days a week. That would be like every second day? No way man.
>>77357474Depends on your body proportions but a more upright high bar squat is more quad and forward leaning low bar squat is more hamstrings
I'll be honest, the only time I really REALLY felt shit in my quads was when I sprinted
>>77357474go lower
>>77357474took a few months off, did a 4pl8 the first day back... the following 5 days were difficultother than that, no
>>773574741. Your form is shit2. You're not controlling the eccentric, and exploding out of the hole like a retard3. You're not pushing yourself hard enoughCould be any combination of the above.
>>77357890exactly, if you dont dread squats and are not slightly anxious before your sets you aren't working hard enough. simple as
