Start doing bulgarian split squats

no i hate them

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You fucking little bitch

You're going to start a chimp out with this thread. I've done it before. They are they best squat variation by far and they have been proven better for athletes than the back squat. Hell, it was even better than the back squat at increasing back squat one rep max in one study.

Anyway, I'm fine with it being a well kept secret. I don't care that people will fuck themselves up with the back squat despite rear elevated spit squats having half the load with the same amount of muscle activation in the spinal erectors.
I've been doing them for six months. Zero knee problems, and that's with deliberately having my knee track past my foot to prevent hip torque.
It's not really. Takes a few sessions to get the balance right before getting them down. It is still pretty hard on the nervous system and heavy sets beyond six or eight reps for each leg may leave you out of breath.

aka the lets blow the knee right out of the socket squats

*Ciation needed*
Split squats are used in rehabilitation. They are actually more hip dominated than back or front squats. Even if you start with your knee over the front of the toes, it will end up behind the toes as you sit back. Having a leg behind you is what enables you to easily do this, unlike the squat

Knee torque isn't high at all during the exercise and especially isn't high at the start when the knee is briefly over the foot.

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can confirm loaded knee feels fine during this lift, idk about the knee of the leg on the bench though, isn't it kind of reminiscent of a leg extension machine?

>used in rehab
only with light as fuck weights though. try putting heavy loads and you'll know

depends how you do them. More upright torso = more load on your hams and glutes/hips, more of a lean forward = more load on your quads and knees.

are these good for building strength for 1 leg squats?