Squat Exercise - Leg Exercises - Weightlifting Exercises

The squat exercise is the king of all weightlifting exercises. Try this great leg workout.

Squat Exercise - The King of All Weightlifting Exercises
and Leg Exercises -

The squat exercise has been called "The King of all Leg Exercises." No other single exercise movement does as much for your body as the squat. Read about the amazing benefits of this weight training exercise, and incorporate it into your personal fitness program.

The Full Squat - The Best of the Weightlifting Exercises
and Leg Exercises

Want to gain muscle, improve your strength conditioning, dramatically improve your physique, and naturally increase your human growth hormone levels and testosterone levels?

The full squat leg exercise will do all of this. Read more about this amazing exercise.

The squat is known as the “king of all leg exercises,” and for good reason. There is no other exercise (that includes both upper body exercises and leg exercises) that packs as much punch as the squat. It is painful, but it works. It works your entire body, not just your legs and back.

The squat has many benefits:

- The full squat is the best weight training exercise you can do if want to gain muscle. It is a great leg workout. No other exercise holds a candle to it.

- This weight lifting exercise can help you gain muscle in a more efficient manner than any other exercise.

- The squat can dramatically increase your strength – not only your leg strength, but you upper body strength as well.

- When done with proper form and technique, the squat can protect your body from injury by building a strong foundation.

- The full squat can improve your appearance and give you a more solid, athletic look.

If you’re a male, and you want to increase the size of your legs, the squat is the best of the leg exercises. If you want to put some muscle on your backside, the squat is the best of the butt exercises. And if you want to increase the size of your neck (get rid of the pencil neck look), the squat will do wonders for that. The squat will also add size to your trapezius muscle (see diagram of the muscle below). For males, this will give you a much stronger appearance.

- The squat exercise helps release human growth hormone (HGH). Click here to read more tips for increasing your human growth hormone levels in a safe, natural way.

- If you sex drive is low, try this weightlifting exercise. It can increase your testosterone levels. (Compound exercises, such as the deadlift, bench press, and the clean and press are also recommended if you want to increase your testosterone levels).

Super Squats by Dr. Randall Strossen
20 Rep Squat Program

It sounds like hype, but it’s not. Randall Strossen’s “Super Squats” book makes the claim that you can pack on 30 pounds of muscle in less than two months.

The 20 Rep Squat Program a.k.a. Super Squats program calls for doing the full squat exercise for 20 repetitions two to three times per week. This squat exercise is also known as breathing squats. This may sound easy, but it is quite challenging (but doable) if you are squatting with enough weight on the barbell. The program calls for progressively adding small increments of weight to the squat routine each week. In addition, it is you will want to take in plenty of high quality protein, and get plenty of rest.

For even better results, drink plenty of milk each day (but keep an eye on your cholesterol). We have seen great gains from drinking milk.

We can attest that the Super Squats program does work (you can buy the book at Ironmind.com). You do have to be careful that you squat with proper form and technique, so as not to injure yourself.

When doing the 20 Rep Squat Program, you will want to use a squat bar pad, a good squat rack, and safety squat bar. Weightlifting belts are a must. And weightlifting gloves are recommended, but optional.

Squat Technique - Make sure you are using good squat technique and using proper squat form when doing the squat exercise, whether you are doing the full squat, parallel squat, sissy squat, or half squat or simply using a squat hack machine.

Squat Machine - We don't recommend that you use a squat machine, as these can hurt your knees (as we can attest) while doing the squat exercise.

If you are serious about muscle gain with a squat routine, get ready to buy new clothes soon. You will gain bulk at a surprising rate, and you may just outgrow your clothes.

Medicine Ball Squat - For those who do not want to use weights or want to do a homemade squat, the medicine ball squat is a good variation to the barbell squat. This will not add bulk to your physique, but for those who want to firm their lower body with a good leg exercise / butt exercise, using a medicine ball is very effective.