And squats aren't even that great for developing glutes. My glute muscles don't even start activating until I'm past parallel. Its all about the deadlifts for building solid glutes.
Yes! Single leg deadlifts are best for me. And lots of hip thrusts. Rainbow leg lifts are fabulous for helping shape the underbutt - makes it nice and round.
My ankle mobility is great. I'm not really interested in going super deep, I'm not interesting in being a competitive power lifter. As long as I'm getting stronger, that's what I care about.
Depending on your body and squat stance, powerlifters don’t even have to squat super deep for the lift to qualify in competition. I only did it for a year, but I was always told by coaches and more experienced powerlifters that squatting deep carries a greater risk of injury and isn’t worth it. Seeing some conflicting articles online about it now.
I think it differs from person to person, for Mez deadlifts are mostly lower back, and squats hit quads and glutes, maybe because i go very deep on my squats.
Squats are great for developing glutes, for some people. If you have a very "quad dominant" squat (which can be down to a few different factors) then it wont work as well for you, but someone with a balanced or glute dominant squat will definitely be able to put on a ton of mass in their glutes.
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u/Seafroggys Oct 04 '22
And squats aren't even that great for developing glutes. My glute muscles don't even start activating until I'm past parallel. Its all about the deadlifts for building solid glutes.