 Next question is from claymation 14. What are the benefits of doing front squats versus back squats? It has a very different feel in the exercise a back squat You're gonna get more forward lean you're gonna get more of the posterior chain some more glutes Maybe more hamstring you can probably squat more with a back squat most people can a front squat It's gonna make you more upright. You're gonna get more knee flexion extension more quads Work and you can feel it you'll feel one more in the quads one more in the glutes They're both pretty quad intensive, but that's the bigger the bigger difference and then core activation is very different in both exercise The core is very active in both movement. I feel more low back in the back squat and more core in the front squat and I think they're both Exceptional exercises. I know a lot of people do back squats don't do front squats. I think that's a big They're different exercises. Yeah, I mean it's that simple. It's like they're not It's not either or right, you know, which one's better so much that it's like and I know this is an extreme example But it's like saying squats and bench press. Why squats? Why bench press? It's like well both They both have tremendous value in your routine. You're also front squats require more shoulder mobility just to be able to do them too So they're they're different movements. They both add tremendous value Programming it you can program front squats and back squats in the same routine in the same in the same cycle I've done times where I'm really focused on the back squat and like my whole Cycle, you know or phase is all back squat and then the next cycle is all front squat and I try to prove that so There's not like a you you have to do it a certain way But they're they're both such valuable movements and exercises Programming like you have to have it. I think in a routine how you put it in there is up to you Yeah, I think the back squat gets a lot more glory And mainly because the emphasis of trying to activate your posterior chain because we just don't Naturally focus on the posterior chain throughout our daily movement and habits Throughout the day. So it's very important to you know strengthen your posterior chain. However, you know, the front squat is Very translatable to to any kind of functional Feet that you're gonna face throughout the day picking objects up in front of you and having that load And being strong in that is very important. So it's a great exercise I also found it as a as a good tool to teach proper squatting mechanics I found that uh Getting a client to do a front squat or a goblet squat especially that ford lean That's what I mean. So because everybody with a broomstick I'd have them put right so every most people have a tendency to to fall forward when they do a back squat And then you have it loaded on your back So it promotes that even more and if you don't have good mechanics You don't understand the exercise very well It's it can be a challenge for a trainer to get a client to mimic that an easy kind of hack for a trainer to get A client into better squat form is to teach the front squat or a goblet squat first So they kind of get that chest high upright good posture And you know breaking at the knees and the hips at the same time They'll learn that I think easier most clients easier on a front squat first Um with lightweight and then progress them to a back squat So that's a small little trainer hack for the trainers that are listening Um, I a lot of times I will teach like how we talk about I teach now Or I you know later on in my career started to learn that teaching an inclined bench press Was actually easier to get clients in the better form because it promotes just better posture for benching And the incline that it does is a flat bench I feel the same way about a front a front squat a front squat Teaches better mechanics to a newbie to get them ready for a back squat I always thought I would start clients with front squats before we do back squats Hey, if you enjoyed that clip you can find the full episode here Or you can find other clips over here and be sure to subscribe