 Question is from Aaron O'Donohoe Davis. What exercise or exercises would you recommend if the back squat is not an option? I love lunges. Lunges in all the varieties. I would say split squat. Oh, yeah I would say the lunge is in the varieties of different versions of lunges. Oh, it's fantastic exercise. Oh, it's it's It's right up there with the squat. I really is a single leg squat Right the front leg is doing the same thing it would do in a normal squat It's just different because you split your stance. Maybe it's easier on the back for you It was an exercise that I had people do Before I'd have them learn how to squat so when I get older clients or whatever I'd have hold on to something for balance And I'd put like thick pads down so that they didn't have to kneel so low And I tell them kneel on the pad stand up and I was just teaching them how to lunge And that's the way I got them to be able to do a squat You can even make the argument that functionally speaking Lunges are superior to a squat. I've heard people make that argument and yeah, I've heard the argument and I've also like a Bit like in the beginning when I have somebody for the first time I tend to lean more towards lunges than I do an actual squat and reason being is there's just a lot of stability And there's a lot of work like in a split stance where I feel there's so much value to that to where if we can hone in on the mechanics of a lunge first and get you know the hips and the knees and everything in the right position and Then build the strength and stability there at the same time and then apply that now to both feet I feel like a lot of times I've had a you know a better Response than going into a squat. Oh, yeah, it's the second. I would say I build muscle I build almost as much muscle doing Lunge type movements as I do With back squats. I it's it's it's right up there near the top So if you can't do a back squat for whatever reason You're not missing a lot by doing the split stance exercise, which I think are perfect Yeah, I do I do want to say though, too We're giving I think good generic advice. The real question would be like why why can't you squat? Yeah, why can't you back squat and then based off of what what that why is would really dictate What other exercises I would choose to do otherwise, right? So we are giving very generic advice right now when someone just says I can't you know barbell back squats Is it not an option because there's not a Barbell in the gym. Is it not an option because you've got low pain. Yeah, you've got back pain like I would want I would want to know more as a trainer slash coach But if we were just let's pretend that we just can't have that exercise and we have to try and you know Build the best programming without it 100% lunges Bulgarian split squat goblet squat would be an incredible Exercise also I like that because how deep you can get for most people. Yeah, you may do you might be able to do a front squat I've worked with clients who where the back squat wasn't working for them And we're working towards getting better at back squat, but they could do a front squat right I put a barbell across their shoulders, and it wasn't an issue and a front squat is great Right and that and that's why the why matters right you somebody can't do about back squat potentially because they have horrible Thoracic and shoulder mobility, and they just can't get the hold the bar in that position So they end up rounding forward and it hurts their low back So I mean if I saw all that there's definitely different Advices that I give to whoever or whatever reasons why you can't do it, but generically speaking I think Bulgarian splits squat walking lunges reverse lunch Those those step ups are good to step ups on a box are really good Absolutely, they require a little more more balance to that point too Like if it's a shoulder wrist mobility issue, whatever it is with the upper back You know maybe zurchers are gonna be an option for you to have it in a lower position So yeah, there's there's ways around it. I think it depends on what the limitations are