According to the gym meme, friends don’t let friends skip leg day . And yet, despite this, a lot of exercisers don’t train their legs often or hard enough. Consequently, while you’ll see plenty of lifters with well-developed arms, chest, shoulders, and backs, muscular lower bodies are much rarer.

I believe that part of the reason for this is the muscle-building reputation of squats and many people’s overreliance on the so-called king of exercises.

Squats CAN be effective and are one of the best ways to build muscle and strength. Heck—entire workouts have been written around squats, including:

The Old School 20-Rep Squat Routine for Size and Strength

The Smolov Squat Program

The Squat Every Day Program

Just about every powerlifting and powerbuilding program ever written!

But, w

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